• Home
  • Practice Areas
    • Personal Injury
      • Motor Vehicle Accidents
        • Car Accidents
        • Motorcycle Accidents
        • Texting-While-Driving
        • Bus & Pedestrian Accidents
      • Dog Bites
      • Premises Liability
      • Wrongful Death
    • Workers’ Compensation
      • What You Need To Know About Your Workplace Injury
      • Types Of Workers’ Compensation Claims
      • Third Party Liability
      • Workplace Accidents
        • Construction Site Accidents
        • Industrial Accidents
      • Types Of Injuries
        • Head Injuries
        • Repetitive Motion Injuries
        • Pre-Existing Conditions
    • Bad Faith Insurance
    • Class Action Lawsuits
  • Firm Overview
  • Attorneys
    • Bruce Stoltze
  • Blog
  • Contact
Stoltze & Stoltze, PLC

Stoltze & Stoltze, PLC

Des Moines Employment Attorney

Free Consultations

Evening and Weekend Appointments

CALL 515-244-1473 or Email Us

  • Personal Injury · Business Litigation · Work Injury - Call 515-244-1473

Car Accident Lost Wages Compensation

Posted on January 20, 2021

If you are in a car accident and are wondering whether the at fault party’s insurance company has made you a fair offer for the damage to your property and injuries you sustained, the best advice is to speak with an experienced personal injury attorney to evaluate your case to determine if you are receiving a fair settlement offer. When you are injured in a car accident you will need all the compensation you deserve, including for lost wages, in order to fully recover.

Who is responsible for my lost income after a car accident?

Of course the first step when you are injured in a car accident is to see a doctor for an examination and treatment. When you incur costs for medical treatment or miss work due to your injuries, and/or have property damage to your car, these easily verified expenses will typically be reimbursed by the at fault party’s insurance company.

What about my future loss of earning?

Earnings may not only include past earnings, but also future lost earrings, which is a matter of showing it is reasonably certain you will lose future income due to the injury. This will typically boil down to medical records showing a doctors authorization for a release from work or a doctor noting that you should restrict activities which support time off from work. It is therefore important to ensure that your medical records are well documented to support your request for not only lost wages but future lost wages.

Once you have justified that time off was necessary, the insurance company will require documentation showing what wages were lost. This might include pay stubs, time cards, or tax returns. Sick leave or vacation time used due to the injury may also be compensable. If you are self-employed, earning history from tax returns or profit and loss statements may be used to prove the value of lost earnings and point to a figure for future lost earnings.

Before signing the insurance settlement, speak with an experienced Iowa car accident attorney. Call 515-244-1473 or send an email for your free case evaluation with our Iowa car accident attorneys. We are conveniently located near the Des Moines civic center, and we have Spanish and Bosnian translators available.

Filed Under: Car Accidents Tagged With: Iowa personal injury lawyers

Practice Areas

  • Personal Injury
  • Workers’ Compensation
  • Bad Faith Insurance
  • Class Action Lawsuits

Blog Categories

  • Age Discrimination (5)
  • Arbitration Agreements (1)
  • Car Accidents (53)
  • Child Custody (1)
  • Child Support (1)
  • Class Action (2)
  • Dog Bite (2)
  • Employment Law (24)
  • Family Law (1)
  • FMLA Denial & Retaliaiton (6)
  • Gender Discrimination (4)
  • Iowa Wage and Hour Law (3)
  • Marital Property Division (3)
  • Motorcycle Accidents (4)
  • Non-Compete Agreements (2)
  • Pedestrian Accidents (10)
  • Personal Injury (44)
  • Personal Injury (2)
  • Personal Injury & Work Injury & Employment Law Blog (7)
  • Personal Injury Settlement (3)
  • Premises Liability (6)
  • Product Liability (2)
  • Religious Discrimination (2)
  • Sex Discrimination (6)
  • Temporary Orders (1)
  • Third Party Injury (6)
  • Truck Accidents (11)
  • Whistle-blower Retaliation (1)
  • Work Related Stress Disorders (1)
  • Workers Compensation (68)
  • Workplace Discrimination (5)
  • Wrongful Death (18)
  • Wrongful Termination (7)

Contact Information

Stoltze & Stoltze, PLC
Personal Injury Lawyers

300 Walnut St, Suite 260
Des Moines, IA 50309

Phone: 515-244-1473
Fax: 515-244-3930

DIRECTIONS

stoltz-building

Stoltze & Stoltze America's Top 100 Attorneys Rated by Super Lawyers

The law firm of Stoltze & Stoltze, PLC, provides legal services to people in the cities of Des Moines, West Des Moines, Davenport, Ames, Waukee, Mason City, Cedar Rapids, Burlington and Fort Dodge, and Polk County, Warren County, Dallas County, Scott County, Story County, Cerro Gordo County, Linn County, Des Moines County and Webster County, Iowa.

© 2023 by Stoltze & Stoltze, PLC. All rights reserved · Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Sitemap · Return to Top