Offering Passionate Support To The Injured In Tennessee

After a severe injury, it is common for Tennessee residents to miss work, leading to lost wages and financial suffering on top of the physical pain they are already dealing with. I believe accident victims deserve compensation for their injuries, and I utilize every legal skill in my arsenal to accomplish that.

From the first meeting, my clients can rest easy knowing they have a relentless personal injury advocate on their side. I will go the extra mile to protect my clients and hold the careless third party responsible for their actions.

What Steps Should I Take After A Kingsport Car Accident?

I am Julie R. Canter, a personal injury attorney who has battled for injured drivers in Kingsport, Bristol, Elizabethton and the surrounding areas of Northeast Tennessee for nearly 20 years. Throughout my legal career, I have successfully represented clients suffering from a wide range of injuries, but the most common personal injury cases I take involve the following incidents:

• Car accidents
• Truck accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Wrongful death

Time is of the essence when a negligent person leaves you injured. By immediately taking the appropriate steps after an accident, victims can avoid wasting time and strengthen their case. Following the injury, be sure to call the police, seek medical attention, gather information by talking to witnesses and hire a lawyer to advocate on your behalf.

What If I’m Partly At Fault For My Accident?

During the aftermath of a personal injury, determining who was at fault is not always the easiest thing to do. In situations like this, Tennessee law dictates that the modified comparative negligence method should be used to calculate the liability shared between both parties.

This method allows involved parties to receive compensation depending on their potential percentage of liability. For example, if you were 40% at fault for the accident, your potential settlement may be reduced by that percentage. Finally, if the court finds you to be over 50% responsible for the incident, you may not be able to recover compensation.

What Kind Of Compensation Can I Get After An Accident?

Many people are often curious about what types of compensation they can recover after a severe personal injury. In Tennessee, there are three different forms of compensation accident victims can obtain, which are as follows:

• Economic damages: Determining the value of an injured person’s economic damages includes adding up all of their medical expenses, lost wages, future earnings and a variety of other expenses.
• Noneconomic damages: Calculating a person’s noneconomic damages is not as straightforward as calculating their economic damages. This category of damages includes pain and suffering, and mental anguish, two intangible concepts that can be difficult to determine a monetary value for.
• Punitive damages: Judges don’t award punitive damages in every personal injury case. Generally, judges only grant them when the defendant injures the other party with malicious intent or carelessness.

While no injury victim is guaranteed to secure compensation after an accident, Tennessee residents can increase their ability to obtain compensation by working with a professional and understanding the types of compensation available to them.

Learn If My Firm Is Right For You

Taking swift legal action is vital to obtaining compensation after suffering an injury. At my law firm, Julie R. Canter, Attorney at Law, I never hesitate when an injured client contacts my firm for support. If you need prompt legal representation, contact my firm today by calling 423-771-9750 or emailing me for a personal injury consultation.