Legal Strategies For Handling Catastrophic Injury Claims Involving Multiple Parties

A catastrophic injury is often a traumatic and life-altering event for all parties involved. It’s essential to handle these cases properly to ensure that you are appropriately compensated for your injuries and that the guilty parties are held accountable for the damages caused. To make an already complicated situation worse, catastrophic injury cases that consist of multiple parties can be even more difficult to navigate. 

If you find yourself suffering from catastrophic injuries after an incident where multiple parties are involved, it’s essential to contact an experienced catastrophic injury litigation attorney as soon as possible. 

Schedule a free consultation with Bachus & Schanker today. 

What Are Catastrophic Injury Claims Involving Multiple Parties?

Catastrophic personal injury claims involving multiple parties are essentially exactly what it sounds like — a catastrophic injury claim in which multiple parties are involved. These incidents typically are accidents that result in catastrophic injuries to the victims, and multiple parties are liable for the catastrophic injuries that were sustained. These claims can also have multiple victims who have suffered catastrophic injuries.  

Some examples of incidents that can result in a catastrophic injury claim involving multiple parties include: 

• Multi-vehicle car accidents
• Plane crashes
• Building collapse
• Train accidents

While there are plenty of ways that a multi-party catastrophic injury claim can arise, the important thing to remember is that, regardless of how the incident may have happened, it’s essential to contact an experienced catastrophic injury attorney right away so that liability of each party can be established as soon as possible. 

Identifying All Liable Parties In Catastrophic Injury Cases

By identifying all liable parties in your catastrophic injury case, you will be able to determine liability for your injuries in order to calculate your damages. If you’re filing a catastrophic injury claim in Colorado, it’s important to understand that Colorado is a modified comparative negligence state. In a modified comparative negligence state, a victim can recover damages if they are determined to be less than 50% responsible for the incident. 

If you have suffered catastrophic injuries, contact Bachus & Schanker today for a free consultation. 

The Importance Of Thorough Investigation In Multi-Party Claims

In multi-party claims, it’s necessary to be extremely thorough to ensure that each party is being compensated appropriately as well as being held liable for the appropriate amount of damage. For example, if a defendant was only slightly liable as opposed to a different defendant who was almost entirely responsible for the incident, it’s important that the damages each party owes are appropriately reflected. Additionally, in situations where the victim is also liable for the incident, it’s important to ensure that the defendant isn’t responsible for 100% of the damages. 

If a multi-party claim is not thoroughly investigated, it could lead to unfair results for everyone involved. 

Legal Strategies For Coordinating Insurance Companies In Catastrophic Injury Claims

This is something that you should leave up to your legal representation. Working with insurance companies following a catastrophic injury can be incredibly frustrating for someone who does not have experience navigating this landscape. 

An experienced catastrophic injury lawyer will have several strategies up their sleeve for this part of the legal process. Be sure to ask more about this during your free consultation with one of our legal experts, and we will be happy to provide you with a step-by-step explanation of our preferred strategies.

How To Navigate The Complexity Of Multiple Defendants

While this may seem like a daunting task, our experienced legal team is very much used to navigating cases with multiple defendants. Our attorneys have a deep understanding of how to identify all of the necessary parties while also gathering evidence in a way that allows them to allocate varying percentages of liability to each party involved. 

The Role Of Expert Witnesses In Catastrophic Injury Claims

Like any personal injury case, calling in an expert witness provides a unique and specialized level of knowledge that each party can choose to use to their advantage. Oftentimes, an expert witness is used to provide their expert opinion as to how the accident was caused, allowing the parties to allocate liability. Be sure to ask your attorney about their strategy pertaining to their use of expert witnesses and how they think one might be beneficial to your case. 

How Bachus & Schanker Handles Multi-Party Catastrophic Injury Claims

Here at Bachus & Schanker, we understand the trauma and complexities that come with catastrophic injury claims. Winning a catastrophic injury involves establishing the severity of your injury and the injury’s effects, what caused your injury, and the financial impact of your injury. We also have proven strategies for reaching maximum catastrophic injury settlements for our clients. 

We especially ensure that we leave no stone unturned when determining the liability in a multi-party catastrophic injury case, as we understand that failing to properly determine the liability can be particularly harmful to your recovery and ability to be properly compensated. 

Protecting Your Rights In Complex Catastrophic Injury Cases

Our lawyers and Victim’s Advocate team are ready to fight for you to receive justice after your catastrophic injury. We’ll handle the legal matters so you can prioritize your recovery without forfeiting your legal rights.

We know that suffering from a catastrophic injury can be difficult, and not only do we offer professional legal assistance in these matters, but our partner Kyle Bachus also proudly authored the book Unthinkable to provide an additional resource for families going through this difficult experience.