Personal Injury Damages

North Carolina Personal Injury Attorneys

When a person is injured by someone else's negligence, North Carolina personal injury law provides a way to get financial compensation, known as "damages", for the cost of those injuries and the detrimental effects they have in the victim's life.

At Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C., we often hire experts, such as medical doctors, economists, accident reconstructionists, and others to help prove the true measure of our clients' damages. We don't settle for what is easy. We are a small, litigation-boutique handling a select group of clients and cases. Because we limit our caseload, we are able to better protect our client's rights and maximize the damages to which they are legally entitled under the law.

In a case of personal injury, a judge, jury or arbitrator may find the defendant liable for several types of damages for varying amounts of money. For example, medical bills, lost wages, and property damage are routinely part of our request for damages.

Many of our clients also suffer significant, continuous and debilitating pain due to their injury. You can recover damages for your "pain and suffering." Much of the evidence for pain and suffering comes from medical providers or experts hired to explain the medical causes for the client's pain. In order to prove pain and suffering damages, you need a competent trial attorney and dedicated staff to help you. We take great care in making sure these damages are properly presented and explained to make sure you get the recovery you deserve.

In certain limited instances, "punitive damages" are also allowed by the law. Punitive damages are damages that "punish" the person who caused you your injury, and these damages do not need to be linked directly to financial losses you sustained or to your pain and suffering. If your case warrants punitive damages, we will do everything we can to obtain them for you. You must be cautioned however that it is unusual to be awarded punitive damages, and when they are awarded, they are often appealed. That's why you need an honest and frank assessment of your case. Our attorneys will provide you with that honest, frank assessment. We do not believe it is fair to promise more then we can reasonably deliver.

The attorneys and paralegals at Lea, Rhine & Rosbrugh, P.L.L.C. are highly experienced in handling personal injury cases. Let us evaluate your case free of charge. There's no consultation fee and your case will be handled on a contingency basis. That means we don't get paid unless you get a recovery.

So, if you or someone you know has suffered a serious personal injury and you think someone else is to blame, call us for a free consultation at 910-772-9960 or toll free 1-866-772-9960 or submit an online questionnaire.