At the minimum, a successful claim will often reimburse: your past, present and future medical and financial costs that have and will occur as a result of your injury. On top of this, you may be legible to claim a settlement figure for your pain, suffering and loss of life quality.
Generally, you can claim compensation for:
- Past, present and future medical and rehabilitation expenses including paid care.
- Loss of income as a result of not being able to work.
- Pain and suffering.
- Loss in life quality.
You are also entitled to a settlement figure for your pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment in life. This is highly variable and dependent on the severity of your injuries and on a case-to-case basis.
Simply being injured, or suffering emotional and mental distress is often not cause enough for a successful claim. What needs to be proved, is that your injury is significant and long-term enough to justify a claim for compensation.
In summary, you need to prove:
- You suffered serious injury while travelling as a passenger on a taxi or bus.
- The accident was caused by the negligence of another driver OR the recklessness of your bus/taxi driver caused the accident.
- Your injury can be directly linked to the accident, such as severe back and spinal injury, a broken hip, wrist and knee injuries.
If you believe you have a genuine case for a motor accident compensation while travelling as a passenger, please get in touch with us for a complimentary, no-obligation consultation.
Either the insurance company of the bus or taxi company, or any other negligent motorists, depending on who is at fault. Compensation lawyers, like ourselves, have extensive experience dealing with the insurance companies or bus and taxi companies. Companies you may be able to make a compensation claim against include, but are not limited to: Sydney Buses, Hillsbus, Interline, Busways, Taxis Combined, Premier Cabs and Legion Cabs. If you have a genuine claim, we will work with the insurance company to help potentially reach a compensation settlement for you.
Different aspects of the motor accident claim process take varying amounts of time.
Generally, you are able to initiate the compensation claim process three years from the date you can identify your injury was caused. Because this burden of proof and attribution of your injuries becomes more difficult to prove over time, we recommend you act now to maximise your chances at a successful settlement.
Please get in touch with us to for more information on how we can help you with your claim.
CMC Lawyers have been helping Australian’s fight for a fair claim for over twenty years, with extensive experience winning public and private transport accident cases.
We offer a high success rate for our cases, and are accredited specialists of the NSW Law Society for Personal Injury Law – meaning we passed extensive, strict criteria for practicing reliable, professional law services to Australian residents.
Do you believe you have a genuine case for financial compensation for your motor accident?
Please call us on 1800 448 955 to speak with one of our professional cycling accident lawyers for more information or contact us online.
