Why You Always Need a Personal Injury Specialist After an Accident
Had an accident? Always contact a personal injury specialist!
Personal Injury Specialist: If you an injury due to someone else's fault, you are always entitled to compensation.
Moreover, in some cases where you are personally at fault, you may also be eligible for compensation for your financial loss (additional costs, lost income, informal care allowance, and pain and suffering).
You are also always entitled to engage a personal injury specialist. In the Netherlands, it is stipulated by law that in the event of personal injury, you are also entitled to reimbursement of legal costs (read: the costs of a firm like ours). Separate from your own compensation.
This means that – at least with us – you can receive assistance from a personal injury specialist 100% free of charge after an accident
Be sure to exercise this right immediately! You'll be dealing with a professional insurer as the opposing party. They often have very different perspectives on your injuries and personal injury claims than you and we do. So what then?
Only with the right personal injury specialist can you be sure you'll get what you're entitled to: fair, just, and maximum compensation for your injuries. And that won't cost you a thing!
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When to Call a Personal Injury Specialist Immediately
As personal injury specialists, we offer legal assistance to victims who have sustained injuries as a result of an accident. We help you recover your financial losses 100% free of charge
Personal injury can occur in various ways. We can assist you with accidents for which we are 100% free of charge:
- car accident
- bicycle accident
- pedestrian accident
- scooter, moped, moped accident
- motorcycle accident
- passenger accident
- accident self-employed person
- industrial accident employee
- industrial accident self-employed person
- industrial accident involving temporary workers or those with a zero-hours contract
- industrial accident tripping, falling or slipping
- accident caused by dog or dog bite
- horse riding accident
- collision with wildlife or a deer
- public transport accident
- accident during (organized) trip
- accident due to unsafe product
- accident caused by falling, tripping or hitting someone else
- accident caused by bad road.
Have you suffered an injury due to someone else's fault? Then your personal injury damages should definitely be compensated.
Sometimes Dutch law provides you with “extra legal protection”. For example, as a passenger, a pedestrian or cyclist , or in the event of a workplace accident. But also when horseback riding, on public transport, or after a dog bite.
In that case, you may be required to pay compensation for your injuries regardless of whether the accident was your fault or partly your fault. Alternatively, you may be required to pay at least 50% of your injuries.
All things you probably don't know yourself. So you don't know when you're entitled to what. A personal injury specialist does!
That's why a personal injury specialist is crucial. Only then can you be sure you'll get what you're entitled to, without having to engage in all sorts of arguments yourself. Don't wait too long to do so, or you'll be left behind by the (legal) facts!
In any case, always ask for advice. It costs you nothing, and you will know immediately where you stand. We are the leading personal injury specialist in the Netherlands. Together, we will assess the situation and determine the best course of action for you.
Do we think you do need a personal injury specialist? We'll explain why, and you'll also hear that our services are completely free of charge
So don't take any risks and ask for advice without obligation!
How can I help you?
Floris de Bruin
Commercial Director
Commercial Director
Why You Need a Personal Injury Specialist: Solving Your Problems Together
Have you been the victim of an accident and suffered injuries? You'll almost always face additional costs, support and informal care, and lost income. You'll also always find that your injury has psychological consequences.
Then it's only natural that you have a lot of questions. After all, there's a lot to deal with. "Am I entitled to compensation? What does my personal injury compensation cover? And how does it all work?"
We can help you with all your questions. In any case, in the form of no-obligation advice . But also by actually helping you – and 100% free of charge for you – to recover your financial losses through our own working method
Moreover, if someone else is liable for the accident that befell you, whether it is a traffic accident or a workplace accident, we, as the leading personal injury specialist in the Netherlands, can help you recover your personal injury damages. Always 100% free of charge.
Always choose a Certified Personal Injury Specialist
Only with a certified personal injury specialist can you be sure you'll receive the help you deserve—and desperately need!
National Quality Mark for Personal Injury
We were among the first personal injury specialists to be awarded the Personal Injury Quality Mark (NKL).
(Registered) Personal Injury Experts
Most of us are (registered) experts and, as personal injury specialists, affiliated with the Dutch Institute of Registered Experts (NIVRE).
Expertise of our Personal Injury Specialists
Our personal injury specialists have completed all their training at a minimum of HBO or WO level and undergo continuous (post-academic) further training.
Experience of our Personal Injury Specialists:
Van der Toorn Personal Injury has been providing free, top-notch assistance to personal injury victims for almost 25 years. Each of our personal injury specialists extensive experience in the field of personal injury.
Other Accreditations:
Our company and our personal injury specialists are members of renowned organizations such as the Personal Injury Council, the Dutch Association of Personal Injury Experts (NLE), and the Association of Personal Injury Professionals (NIS). This further guarantees the quality, reliability, and transparency of our services.
What personal injury compensation and personal injury damages amounts
As the leading personal injury specialist in the Netherlands, we not only help you with liability (the question of fault), but also help you determine the amount of your personal injury compensation.
Below you will find an overview of the most common damage items:
Personal injury specialist for additional costs and assistance costs
- costs related to hospital admission and any surgery
- transportation costs to and from the hospital or rehabilitation center
- deductible health insurance
- medical costs that are not reimbursed by health insurance
- physiotherapy
- costs of adjustments in the home
- aids: such as a wheelchair or crutches
- costs of home help or informal care
- costs of maintenance of your house or garden
Personal Injury Specialist for Useless Costs
Costs without benefit are costs that you incurred before the accident, but from which you no longer have any benefit.
Personal injury specialist for loss of income after an accident
- your employer does not pay your salary 100%
- you are a temporary employee and only receive 70% of your salary
- you will no longer be called up and paid on your zero-hours contract
- you will no longer be called up on your on-call contract
- no extension of a temporary contract
- dismissal during probationary period
- lack of extra scheduled working days, irregular hours allowance, overtime
- no profit sharing or a bonus
- missed time-for-time build-up
- missing out on a promotion or salary increase.
How can I help you?
Floris de Bruin
Commercial Director
Commercial Director
Personal Injury Specialist for Study Costs and Delays
- you have to repeat your academic year or suffer a delay in your studies , with all the additional costs that entails
- You enter the labor market later and therefore only generate income later.
Personal Injury Specialist and Non-pecuniary Damages
After an accident, you are always entitled to compensation, which is compensation for psychological damage. Think of the pain, suffering, and other psychological harm.
It's understandable that you don't know how much your personal injury compensation should be. Each claim has its own rules. Determining personal injury damages is a complex matter that requires considerable expertise.
Always 100% Free Help Personal Injury Specialist
Our legal assistance is always 100% free of charge. The costs of our personal injury specialist must also be reimbursed by the opposing party, separate from your own compensation. This is stipulated by law in Article 6:96 of the Dutch Civil Code.
If we assist you with your personal injury claim, we guarantee upfront that our assistance will be 100% free of charge. This is stated in our first email.
So for you, always 100% free legal assistance from one of our Personal Injury Specialists!
Personal Injury Specialist: Always Ask for Advice
Have you suffered injuries in an accident? Always consult a personal injury specialist. Only then can you be sure you'll receive 100% of what you're entitled to!
Be sure to ask for advice right away. We can tell you immediately what the situation is and what your best course of action should be. Our advice is 100% free of obligation. Afterward, you can decide for yourself what to do with it.
Do we think you need the help of our personal injury specialists? We'll explain why, and you'll hear that our assistance is guaranteed to 100% free of charge .
Send a WhatsApp message, call us, or fill out the form on our website. Whatever works best for you. We'll contact you the same day. We'll discuss what we can do for you as personal injury specialists.
About the author
The information on this page was written by Floris de Bruin, a specialist in liability and personal injury. The content of this page fully complies with the requirements of the National Quality Mark for Personal Injury (NKL).
What customers ask
Is your help really free for me?
Absolutely, our help is truly FREE.
Your counterparty is also obligated to reimburse your legal costs (i.e., our firm's fees). This is stipulated by law (Section 6:96 of the Dutch Civil Code).
At Van der Toorn Personal Injury, you'll receive a written cost guarantee upfront with a clear explanation. This also clearly states what you can expect from us and what we can expect from you.
We guarantee that the liable party will reimburse our costs. If they don't, it's our business risk. You'll never receive a bill from us. We promise!
Still unsure? Just contact us. We'd be happy to explain how our cost guarantee works.
If you'd like to learn more about our FREE personal injury assistance, click here. Clarity is paramount!
When can I claim personal injury damages?
You can claim damages for personal injury if you have suffered an injury (been injured) due to the fault of another person
Personal injury can be caused by, for example:
In addition, you may think of injuries sustained during:
- organized trip
- unsafe product or
- fall at someone else's home, in a shop or on the street
It's best not to wait too long to file a personal injury claim. It's best to do so immediately after the accident.
Even if it is not yet clear at that time what your injury and its financial consequences consist of.
However, someone else must liable and must have taken out liability insurance for this (AVP/AVB/WA).
However, even if you caused the accident yourself, you can sometimes still claim compensation for personal injury. For example, if you SVI (Passenger Injury Insurance) or SVO (Opzittende Inschadende).
Are you unsure whether and when you are entitled to personal injury compensation?
Don't hesitate to contact us now for a free, no-obligation consultation. It's free , and you'll know exactly where you stand. Afterward, you can decide for yourself what to do with our advice.
What injuries do you treat?
We can actually help you with all types of personal injury
Van der Toorn Personal Injury can help you with all types of injuries. We specialize in handling "serious personal injuries," such as:
- brain injury (ABI)
- spinal cord injury
- burns
- dystrophy
- bone fractures and
- cosmetic injury.
But of course, we are also very happy to be there for you if someone else has sustained an injury. Such as neck injuries, whiplash, back injuries, bruises, sprains, dog bites, temporary injuries, and you name it.
We cannot help with all types of personal injury
The only thing we cannot help you with is personal injury caused by:
- violence
- medical errors and/or
- situations of abuse.
In that situation, we will of course refer you to a party that is specialized in this.
Always request free, no-obligation advice on personal injury claims
Do you have questions about your personal injury? Or are you unsure if we're the right place for you?
Please do not hesitate to ask us for a complete and free, no-obligation personal injury claim consultation.
When should I contact you?
You don't have to! But it's in your best interest to contact us as soon as possible
Only then can you be certain that there is someone who thinks solely of your interests . Because that is our job: thinking of *your* interests.
But what is: as quickly as possible?
Sometimes an insurance company will contact you very shortly after the accident. They'll ask how you're doing and also ask for all sorts of other information.
You cannot know whether that insurer is asking “too many questions” from a legal perspective. About your health before the accident and which doctors you visited. You would rather avoid that, wouldn't you? So never wait too long to engage a personal injury firm.
It's also likely that you'll quickly incur significant expenses . Or your incomemay disappear. We'll handle the initial damage payments from the other party. Then you can focus on your recovery.
Would you like to know what's best for you? Don't hesitate to contact us , without obligation
We'll give you clear advice right away . Then you can decide for yourself what to do with it.
If we think we can help you, we will let you know right away.
At the same time, we guarantee that our legal assistance completely free of charge .
To learn more about our FREE personal injury assistance services, click here.
What personal injury compensation amounts am I entitled to?
The personal injury compensation amounts you are entitled to are:
Allowances for additional assistance, such as:
- household help, shopping, taking children to school, etc.
- help in the garden and
- help with the maintenance and painting of your home.
In addition, your personal injury may have consequences for your income, such as:
- income that is not fully paid (self-employed person, temporary worker, zero-hour contract, etc.)
- no more irregular hours allowance
- no longer being able to work overtime
- missed promotions and
- missed pension accrual
Finally, you can consider other equally important personal injury compensation amounts, such as:
- Study delay
- Reintegration costs for guidance to other work
- Costs associated with admission to a hospital or rehabilitation center
- Travel expenses
- Medical expenses
- Non-pecuniary damages
- Economic vulnerability
- Statutory interest
- Furthermore, all costs that you would not have incurred without the accident…
- For example, the wages you did not receive because you could not go to work.
- Gasoline because you had to go to the hospital or the physiotherapist.
- Medicines that were covered by your deductible.
In addition, you are always entitled to compensation for pain and suffering, also known as non-material damages.
This is compensation for "loss of enjoyment of life." Your damages should compensate you for your grief, pain, and anything else that might have made you less happy than before the accident.
Unfortunately, Dutch law is not generous in awarding damages for pain and suffering. Therefore, the amounts awarded in the Netherlands are not considered "fair enough.".
If you'd like to learn more about non-pecuniary damages, click here. If you'd like to learn more about personal injury damages, click here.
Calculating non-pecuniary damages
Calculating non-pecuniary damages:
You are always entitled to compensation for pain and suffering. This is the "non-pecuniary component" of your personal injury compensation.
What is non-pecuniary damages?
Pain and suffering compensation is not in itself a “hard legal term”. It is compensation for damage that cannot be expressed in monetary terms.
So, everything that doesn't fall under additional costs or lost income. It's essentially compensation for your "mental damage.".
How to calculate non-pecuniary damages
People often ask us at the very beginning of their personal injury case how much compensation they are entitled to.
That question is actually impossible to answer. And any personal injury lawyer who claims otherwise is mistaken.
When can you calculate my non-pecuniary damages?
Your compensation for pain and suffering can only be definitively determined at the end of your personal injury case.
Only then will it be known what psychological consequences your injury has had and/or will have for you.
Because it is the psychological consequences that largely determine your compensation for non-pecuniary damages.
Important factors in calculating non-pecuniary damages
Important factors for calculating your non-pecuniary damages include:
- the nature of your injury
- the severity of your injury
- your age
- your gender
- your level of consciousness
- whether you will have permanent scars and where those scars are located
- whether you have physical limitations that affect your quality of life
- how much pain have you suffered and continue to suffer
- how long your recovery period was and
- whether you have recovered at all or whether there is permanent damage.
Indication calculation of non-pecuniary damages:
We cannot predict exactly how much your compensation for non-pecuniary damages will be.
What we can do is give you a general indication of the amount of your compensation for pain and suffering.
If this sounds appealing, contact us today for a free, honest consultation. Afterward, you can decide for yourself what to do with it.
We are happy to help you calculate and claim your compensation for pain and suffering and other personal injury damages, such as your additional costs and lost income.
And if you choose our legal assistance, we guarantee you in writing in advance that our assistance will always FREE .
Calculating non-pecuniary damages? Ask for advice! We're happy to help. Want to know more about calculating non-pecuniary damages? Click here.
Stories from the field
I received excellent help with my personal injury claim and it cost me nothing!
One Sunday, I was hit by a car. A car didn't give me the right of way and hit my right leg. I fell off my bike and immediately knew something was wrong.
The ambulance took me to the hospital. I had to have surgery right away. Pins and plates in my leg, almost a year of rehabilitation, but it never fully recovered.
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