Eye injuries can result in long-term problems, such as impaired vision or total blindness. The eye is a fragile organ that can easily suffer permanent damage. Even minor injuries may require surgery to repair the delicate eye. Partial or full loss of vision can cause disability and psychological trauma.

The Morgantown eye injury attorneys at Robinette Legal Group, PLLC have significant experience and resources to pursue justice on behalf of eye injury victims. Request your free consultation today with our Morgantown personal injury lawyer to find out how we can help you.

Do You Need an Eye Injury Lawyer?

Hiring a lawyer to represent you during your injury claim in West Virginia can give you an easier and more effective legal process. An attorney can investigate the accident that injured you, determine fault and liability, and take steps to help you recover financially, such as hiring eye injury experts to testify on your behalf. Even more importantly, an attorney can give you answers to your questions, legal advice, and the peace of mind you rightfully deserve during this difficult time.

Types of Eye Injuries

The eyes are a vulnerable part of the body that can easily suffer serious injuries. Many parts of this complex organ can suffer damage that affects the victim’s vision, equilibrium and more. If the eye sustains any of the following injuries, the victim may experience life-changing symptoms:

  • Cuts or scratches
  • Corneal abrasions
  • Penetrating injuries
  • Blunt force trauma
  • Bruising of the eyelids
  • Subconjunctival hemorrhage
  • Exposure to toxic substances
  • Ultraviolet light damage
  • Orbital blowout fractures

Eye injuries can impede a victim’s vision temporarily or permanently. They can cause blurred vision, partial or full blindness in one or both eyes, dizziness, loss of peripheral vision, loss of balance, light sensitivity, and double vision.

Common Causes of Eye Injuries in Morgantown

Most eye injuries in Morgantown, West Virginia are preventable. This allows the victim to seek financial compensation for related injuries and losses. If someone else caused your eye injury through an act of carelessness or recklessness, that party may be financially responsible for your medical bills and other damages.

Common causes of eye injuries include:

If you or a loved one suffered an eye injury in any of these types of accidents – or another preventable incident – you may be entitled to financial compensation. You and your family could be eligible for monetary recovery for your present and future expenses, including medical care, permanent disability, therapies, psychological counseling, lost wages, pain and suffering, and emotional distress.

How to Prove Negligence in an Eye Injury Lawsuit

A successful injury claim in West Virginia requires proof of negligence. Negligence is the legal term for someone failing to use the appropriate amount of care and causing injury or death to others. The burden of proof in a personal injury claim is clear and convincing evidence that another party (the defendant) more likely than not caused the injury.

Evidence you may be able to use during an eye injury claim includes:

  • Photographs
  • Surveillance footage
  • Eyewitness statements
  • Police or accident report
  • Medical records
  • Expert testimony

If you are not sure who caused your eye injury or if you need help collecting evidence, contact a personal injury lawyer in Morgantown. A lawyer will have the experience, skill, and resources to gather and present evidence to help establish fault and financial responsibility for your eye injury.

Speak to a Morgantown Eye Injury Attorney Today

Attorney Jeff Robinette is a compassionate personal injury lawyer with experience handling eye injury cases. As a former insurance lawyer, he knows to anticipate the strategies insurance companies will use against their clients. To find out how Jeff and his legal team can help you, contact us today. Call (304) 594-1800 or fill out our convenient online contact form. We offer free initial consultations in Morgantown, West Virginia, and operate on a contingency fee basis. This means you won’t pay any fees unless we win.

Call us today to find out how we can help you.

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Car Accident Injuries

Jeff Robinette was hired by a young woman who had sustained permanent injuries to her foot due to an auto collision. The insurance company offered such a small amount and dealt with her in such a dismissive manner that the treatment of her case amounted to bad faith on the insurance company’s part. Jeff was able to obtain a substantial settlement which allowed this young woman and her husband to pay medical bills, buy a car and a home, and start building a future together.

Brain Injury

While timbering in WV, a heavy equipment operator sustained a permanent brain injury while performing the duties of his job. What price can you put on the loss of a fully functioning, fully reasoning brain? Jeff Robinette was able to negotiate a settlement that was annuitized to provide for this man for the rest of his life.

Crushed Foot Injury

While working in Morgantown, WV for a large national retailer, our client, a young woman in her early twenties, was ordered to use equipment that she was not properly trained to use. In the course of attempting to complete her task, she sustained a severe crush injury to her foot. Due to this incident, our client lost full use of this foot for the rest of her life and was living with chronic, persistent pain.

Our firm was able to obtain a sizable settlement which took care of all her medical bills and future treatment for her foot injury. The settlement was ample enough to allow this young woman to go back to college and retrain for employment which will accommodate her permanent disability.

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