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Personal injury claims play an important role in helping accident victims rebuild their lives. Not only is medical care for traumatic injuries incredibly expensive, but serious accidents can also leave victims unable to work, struggling with chronic pain, and facing a variety of other financial and non-financial consequences. All of these are important reasons why accident victims need an experienced Fort Myers personal injury attorney from Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. on their side.

But these are not the only reasons why personal injury claims are important. Personal injury claims also help make our communities safer.

How? While personal injury claims play a significant role in helping victims recover, they also play a key role in holding at-fault parties accountable. When at-fault parties are held accountable for the consequences of their actions, they are less likely to repeat the same mistakes. As a result, the more victims who come forward, the less likely it is that other members of their community will face similar consequences in the future.

5 Ways Personal Injury Claims Help Make for Safer Communities

Here are five examples of ways that personal injury claims help make for safer communities:

1. Personal Injury Claims Make Our Roads Safer

A significant percentage of all personal injury claims involve roadway accidents. This includes not only car, motorcycle, and SUV accidents, but also accidents involving commercial trucks and other large vehicles. It includes accidents involving dangerous construction zones, poorly designed intersections, and other roadway hazards as well.

Although greedy insurance companies try to promote propaganda that personal injury claims involving motor vehicle collisions are often thought of as “frivolous lawsuits,” in the vast majority of circumstances, nothing could be further from the truth. Reckless driving, distracted driving, drunk driving, and negligent road design and construction are all very serious safety issues—and, when victims of motor vehicle collisions file personal injury claims, holding the at-fault parties accountable helps to protect other members of their community. Once negligent drivers, careless design companies, and unsafe construction companies know what can happen when they prioritize speed or profits over safety, they are far less likely to put other drivers, passengers, and pedestrians in harm’s way.

2. Personal Injury Claims Make Our Workplaces Safer

Along with helping to make our roads safer, personal injury claims also contribute to making our workplaces safer. While many employers are generally immune from personal injury lawsuits involving work-related injuries (provided that they offer workers’ compensation coverage), this does not apply across the board. Additionally, many companies rely on independent contractors instead of hiring employees, and in many cases, employees can file personal injury claims against companies other than their employers.

By holding employers and other businesses accountable, injured workers make their workplaces safer for everyone. Once a company has been held accountable for a worker’s injuries, it is far more likely to prioritize workplace safety going forward.

3. Personal Injury Claims Improve Business Practices

In addition to improving workplace safety, personal injury claims can also improve other business practices. For example, a business that has been held liable for failing to clean up a spill is more likely to focus on protecting its customers’ safety in the future, as is a business that has been held liable for providing inadequate security. Likewise, a business that has been held liable for a drunk driving accident under Florida’s dram shop law is much more likely to ensure that its bartenders or wait staff do not knowingly serve underage or alcohol-dependent customers.

4. Personal Injury Claims Improve Product Safety

From prescription drugs and medical devices to airbags and autonomous vehicles, we rely on numerous products to function as expected every single day. In many cases, when products fail to work as expected, this can have serious, life-altering consequences.

Personal injury claims involving dangerous and defective products help improve product safety, which in turn makes our communities safer. In many cases, product-related personal injury claims lead to product improvements and widespread recalls that help protect others who might have otherwise suffered similar injuries. While this is not always the case, the more victims who come forward, the more financial pressure product manufacturers face to do the right thing.

5. Personal Injury Claims Help Ensure that People Put Safety First 

Ultimately, personal injury claims help ensure that people prioritize safety. This applies across the board, from drivers to store managers, and from bar tenders to corporate executives. Oftentimes, people make mistakes that lead to dangerous accidents because they have not considered the potential consequences of their actions. Facing personal injury claims forces people to face these consequences—even if their insurance companies ultimately end up paying for victims’ losses.

Do You Have a Personal Injury Claim?

With all of this in mind, do you have a personal injury claim? If you do, not only could you be entitled to significant financial compensation, but you could also be in a position to help protect others in your community. This is true whether you were injured in a vehicle collision, a slip-and-fall accident, a product-related accident, or any other type of accident in which someone else or a company may be to blame.

If you have a personal injury claim, you can hire an attorney with the Spivey Law Firm to help you fight for accountability at no out-of-pocket cost. We represent accident victims on a contingency-fee basis. This means that you do not have to pay any up-front or monthly legal fees, and you do not have to pay anything at all unless your personal injury claim is successful.

Learn More from Fort Myers Personal Injury Attorney Randall L. Spivey and His Team Today

If you would like to learn more about how filing a personal injury claim can help protect your finances, your future, and your community, we strongly encourage you to contact Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A.. You pay no legal fees or costs unless your case is successful.

Attorney Randall L. Spivey, the founder and president of Spivey Law Firm, is a Florida Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney. In Florida, less than 1% of all attorneys licensed by the Florida Bar Association are Board Certified in Civil Trial law. Randall Spivey has the knowledge and experience to handle your personal injury claim. Randall Spivey also has an AV Rated Preeminent Attorney Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. This is the highest rating standard, signifying the greatest level of professional excellence for legal knowledge, communication skills, and ethical standards. Randall L. Spivey is also named as a Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine.

Experienced Fort Myers personal injury attorney Randall L. Spivey will be more than happy to explain everything you need to know. To arrange a free, no-obligation consultation, give us a call at 239-337-7483 or toll-free at 888-447-4839, or contact us  online at SpiveyLaw.com today.