The government is a bureaucratic behemoth that is mostly impenetrable, surrounded by laws and statutes. If someone gets injured due to government-worker or agency-related negligence, the process for seeking compensation can be different from if a civilian or private corporation were responsible for your injuries. Typically, the time within which you can bring forth a claim is usually shorter, and there are strict procedural steps you must follow, or your claim may be summarily dismissed. In addition, there is a concept known as sovereign immunity which effectively protects the government and its entities from litigation in varying degrees.

This makes suing the government for an injury much more difficult and even frustrating for an innocent injured party. However, just because the process is difficult doesn’t meant that it is impossible, and our team at McCready Law have a deep and comprehensive understanding of these laws and requirements, helping guide clients through these requirements and complexities all done in an effort to recover what the injured client is owed, regardless of whether a governmental agency or private entity caused their injuries – read on to find out how we do this, as well as the specific steps on how to file an injury claim against the government.

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Are you looking for the best government personal injury attorney? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced injury lawyers at McCready Law have collectively garnered over 90 YEARS of compensation where we’ve helped tens of thousands of injured Americans across the country and from different socioeconomic backgrounds recover compensation after becoming the victims of someone else’s negligent and injurious actions.

McCready Law is never afraid to stand up to large entities, as we’ve previously recovered million-dollar settlements for clients injured in state prisons, well-known medical facilities, large transportation companies and so much more. The secret to our massive success lies in a number of factors; to begin with, we do not delegate case work to legal assistants or paralegals, as the vast majority of the claims that come to us must be processed by experienced and competent personal injury lawyers with vast years of experience.

In addition, we are not afraid to litigate should the insurance company not be amenable to engaging in good faith negotiations or if your injuries were catastrophic leading to permanent disability; most of the time, a well litigated claim results in the recovery of the maximum allowable compensation by the law.

In addition to having nationwide reach thanks to our vast network of trusted referral attorneys and law firms, we also run a bilingual firm (hablamos Español) and we take on claims on contingency fee basis, which simply means that there are ZERO UPFRONT FEES for the duration of your claim, as we only levy our fees at the end of the suit, and only if we’ve recovered compensation on your claim. If you or a loved one were injured due to a government agency’s negligence, please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can jump-start the claims process in as little time as possible: our intake team is standing by.

Does Sovereign Immunity Protect the Government Against Personal Injury Claims?

Sovereign immunity is a legal tradition that has roots going back hundreds of years, and it posits that a government or any sovereign state cannot be sued without its explicit consent. This tradition hearkens back to English common law which states that “the King can do no wrong” which loosely interpreted means that in order to safeguard the functioning of the state from disruptive and potentially frivolous litigation, the state cannot be sued unless there are extenuating and unusual circumstances justifying the same. This immunity is means to protect the government’s resources from being utilized to fight potentially frivolous lawsuits, as these resources can be best put to use to provide and perform essential public services.

That said, a law was passed in 1946 known as the Federal Torts Claims Act or FTCA, permitting lawsuits against the United States for personal injury, property damage or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the government while acting within the scope of their employment or office.

How to Successfully Sue the Government for a Personal Injury Claim

Here are the requirements and procedures you must follow in order bring forth a personal injury claim against the government under FTCA:

1. 1. You must first submit a written administrative claim to the relevant federal agency using Standard Form 95 which must include objective details about the incident.
   2. Once the claim is filed, the federal agency has a period of six months to investigate the claim and either approve or deny it, or take no action. Should they deny said claim, you have six months from the denial date to file a claim in a US District Court.

• According to the FTCA, you are limited with regard to the types and amounts of damages you can recover, with punitive damages being explicitly prohibited. Additionally, attorney’s fees are capped at a certain amount.

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Bringing a personal injury claim against the government is no easy task, and going it alone may be the worst thing you can do because the average lay American simply doesn’t understand the laws and procedural steps one must follow in order to bring forth a claim. In order to prevent arbitrary denials as well as the stress of dealing with government agencies during this difficult time in your life when you should be focusing on recovery, please give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can streamline and possibly expedite the entire process for you. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation. Thanks for choosing McCready Law, and we look forward to helping you.