Mental Suffering.

Mental suffering is any emotional distress often associated with an automobile accident or personal injury. Our San Diego law office has seen all sorts of accidents that result in mental suffering. Often referred to as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), mental suffering includes — but is not limited to — all of the following symptoms:

Fright
Terror
Paranoia
Apprehension
Nervousness
Anxiety
Worry
Humiliation
Mortification
Loss of Dignity
Embarrassment
Grief
Shock

If you suffer emotional trauma you may also become depressed, suicidal, hypercritical about yourself, have low self-esteem or feelings of guilt. Your lifestyle may change, creating disruption among familial relationships, poor work performance, and loss of employment or substance abuse. In children, it can even interfere with normal emotional and psychological development.

You and your family should not have to pay for any expenses or damages that were someone else’s fault. By hiring an experienced personal injury lawyer in San Diego, you can ensure that someone will fight for justice after any mental suffering you endure as a result of someone else’s carelessness.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Mental suffering often comes in the form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a psychological disorder that follows after a physically or psychologically traumatic event outside the range of the usual human experience (e.g. seeing a loved one die, a serious threat to one’s own life). In this case, the PTSD results from the experiencing or witnessing of a car accident, usually a major one, which is what our personal injury attorneys in San Diego handle all the time.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is typically characterized by several possible symptoms, including:

Re-experiencing the event
Numbing of physical senses
Slowing of responsiveness to the environment
Excessive or exaggerated startle response
Feelings of guilt
Memory impairment or amnesia
Difficulties sleeping or concentrating

If you believe that your mental suffering was caused by somebody else, then maybe you should think about consulting with an experienced personal injury lawyer in San Diego.

Why Hire Our Personal Injury Lawyers?

Since 1992, the personal injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Michael Pines, APC in San Diego have been helping people just like you recover the maximum financial compensation for your mental suffering. We know the legal process can at times be very confusing, but our experience can, however, help guide you through the process.

Our firm’s founder, Michael Pines, is a former insurance company lawyer, so he knows how the insurance companies work. Insurance companies may not pay a fair settlement. You shouldn’t have to worry about fighting insurance companies or even recovering what you lost in the car accident. That’s what we’re here for, to help you recover the maximum personal injury settlement with the least amount of stress.

We are dedicated to helping you obtain the fair and just compensation you and your family need to recover and move toward a brighter future.

If you or a loved one have been involved in an accident and suffered any mental suffering we urge you to contact our bilingual offices as soon as possible following the accident at 1-800-655-6585 or please click here for a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney in San Diego. We handle all cases on a contingency fee basis, which means that you owe us nothing until we recover money on your behalf.

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[caption id="attachment_21715" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo Credit: The San Diego Union Tribune"][/caption] Last week, we reported on a car accident in San Diego that resulted out of alleged teen street racing. In new developments, the 18-year-old driver charged with the death of the two teenagers involved in the street racing has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter among four other charges according to reports at the San Diego Union Tribune. The news follows the earlier arrest of another 16-year-old driver that was taken into custody on similar charges. Just shortly after his arraignment, Michael Johnson, the 18-year-old driver of a Volvo S40, said, according to his attorney, that he is not the responsible party in the tragic San Diego accident fatalities that occurred April 4. Accident reports indicate that Johnson was returning from a spring break beach party in La Jolla when he was allegedly involved in a street racing contest with another teen driver – the unidentified 16-year-old driver of a Volkswagen Passat whose name has not been released since he is a minor. According to Deputy District Attorney Kristen Spieler, the two vehicles were zigzagging across lanes at speeds reaching up to a staggering 100 m.p.h. The 16-year-old driver in the Passat lost control over the vehicle, causing the car to flip over several times across multiple lanes of the road. Two passengers, Anthony Foreman, 18, and Jayli Campbell, 16, were thrown from the Passat and died at the scene of the accident. Two passengers survived the crash. Charlotte McQuillen, survived the accident although she suffered serious injury as a result of the collision including reports that say the teen will have to recover from traumatic brain injury. Anthoney Taylor, 16, also survived the crash although his injuries are unclear at this time. Johnson did not flee the scene of the accident according to police reports and cooperated with authorities once officers assessed the scene of the collision. The teen has no prior criminal record, although authorities say his vehicle was found containing a small amount of marijuana. Johnson is being charged with intoxicated driving, although his lawyer says there were no field sobriety tests to confirm the teen’s alleged intoxication. Teen driving: reminders for concerned parents Last week, we blogged on actions parents can take to prevent teen car accidents. Tips include:

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Enforcing the rules. Every teen driver needs to know that rules are there for a purpose, and when they are broken, consequences will follow.
Have a DUI backup plan. As most parents can attest, there are many instances when teen drivers run into problems that supersede their know-how and maturity. Drinking is one of those problems. In cases of emergency, your teen should have an open-door policy where they feel safe to call you when they need help – such in the case of drunk driving or driving while intoxicated.

About the Law Offices of Michael Pines, APC The Law Offices of Michael Pines, APC are specialists in car accident injury. Every personal injury attorney in our San Diego office works hard to seek maximum recovery for every injured client. Your case is handled without any out-of-pocket costs, so do not hesitate to speak to a San Diego personal injury lawyer today for a free legal evaluation. Call us at 1-800-655-6585.