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Major Ways Of Mitigating Damages After An Injury
Tracy Roberts
Failure to mitigate damages is one of the most common defenses in personal injury cases. Even the law expects injury victims to take reasonable steps to limit their damages. Below are some of the most critical methods of damage mitigation.
Getting Medical Care
You should get medical care for your injuries, and you need to get it promptly after the accident. Prompt medical care will facilitate fast diagnosis, which will help with your recovery. Some injuries might also fester and trigger medical complications if you don't get prompt medical care.
Ideally, medical care should be from mainstream medical doctors or facilities. Alternative medicine is not entirely bad, but its best (at least as far as injury laws are concerned) if they supplement but not substitute mainstream medicine. At-home treatments are also not a substitute for standard medical care.
Exercising Care and Caution
Damage mitigation does not just apply to medical issues — you need to mitigate all damages. Property damage, pain and suffering, and income losses should all be mitigated. You will find that extreme care and caution will help you avoid further losses after your accident. For example, you will need to avoid strenuous activities or physical work if you have a back injury. Don't expect compensation for aggravated injuries if you get back to the gym too soon and aggravate your injuries.
Obeying Professional Advice
You are likely to consult multiple professionals in your post-accident life. Medical doctors, therapists, career advisers, and even financial planners are some of the people you may need to help you get your life back together. Failure to obey the professional's advice may work against you since the failure can inflate your damages. For example, career counselors can help you get a good job and limit damages related to loss of earning capacity, but only if you obey their advice.
Making Recovery Efforts
Lastly, you should take active steps to get back to your post-accident life. For example, if you are a piano player and you injured your hands in an auto accident, you need to practice playing to regain your pre-accident expertise. Otherwise, you might not be as good as you were before, but the defendant might accuse you of failing to mitigate your damages.
Hopefully, you will mitigate your damages properly after your accident and the defendant won't have any reason to limit your damages. Consult a personal injury attorney to help you overcome any defenses the defendant might raise.
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