1. You have a lot on your mind and may not be thinking clearly.
When you’ve been in a car accident, you may be in shock. Aside from emotional turmoil and stress, you have to deal with your injuries, damage to your vehicle, handling your claim, and other issues.
Having the help of an experienced personal injury attorney can leave you free to concentrate on healing and moving on with your life.
2. Evidence will quickly disappear.
Even if you are clearly the victim of an accident, not everybody will see it that way as time goes on.
You’ll be surprised by how quickly evidence vanishes after a vehicle accident if not quickly preserved by official letters from an attorney. You need to hire a personal injury attorney immediately after the accident to preserve your case.
3. If your vehicle is heavily damaged, your insurance company may not fully cover your claim for repair or replacement.
When you’re in an accident, your focus is on getting your car fixed and treating your injuries. But your insurance company has a different agenda.
Most insurance companies aim to protect their insureds and want to compensate them for damages. But some companies try to minimize the estimate of damage to vehicles and pay less than it really costs to fix or replace them.
4. Your injuries need medical care right away, and the insurance company may not want to pay for all of your care.
When you try to get reimbursement for your medical care after an injury accident, you may run into resistance from your insurance company. This is very common. Insurance companies try to avoid paying more than the minimum amount. They check with the hospital and your doctors to make sure all the expenses that you submit are valid. Your personal injury attorney can prevent the insurance company from reducing your claim amount.
5. A personal injury attorney will make sure to file your claim before the deadline, or “Statute of Limitations”, occurs.
You have only a limited time to sue under local, state, and federal law to file your claim and protect your rights. This time limit is called the statute of limitations, and varies by state.
In most states, the statute of limitations for filing a car accident claim is between one and two years. If you don’t sue within that time, you give up your right to sue forever.
6. In the case of death or serious injury, a personal injury attorney will work to make sure you receive fair and adequate compensation.
Some vehicle accidents can cause serious injury or death of the occupants, pedestrians, or other people.
If there has been serious injury, or if injuries are likely to be permanent, or when a death has resulted, you need a personal injury attorney to help you get through the lawsuits that will likely be filed.
7. Personal injury attorneys on Big Al’s team are familiar with the complicated rules that states have.
You may need to comply with certain rules in order to sue. You may need to file a police report or file notice within a given period of time. Your individual state may have additional requirements as well.
An attorney who is experienced in handling car accident injuries in your area will be familiar with the laws and can help you make sure you don’t do anything that jeopardizes your right to sue the party responsible for your injury.
8. You may not fully understand all of your potential damages.
There is a range of potential damages available to people who are injured in a car accident. In addition to medical bills, you may be able to recover for lost wages, pain and suffering and emotional distress.
Your family members may be able to recover for the loss of your companionship if you have become incapacitated. If you don’t hire an attorney, you may not be aware of all of your potential legal rights to recovery.
9. Proving liability can be complex.
Even with witnesses and a police report saying the other party is at fault, proving that he was negligent can be difficult. Since there are many elements that go into winning a personal injury lawsuit, you will need to hire a personal injury attorney like Big Al who understands the law.
10. You need to understand settlement options.
Most law cases settle out of court, which means the defendant or his insurance company is likely to make you an offer of settlement. Your personal injury attorney can help you understand the implications of accepting this offer.
Once you accept, you give up your right to sue forever. Big Al can also help you evaluate whether settling is the best option in your case.
11. Proving your case can be complex.
Just as filing your case is complex, proving your case is even more so.
You may be limited in the types of witnesses and evidence you present.
There are even restrictions on the kind of questions and phrasing of questions you ask in court.
Furthermore, extensive legal research often needs to be done to convince the court or jury to side with you. As such, it is very difficult to prove personal injury liability on your own. Big Al and his team can help you.
12. If you don’t hire a personal injury attorney, you could be faced with financial loss.
If you don’t sue in time, if you don’t sue for the right damages or sue the right defendants, and if you lose your case as a result of improperly presenting your information, you will be barred from ever suing again. This means you will have used up your only chance for recovery and you will be stuck with all the costs and bills as a result of the accident that someone else caused.
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