When you hand your case over to a skilled car accident lawyer, your lawyer immediately goes to work strengthening your case so you can demand much more from insurance companies. Your attorney fully investigates what happened and collects powerful evidence. Your attorney files your claim for you. Your attorney negotiates for the maximum in support for you and your family.
Your attorney should also serve as a protection for your case, especially if your account of what happened differs from what an insurance adjuster tries to say happened. Your attorney should get aggressive to make sure you don’t get blamed for an accident you didn’t cause.
What You Should Demand from Your Lawyer in a Car Accident Case
A frightening car accident on a freeway or boulevard can leave you with a car that can’t be driven, a serious injury, and a stack of medical bills.
Car insurance companies may not push back much on paying to get your car fixed, but they may be much less helpful if your medical bills start to grow. Once a recovery goes beyond a week or so, the incredible costs of medical care start to multiply, prompting insurance companies to look for ways to escape blame.
You may need an advocate on your side to fight off the attacks insurers can direct at you, simply to avoid helping you.
These are just a few of the benefits of having an experienced lawyer handle your case:
Securing powerful evidence. Investigating the accident and the other driver’s record produces solid evidence. This evidence is the best way to fight back when a car insurance company tries to shift blame for a collision. With Maison Law, this evidence can include witness testimony, accident reconstruction, and video evidence.
Backing up your injury with medical proof. Another way insurance adjusters devalue your case is by questioning the severity of your injuries. If they make your injuries seem minor, they can offer you less. A skilled attorney works with your doctors and brings in expert witnesses to speak to the outlook for your injury. It’s critical to get their view on how long your recovery will take. Insurance companies should support you for as long as it takes to heal fully.
Files your claim for you. Your lawyer makes sure your injury claim meets all legal deadlines and is backed by proper documentation and evidence. This allows you to focus on healing, while your lawyer handles the frustrating back-and-forth with insurers. In fact, your lawyer handles all communication with unhelpful insurance companies.
Skilled negotiation. Two car accident victims with similar injuries can win very different settlement amounts. One can get everything needed to cover all recovery costs. The other might end up paying for some of their own hospital bills. There’s no set award in these cases, and victims with an experienced negotiator acting on their behalf usually take home much more in support. Your lawyer should be a tough negotiator who doesn’t back down when facing off against large companies. Your lawyer shouldn’t accept any settlement offer until it comes up enough to cover every hardship a frightening car accident has caused you.
Representing you in court. Most cases are settled and never reach the trial stage. However, if an insurance company for a careless driver refused to accept full blame, your Maison Law attorney would already be prepared to file a lawsuit and take the company to court. A good lawyer represents the threat of a lawsuit, making insurance companies work harder to satisfy you with a fair settlement offer. Insurers don’t want to have their business practices exposed in testimony to a judge and jury. They also don’t want to cover the cost of going to court.
No charge unless you win. Your lawyer should work on a contingency basis, meaning they never get paid unless your case is won. Most car accident lawyers work under this agreement, but be sure. Make sure you know how your lawyer gets paid.
Do I Need a Car Accident Lawyer?
If you suffer a serious injury in a car accident, like a broken bone or a head injury, having a car accident lawyer may make a huge difference in the outcome of your case.
If you aren’t sure if you need the protection of a lawyer, there’s a no-risk way to find out. If your collision occurred in California, Maison Law offers a free, no-obligation case consultation with a real lawyer. Our California car accident lawyers can sit down with you and listen to the details of what happened. They can go over your best options for getting the most for your recovery with the shortest wait. We want you to get back to your normal life without financial worries as soon as possible.
If you end up needing our help, you never have to pay anything up front. Our lawyers work under a contingency agreement. It means we don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the car insurance settlement you are awarded.
