PROVING LOST INCOME FOR PEOPLE PAID ON COMMISSION

After an accident injury, you may be entitled to reimbursement of lost income. But how do you prove the amount if you are paid on commission? Our personal injury lawyers deal with this issue frequently. If the accident was someone else’s fault, their insurance must pay compenation for your lost wages, among other things. Our lawyers handle car accident cases, dog bites, slip fall accidents, and many others. No matter how the accident is caused, if the injury is serious, you may be unable to work and lose income. Hourly or saleried income is usually straightforward. But what about comissions?

There are several methods our lawyers use to prove lost comissions. First, we will compare your income in the period of our injury to prior periods. Of course, which prior period depends on the nature of your job. For example, comparing November-December to September-October may not work if more sales tend to be made in the fourth quarter or end of the year. Therefore, we may look to the same period for the prior year. Then, if that is not appropriate because you were not working the prior year, or some other reason, we will look for other comparisons.

Another way to prove lost comissions is to look for patterns or trajectories in sales. Sometimes, we will look to similarly situated coworkers. In other words, there are many different ways to prove lost comission income after an accident injury. Each cases is different. Proving lost comission income is often challenging but not impossible.

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If you have been injured in an accident, our personal injury lawyers can help. Call us for a free consultation to discuss your rights. We will start be listening to your store and answering your questions. The initial meeting is free and we never charge anything unless you receive compensation for your injuries.

The primary focus of our lawyers is to make sure you get all appropriate compensation for your injuries. This starts with medical bills and lost income. However, there is often must more. For example, money set aside for future treatment, compensation for disability or limitations, pain and suffering, and more.