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Why are attorneys in general so passionate about catastrophic injury?

Thursday, January 8, 2009 by Elizabeth M. Tarasi

When a victim calls an attorney because they got terribly hurt due to the negligence of another, that attorney immediately identifies with the person, with the human being. If it was just a property damage issue or a contract dispute, it does not engage an emotional response like working with an accident victim does. As the accident lawyer in Pittsburgh gets more information about the client, then all the ramifications of the injury become evident. The victims family is invariably deeply effected. On top of the medical costs, the other every day expenses are usually not met by workers comp or long term disability, so the lawyer has to fight for the family too.

If the victim is unable to work again, or if they are always going to have some kind of physical impairment because of the accident, then the attorney representing them will have to fight even harder. The compensation they get for the client now has to see them and their family through for the rest of their life. So in the broad range of fields in law, being a Pittsburgh accident attorney appeals to the kind of person who wants to help other people. In that regard it is somewhat like being a doctor or a police officer.

Posted at 11:36 AM
Topic: Personal Injury
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