Your mobile phone is no longer just a phone. The mobile phone has become a primary necessity, as we can no longer do without it. We handle banking through the bank’s app, engage in social media activities, and fill our shopping carts with clothing from various fashion brand apps. Essentially, we do everything with our mobile phones.
Many industries recognize the importance of an app. There are countless apps available for iPhones and other mobile phones. However, there is unfortunately one sector that often lags behind and has not yet fully embraced the use of apps: the legal profession. But wouldn’t it be handy to have an app where you can handle various legal matters? Let’s take the personal injury sector as an example.
If you are involved in an accident on the road or at work, you are entitled to compensation for personal injury. For this, you can enlist the services of a personal injury lawyer (Dutch: letselschade advocaat). They handle everything for you, from holding the other party liable to preparing a damage assessment and negotiating with the insurer regarding the amount of compensation.
What is personal injury?
Before we discuss a personal injury app, it’s essential to understand what personal injury actually entails. Suppose you are involved in a bicycle accident and sustain injuries such as a broken ankle or neck pain. This injury undoubtedly causes personal suffering. But there may also be financial consequences resulting from the bicycle accident. What if you are temporarily or even permanently unable to work due to the fall from the bicycle? Or if you are unable to perform household tasks? In such cases, there is damage. Because this damage results from sustained injuries, it is also referred to as personal injury. You can pursue personal injury claims on your own. However, it’s not easy, as determining the appropriate compensation and understanding what constitutes compensation can be challenging. How do you calculate compensation? A personal injury lawyer can provide answers to all these questions. For instance, a personal injury lawyer in Amsterdam. (Dutch: letselschade advocaat Amsterdam) But imagine how great it would be if you could already do a lot of groundwork yourself, for example, with a personal injury app.
What can you do with a personal injury app?
With a personal injury app, for example, you can create a damage assessment yourself. You can select which damage items apply to your situation. This includes, for instance, income loss due to disability and household assistance, as well as medical expenses, damages because you are unable to perform home and garden maintenance, and many more damage items.
But there’s much more you could do with an app on your mobile phone for personal injury. Think of creating a liability statement yourself and filing a personal injury claim directly with the other party or their personal injury insurance.
Unfortunately, the legal profession, including personal injury lawyers, is far behind in terms of apps. But who knows, maybe a personal injury app will hit the market soon. We’ll see!
