How can an attorney help get a settlement for my injury claim?
Our St. Louis personal injury law firm gets hundreds of calls each month from innocent victims injured in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, and by defective products. We also field phone calls from family members who have lost a loved one because of the reckless conduct of someone else. People don't call us because they have good news. They call us because they are under a significant amount of duress and don't know where to turn for quality legal advice. Our accident attorneys take great care in answering all questions and concerns and offer hope for those who don't understand the insurance claims process.
Unfortunately, insurance adjusters do not have the best interests of injury victims at heart. In fact, claims adjusters are compensated to minimize injury claims and make sure that the insurance company doesn't pay out any more than the smallest amount legally possible. Many of these claims are even denied. The motto "deny, delay, defend" is commonplace in the insurance industry. An experienced injury lawyer evens the playing field though, and most of the time an attorney can obtain 10-20X more compensation that a victim will be able to get on his or her own. The threat of a jury trial is often enough to get the insurance company to act in good faith. However, circumstances exist where insurance companies will remain defiant and unreasonable even when an attorney gets involved. In that case, your lawyer will need to work up your case and possibly take it all the way through to a jury verdict. After all, that is what the civil justice system is for.
An attorney is able to obtain a settlement most of the time, without dragging the case on for months or years. Your lawyer will negotiate with the claims adjuster with evidence he has gathered, as well as a better understanding of the laws that apply and the many forms of damages and recovery that are available to the injury victim. Claims adjusters are not about to educate you on all of the forms of compensation that you may be entitled to. That will be the job of your lawyer.
If you have been hurt due to the fault of someone else, it is likely that several insurance companies may have a part in the claim. A personal injury attorney will interpret all insurance policies that may apply to the accident in order to maximize recovery from the client. In, fact, there are often times additional policies of insurance that the victim didn't even realize applied to the incident. If you have questions, contact a lawyer by calling (314) 732-1401, or by email.
Unfortunately, insurance adjusters do not have the best interests of injury victims at heart. In fact, claims adjusters are compensated to minimize injury claims and make sure that the insurance company doesn't pay out any more than the smallest amount legally possible. Many of these claims are even denied. The motto "deny, delay, defend" is commonplace in the insurance industry. An experienced injury lawyer evens the playing field though, and most of the time an attorney can obtain 10-20X more compensation that a victim will be able to get on his or her own. The threat of a jury trial is often enough to get the insurance company to act in good faith. However, circumstances exist where insurance companies will remain defiant and unreasonable even when an attorney gets involved. In that case, your lawyer will need to work up your case and possibly take it all the way through to a jury verdict. After all, that is what the civil justice system is for.
An attorney is able to obtain a settlement most of the time, without dragging the case on for months or years. Your lawyer will negotiate with the claims adjuster with evidence he has gathered, as well as a better understanding of the laws that apply and the many forms of damages and recovery that are available to the injury victim. Claims adjusters are not about to educate you on all of the forms of compensation that you may be entitled to. That will be the job of your lawyer.
If you have been hurt due to the fault of someone else, it is likely that several insurance companies may have a part in the claim. A personal injury attorney will interpret all insurance policies that may apply to the accident in order to maximize recovery from the client. In, fact, there are often times additional policies of insurance that the victim didn't even realize applied to the incident. If you have questions, contact a lawyer by calling (314) 732-1401, or by email.
