Semi-Truck Accident 101: What Every Passenger Car Driver Should Understand

When An Accident Derails Your Career

21 June 2018 by Kenneth Graham

If a careless driver has disrupted your life, your job may be just one of several areas that have felt the impact. While lost wages may not be the largest of the compensation payments you may be entitled to receive as a result of a car wreck, it is a major piece of the compensation puzzle. Read on to learn more about this particular form of money damages and how to ensure that you don't end up paying the price for something that was not your fault.

Your earnings take a hit

While medical expenses, your pain and suffering and the lack of transportation might add up to a considerable sum on their own, lost wages are, nevertheless, owed to you. Regardless of the type of work you do, you should not have to struggle to make ends meet after losing several days or weeks of work due to a bad driver. While using your sick leave, vacation pay or other forms of paid time-off are welcome ways to pay the bills while you recover from the wreck, you should not need to use up that valuable perk either. Keep up with any paid time-off you used to cover accident-related issues. You should set aside all records of this use of your benefits, such as your pay stub or statement, for later use.

Keeping up with time off

Not only should you keep up with your paid time-off, but you should keep records of all time spent dealing with any aspect of the wreck. Keep a notebook with you at all times and jot down the date, time, reason and vehicle mileage (if applicable). Here are some common accident-related tasks that deserve reimbursement:

1. Any initial time spend in the hospital after the accident of for follow-up surgeries.

2. All doctor, physical therapy and mental health appointments.

3. All time spent getting diagnostic tests or participating in pain relief efforts, like an MRI or injections (epidurals).

4. All time spent at home getting better.

5. All time spent procuring medication at the pharmacy or other needs like walkers, braces, or raised toilets, etc.

6. All time spent dealing with your vehicle; the estimates, repair, and replacement etc.

7. Any time or expenses incurred traveling back and forth to any of the above. That includes the number of miles traveled and money paid for tolls, parking, public transportation or taxis.

While you might feel the physical pain first, most people cannot afford to miss a lot of work before the bills begin to be late and budgetary chaos unfolds. Talk to a car accident lawyer at your earliest convenience and begin the process to get compensated for your lost wages and all of the other money damages to which you are entitled.

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