There's no good time for a car crash, but there are certainly times where car crashes are a lot worse than others. One of these times would be your wedding day. A wedding is supposed to be one of the most memorable days of your life. This doesn't mean that it should also be one of the worst.
Like many brides and grooms, you likely hired a limo service for transportation to and from a variety of wedding venues. If this is the case, then you find yourself involved in a wedding day accident. Depending on the severity of the accident, you could be dealing with a lot of different problems and financial impacts associated with that day and multiple days beyond.
An auto accident attorney can help you sort through the mess and help you get some compensation for your ruined celebration.
Venue Costs
If the car accident is bad enough to cancel the whole wedding day, then you may find yourself dealing with a lot of lost venue costs. These costs include a lot more than just the location itself. A lawyer can help you break down all of these costs and ways that they are impacting the wedding. For example, you may have had extra costs associated with a wedding planner, DJ, catering services, or other forms of entertainment. All of this is completely wasted when a car accident occurs. A lawyer can hold the person responsible for the accident liable for all of these lost expenses. This will help you recoup some of the extra costs and help fund your wedding date in the future.
Honeymoon & Travel Costs
After the actual wedding is cancelled, your injuries and recovery may prevent you from enjoying a honeymoon trip. If you are unable to make any cancellations, you will be wasting a lot of money on various forms of travel. This includes plane rides, hotel rooms, resort packages, or any special excursion packages that you have already purchased. These costs should not go wasted. Using receipts and reservations, a lawyer can attempt to get you a proper settlement for all of these expenses. It's hard enough losing out on your wedding day, but it can be even more challenging to lose out on a honeymoon that you took a lot of time and effort to plan.
Emotional Trauma
Your wedding day is naturally filled with a lot of emotions. You are likely feeling extremely happy before the accident and then all of those feelings completely change after the accident has occurred. This dramatic shift can cause a lot of pain and suffering for people. When a lawyer is building a case, pain and suffering can have a huge impact. Having your wedding day wrecked can cause a lot of emotional trauma. You may be depressed or extremely upset for many days to come. It can make it really hard to plan your wedding in the future and you may find that your emotional trauma expands to other aspects of your life. For example, the car accident alone could give you anxiety and fears of driving or traveling near the location of the wedding.
Extra Costs
A lawyer can also help you determine any extra costs that you may have with your situation. When the accident occurs in the limo, you may have been charged fees or other costs for the limo service. Various members of your family may have had extra costs associated with emergency travel plans. If you had pets boarded for the wedding, you may have needed to pay extra boarding time while you recovered from the injury. A detailed meeting can take place with the lawyer to help determine any of these issues.
It may be hard to confront these painful memories, but it's important to contact an auto accident attorney as soon as possible after the accident has occurred. This will help get the process started.
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