Types of Personal Injury Cases Fanelli, Evans, & Patel Handle

A personal injury can happen at any time, leaving you with copious medical bills and thousands of dollars in lost wages. In a momentary lapse of judgment, you may be in danger of losing everything for which you have worked so hard to achieve.

At Fanelli, Evans, & Patel, we understand the devastation that many personal injury victims face. While the harm cannot be reversed, compensation will provide you with the financial resources to start anew. If you or a family member has recently been injured due to another’s carelessness or ineptitude, our Reading personal injury attorneys are available to assist in your claim.

Catastrophic Injuries

Disfigurement (often seen in serious burns), paralysis, and long-term impairment are all considered catastrophic injuries. Catastrophic injuries may include traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, loss of vision or hearing, internal organ damage, or amputations, to mention just a few. Even with sufficient medical insurance, treatment costs can be astronomical.

Our legal team is committed to helping you get the rehab, surgeries, and other treatments you need to relearn basic activities. In addition to your current expenses, our legal team will calculate projected medical costs to ensure that you receive essential support.

Rideshare Accidents

Rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft are becoming increasingly popular, allowing people to book a ride with a single tap on their phones. While the convenience is undeniable, the increase in vehicles on the road is resulting in more crashes. Determining liability in a rideshare accident can be complex, depending on the rideshare driver’s ride status and whether the driver was logged into the app at the time of the collision. Regardless, you deserve full compensation for your injuries, making it necessary to hire legal representation.

Bicycle Accidents

If you have been struck while cycling in Reading, you want someone to assist you in filing your accident claim. Although drivers are supposed to share the road with cyclists, nearly 1,000 bicyclists die each year. Without the protection of an enclosed vehicle, cyclists often sustain severe, and even catastrophic, injuries. At Fanelli, Evans, & Patel, we believe you should not be saddled with expenses because of another person’s lack of foresight.

Car Accidents

Each year, between 2.4 and 2.6 million people are injured in car accidents. Car accident injuries can be severe, requiring that you undergo various treatments such as physical therapy and surgery to regain full function. Insurance may only cover part of these expenses, leaving you with the balance. 75 Pa.C.S. § 1705 provides two types of auto insurance coverage: limited tort and full tort.

Under limited tort coverage, you will only be able to recoup economic damages (out-of-pocket expenses). In contrast, full tort coverage will allow you to recover economic and pain and suffering damages. However, if you sustain a serious or catastrophic injury, you may be eligible to recover pain and suffering damages. If you would like to discuss your insurance coverage, our legal team is happy to help.

Motorcycle Accidents

Whether you have been injured in a motorcycle accident or lost a loved one in a fatal crash, our legal team can be of assistance. Drivers often fail to see motorcyclists, even when riders wear bright clothing, place reflective materials on their bikes, and take other precautions. Worse yet, the general public is biased toward motorcyclists, believing that their injuries are their own fault (making it difficult to secure a large award in a jury trial). Nonetheless, our motorcycle accident team is committed to fighting for injured riders or surviving family members (in the event of wrongful death). We are unwilling to settle for less than 100%.

Truck Accidents

Central Pennsylvania is known for dense traffic, with tractor-trailers routinely traveling on state highways. A fully loaded tractor-trailer can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, taking nearly twice as long to stop as a passenger car. Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) limits how many hours a truck driver can travel in a given day or week, accidents still do happen. An experienced truck accident attorney will know state and federal trucking regulations to pinpoint where the negligence occurred.

Truck & Delivery Van Accidents

If you have been injured by an Amazon delivery truck or delivery van, you deserve compensation for the full extent of harm you suffered. The cause of the accident may be as simple as an Amazon driver delivering a package and pulling out onto the road without looking. Sadly, these collisions can result in serious injuries and permanent disability. Our legal team works with medical professionals, accident reconstructionists, and investigators to determine the cause of your accident and build the strongest case.

Pedestrian Accidents

Distracted drivers and road congestion are contributing to an increase in pedestrian accidents, with over 7,300 pedestrians dying on our nation’s roads in 2023. For those pedestrians who do survive, many are left with long-term impairments that prevent them from living a normal life. The mission of our legal team is to help pedestrians recover the maximum possible damages for their physical, financial, and emotional losses.

Slip and Falls

A slip and fall can occur at a restaurant, at your local grocery store, or at a friend’s house. Pennsylvania property owners have a duty to keep their property free of hazards. However, business owners owe the highest duty of care to customers. Under state law, a property owner has a legal responsibility to inspect the property for defects and warn customers of any hidden hazards. If you have fallen on another person’s property, our legal team is prepared to advocate for the compensation you rightfully deserve.

Wrongful Death

The passing of a loved one is tragic, only exacerbated by knowing that their death was due to another’s negligence. A wrongful death claim may stem from a car accident, unsafe work conditions, or medical malpractice. Wrongful death claims are designed to give your family financial stability during this devastating time, covering funeral and burial costs, medical bills, and even the income your loved one would have earned had they survived. Nobody can understand the grief you are feeling, but our legal team would like to help ease some of your pain.

Reading Personal Injury Lawyers Offering Aggressive Representation

At Fanelli, Evans, & Patel, our team of professionals has helped thousands of injured parties recoup maximum damages. Our legal team has over 100 years of combined trial experience, tailoring our approach to fit each specific situation. Let us put our knowledge, skills, and experience to work for you. To arrange your free consultation with a Reading personal injury attorney, you can reach us online or by calling (484) 869-2113 today.