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At Peterson Law Office, we understand that a personal injury can leave a victim with a lifetime of medical bills, pain, and suffering. If you’ve suffered a serious injury, you may be owed compensation for your damages.

Our Practice Areas

Below you’ll find just a few of the types of personal injury claims we handle. At Peterson Law Office, we’re experienced in a broad variety of types of cases. If you don’t see your type of injury listed below, we encourage you get in touch with our firm regardless. We may still be able to help.

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Evaluating Your Personal Injury Case

Liability, Damages, and Next Steps

At the moment of an accident, you’re going to think, “How bad am I hurt?” As you are taken care of by an EMT at the scene and later by doctors in the ER, you’ll get a sense of how serious your injuries are and what the road to recovery is going to look like. After that, the worry about paying the growing amount of bills will start.

If someone else’s negligence caused your accident, you’ll also experience anger. You shouldn’t have to pay for your medical bills and lost wages when it’s not your fault. This is when you need to speak with an experienced Prestonsburg personal injury lawyer, like the team of attorneys available at the Peterson Law Office.

If there is strength in numbers, then the Peterson Law Office is a very powerful firm. We’re part of a network of 200+ attorneys who aren’t afraid to take on the insurance companies. When you retain the services of the Peterson Law Office to handle your personal injury case, you’ll have the team’s full support.

Why should you contact the Peterson Law Office to help with your personal injury claim? Consider what we bring to the table:

Legal Expertise

Personal injury law can be complex due to the numerous state regulations that comprise tort or civil liability.

Kentucky law applies the principle of pure comparative negligence. That means you can still pursue compensation in an accident even if you were partially at fault. This also means that the person who caused your injury will try to deflect and shift the blame to you.

With our legal expertise, we can anticipate these tactics and provide strong counterarguments based on the evidence and your version of events.

Investigating Skills

You can only prevail in a personal injury accident claim when the evidence is on your side.

We have a network of dedicated investigations and experts who can support your injury claim. We also have the resources to gather evidence, including surveillance videos, dashcam footage, police crash reports, witness statements, medical records, and the history of the at-fault party.

We can also deploy accident reconstruction, medical testimony, and accounts that can help accurately calculate all your relevant damages.

Negotiation Skills

Many Prestonsburg personal injury attorneys working at the Peterson Law Office have experience working for insurance companies. That provides us with keen insight into how these companies work and what tactics they’ll deploy to protect their interests.

Negotiations play a significant role in resolving personal injury claims. It’s helpful to know the insurance company’s actual limits.

Litigation Experience

With some claims, you might reach an impasse with the insurance company when they aren’t willing to budge off a low offer or don’t accept the clear evidence of who was at fault.

When that happens, we might recommend moving to filing a civil complaint. If that happens, it will mean presenting the accident evidence to a judge and jury for their consideration. That will be the final opportunity to be awarded fair compensation.

No Upfront Costs

We understand that you’re pursuing a personal injury claim because of the financial burden that your injury has created. We don’t want to add to those burdens. That is why we never charge upfront fees and work on a 100% contingency basis. In other words, we only get paid when we get paid.

You’ll know the expected fees before we begin the work.

Peace of Mind

The more important benefit of hiring the Peterson Law Office as your personal injury attorney is the peace of mind from knowing that we’re working hard to get you a resolution. We want to give you the space to focus on your recovery while we handle the filing, follow-ups, and all the legal matters.

A personal injury claim can be applied to various types of incidents. The following are some of the personal injury categories in which we excel at helping our clients.

Personal Injury Cases We Handle

In addition to the practice areas listed above, we also handle a wide range of accident and injury claims. These include cases like:

What Damages Can You Pursue?

The guiding principle behind filing a personal injury claim is to cover all the losses you’ve suffered as a result of the accident. Those damages are broken into these three categories:

Economic

The economic damages cover all your outstanding expenses. These include all the doctor visits, X-rays, surgery, hospitalization, prescriptions, medical supplies, and physical therapy. Economic damages also cover the lost wages that you accumulated while recovering. If you’re unable to return to the same job at the same pay, a case could be made for future earnings.

You are also entitled to recover the loss of any property. In a car accident, that will mean paying for the damages or the car’s value at the time of the accident.

Noneconomic

Non-economic damages are meant to compensate you for how the accident has impacted your life.

Are you in constant pain? Have you been kept from participating in events you once enjoyed? Are you suffering from mental anxiety? Your attorney will review these types of issues with you to determine a number that can compensate for your losses.

Punitive

Depending on the circumstances of the accident, a jury could award you punitive damages. These are paid when there is especially egregious negligence, such as driving under the influence or recklessly speeding.

Talk With Peterson Law Office

All the support you’ll get from your Prestonsburg personal injury lawyer begins with your first call to Peterson Law Office. Depending on your type of personal injury, you’ll be assigned an attorney with the skillset to help.

During the initial free consultation, you’ll discuss what happened and present any relevant evidence. We’ll make a thorough evaluation and discuss the options for moving forward.

You don’t want to let time slip by without seeking compensation for your personal injury accident.

Call our offices today to get started.

Our Clients Love Us

"Justin Peterson Law Office recently handled a personal injury claim for me after a car accident. He and his team were very thorough and showed a lot of compassion throughout the litigation. They didn’t stop until they got all the information needed to support my claim. I’m very satisfied with the outcome, and would recommend Justin and his team 100 percent!"

Kimberly Neace Bryant
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Why Peterson Law Office

We’re Local. We’re Experienced. And We Actually Listen.

  • Peace of Mind

    As a private practice law firm, we’re committed to giving every client 100% of our time and dedication. When you choose to work with us, you can rest assured we’ll explore all angles of every claim we handle and build as strong of a case as possible.

  • Expertise Matters

    200+ seasoned trial attorneys who know exactly what the insurers are looking for in evaluating your claims, which leads to significantly increased settlements.

  • Proven Results

    Peterson Law is the firm the insurance companies hate to fight. With millions of dollars in settlements for our clients, we continue to produce one success after another.

  • Contingency Fee Basis

    When you file a personal injury claim with Peterson Law Office, you won’t have to worry about upfront costs. We operate on a contingency fee basis, which means you’ll never owe us anything unless your case succeeds.

  • Litigation Experts

    At Peterson Law Office, we understand the complexities of litigating a difficult case in front of a jury. We won’t hesitate to take on a complex case and treat every claim as though it might have to be presented in front of a jury.

  • Always Available

    Our staff is available whenever you need us and is committed to doing everything we can to help our clients through a difficult time. If there’s anything we can do to aid your recovery, get in touch with us.

Notable Settlements & Verdicts

Results for Our Clients

$3,250,000
Medical Malpractice
$4,000,000
Motor Vehicle Accident
$3,000,000
Medical Malpractice
$3,250,000
School Bus Crash
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Serving Central Kentucky

Lexington • Richmond • Winchester • Georgetown • Mt. Sterling • Somerset • London • Danville

We are here to help.

If you have any questions about a potential personal injury claim, call us or fill out the form below to schedule a free, confidential case consultation.

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