Yes, you may be eligible to receive compensation if you lost your limb in an accident. The type of compensation that you can receive includes:
- Medical expenses (past and future)
- Rehabilitation
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Medications
- Lost wages
- Loss of earning capacity
- Loss of household services
- Assistive devices and transportation
- Prosthetic limbs
- Physical pain and suffering – including “Phantom” pain
- Mental anguish
- Emotional distress
- Scarring and disfigurement
- Inability to perform certain functions
- Loss of enjoyment of life
If you are severely injured in an accident, it is important to speak to a personal injury attorney right away.
