That’s right – not all personal injuries are visible injuries. When most people think of personal injuries, they think of car accidents, motorcycle accidents, nursing home neglect, workplace accidents, truck collisions, product liability cases, and premises liability cases. But what about the personal injuries that can’t be seen at a glance, but still deserve financial compensation all the same? What are some personal injuries that don’t show up on x-rays? Let’s dive in.

 

Emotional Distress

Emotional Distress refers to any emotional harm caused to the personal injury victim by the incident in question. Emotional Distress can present itself in many ways including but not limited to anxiety, depression, PTSD, insomnia, or even suicidal thoughts.

 

Psychological Trauma

Psychological Trauma is an intense emotional response to a severely disturbing and traumatic event. Psychological Trauma can have long-term effects on the personal injury victim’s mental health condition, which in turn can impact their ability to form and maintain relationships, complete necessary day-to-day tasks, or even hold down a job.

 

Loss of Enjoyment of Life

Loss of enjoyment of life is exactly what it sounds like. It means that in some way, the incident that caused this personal injury has limited or eliminated the personal injury victim’s ability to enjoy life.

 

Strained Relationships

Some personal injuries can even involve strained relationships between the personal injury victim and their loved ones. For example, the personal injury victim may struggle to communicate with others, socialize, or maintain healthy relationships with others due to the personal injury incident.

 

Pain & Suffering

Pain and suffering refers to both the physical and emotional pain and suffering of the personal injury victim. Pain can restrict a person’s ability to work, enjoy recreational activities, or even to complete simple every-day life tasks.

 

Attorney Spencer Farris once handled a case that encompassed strained relationships, pain and suffering, and emotional distress. Even though the case did not involve a single physical injury, the non-physical injuries caused to the victim inflicted serious harm in the case of Carrara vs. Walgreens. 

“Ms. Carrara, took some sensitive photos to Walgreens to be printed with their 1-hour photo service but was told they could not print the photos. She didn’t think anymore about it, but learned two years later that they had been printed and perhaps passed around internally for almost two years,” said Spencer Farris, principal attorney at The S.E. Farris Law Firm. “It had a big impact on her and her family, and she only found out this behavior was going on when the photos were sent to her high school daughter from a Walgreens employee, nearly two  years after she entrusted them to Walgreens.”

Ms. Carrara justifiably wanted to file a lawsuit. Spencer agreed to take on this case because even though not all personal injury cases are physical, they all deserve compensation. The lawsuit alleged that Walgreens wronged Ms. Carrara in multiple ways including Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, Invasion of Privacy, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, and more. As Spencer does for all of his personal injury clients, he fought for the compensation Ms. Carrara deserved for all she has wrongfully suffered through, and to bring Walgreens to justice.

 

How Can Non-Physical Personal Injuries Be Proven?

Non-physical personal injuries can be more difficult to prove than physical personal injuries, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. It simply means you need to have the right lawyer in your corner. Evidence for non-physical personal injury cases can include a variety of different things, including but not limited to…

  • Character witnesses who can testify to the personal injury victim’s condition before and after the incident in question.
  • Psychiatric evaluations.
  • Expert testimonies.
  • Correspondences between relevant parties.
  • Relevant receipts.

If you or a loved one have suffered a personal injury caused by another party, whether the personal injury is physical or non-physical, The S.E. Farris Law Firm will fight for the compensation you deserve. If you’ve suffered a personal injury, contact The S.E. Farris Law Firm as soon as possible to schedule your initial legal consultation. During your consultation, you will receive free legal advice from a skilled St. Louis personal injury lawyer near you. Don’t go it alone. Let us fight for the financial compensation you deserve!