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Physical Anguish

Physical anguish may be the ongoing pain resulting from an accident or injury. Physical anguish may be a debilitating pain that prevents you from being able to work on a regular basis or at all. Physical anguish is also often referred to as ‘pain and suffering.”  Pain and suffering may result from a wide variety of injuries.

If you or someone you love is suffering from physical anguish, our personal injury lawyers are available to help you get compensation for your pain. Contact a personal injury lawyer in your area today to review your case.

Possible causes of physical anguish include:

• Head injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Broken bones
• Paralysis
• Amputation

Pain and suffering may sound like a broad category for compensation. However, in many situations, it is the only adequate description. Pain and suffering may result from a painful injury and/or an injury that required painful treatment. It may also include the pain following the injury. For example, a shattered knee in a car accident may result in the need for a knee replacement, which is a painful process in itself. The physical pain of an accident may be ongoing and cause suffering. In the case of some injuries, the physical pain never really goes away.

Pain and suffering may also apply to emotional pain and suffering. This may include having to deal with the death of a loved one. Oftentimes, parents may sue for pain and suffering after the traumatic loss of a child, or a spouse may sue for pain and suffering after the death of their partner. There may also be the emotional pain and suffering of living with a disfigurement. For example, if a woman is hit by a car while walking and loses her leg as a result of the accident, she will be forced to live with the physical disfigurement of only having one leg. Although she may get a prosthetic and learn to live with an amputation, she may always feel pain over the loss of her leg.

Have you or someone you love been suffering from physical anguish resulting from an accident or injury? If so, our personal injury attorneys can help you get the compensation you need. Contact a personal injury attorney in your area to get started.

Did you know?
Approximately one in three people in America lose more than 20 hours of sleep a month because of pain.
A lot of this pain results from the negligence of other parties.