Missed Work Recovery
This legal article was recently updated at Lost Wages. The information on this page has also been changed to reflect that. This page is legally accurate as of the time of writing. The article is about 1) knowing that you can recover money from lost wages and that 2) you need to do certain things in order to accomplish the goal of actually getting additional recovery from the wrongdoer’s insurance company.
Many times with an injury and almost all times with a serious injury you will miss work. Your income will fall. You will have less money. You might even get fired because you can’t work because of the accident. It could have been from something like a dog bite injury. But more likely you were hurt in a car accident, truck accident or motorcycle accident.
Proving Lost Wages
How do you prove you could not work? Think of the person who believes you the least. What would they want to see? Perhaps, a letter from the doctor recommending you not to work? That sounds good. Even that sceptical person would tend to start believing you. So, maybe a little more proof could be in order. How about a lost wage verification form from your employer saying that you didn’t work the days the doctor said you shouldn’t. Now that person that never believes you doesn’t have anything to say.
But what does that have to do with my personal injury lawsuit? Just substitute that skeptical person with the insurance company and you have it. As your Georgia personal injury lawyer having a doctor’s letter and wage verification form is work exactly the amount of work you missed.
Proving your lost wages due to your injury has an added benefit. It shows you were hurt in the accident. It shows that you responded to this accident like someone who was hurt. It adds to your credibility to have the above-information before requesting compensation for lost earnings from missing work when negotiating with the insurance company. Learn more from our Georgia Lawyer by contacting Mr. McClelland today at 770-775-0938.
Representing clients in McDonough, Henry County; Jackson, Butts County; Monticello, Jasper County; Stockbridge, Henry County, Griffin, Spalding County, Macon, Bibb County, Decatur, Dekalb County, Atlanta, Fulton County, Marietta, Cobb County and all of Georgia.
Joseph P. McClelland graduated from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelors in Economics and Spanish. He earned a juris doctorate degree from Loyola University School of Law New Orleans. Mr. McClelland is a member of the New York Bar and the Georgia Bar. Contact Mr. McClelland’s office at 770-775-0938.
