The Board Certified Texas personal injury lawyers at Denena & Points know that there are few worse situations that a parent can face than when a child has been grievously injured in a traffic collision. Your child might suffer long-term disabilities and ongoing medical costs that you never planned for. You need to know what to do and where to turn as you make an injury compensation claim against the negligent parties that caused the wreck that injured your child.
Your first step in making a successful claim on behalf of your injured child involves locating an experienced, Board Certified Texas personal injury lawyer to help you file your case as soon as possible following the wreck. Timely action presents your best chance of obtaining and preserving the evidence and the witness testimony you need to enable you to win your claim on your injured child’s behalf.
When you file a personal injury claim on behalf of a minor child injured in a crash, the court might appoint a third-party attorney, called an ad litem, to help you protect your child’s interests in the matter. The court appointment recognizes that under the law, your child is presumed to lack the capacity to make informed decisions in the matter. And so an adult ad-litem could be appointed to help make the adult decisions regarding legal options and strategies on behalf of the child.
The ad litem does not advocate case particulars on either side of the claim in court. The ad-litem’s sole duty is to ensure that the child’s best interests are observed and that no party (even the child’s parents or guardians) takes advantage of the child in the legal injury claim proceedings. The ad litem also works to structure any settlement so that the benefits of the compensation received go to benefit the child’s welfare, and do not just become extra spending money for the parents or guardians.
Hiring your own Board Certified Texas personal injury lawyer, having the court appoint a third-party ad litem, and taking the case to court as soon as possible after the accident while the child is still a minor generally offers a more winning strategy than waiting to make the claim until the child legally becomes an adult. Waiting to present your child on his or her 18th birthday with a claim that he or she could possibly win at that late date would be a poor birthday gift. At that point, evidence would either be stale or long gone. And witnesses to the accident, if they could still be found, probably could not dredge up accurate or convincing memories of the incident to present before the court.
Help your child address the consequences of a painful accident injury. Contact the dedicated, Board Certified Texas personal injury lawyers at Denena & Points for a free and confidential case evaluation/legal consultation to help your child get started down the road to recovery. Let us help you make a successful financial compensation claim on behalf of your injured child against the negligent parties who caused the traumatic accident.