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This is a question most Missouri injury victims face when they are involved in several types of potentially actionable claims, such as:

• Automobile Accidents
• Tractor-trailer (semi-trucks, 18-wheelers) Accidents
  
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Bus Accidents
• Dog Bites
• Defective Products
• Slip & Fall Accidents
• Missouri Death Claims

The situation is often times stressful.  You have the incident itself that caused the personal injuries, and then you have the insurance adjuster that typically calls a few days later and begins his/her goal of minimizing your injury claim.  Essentially, you are set up to victimized twice.

Statistics provide that those who retain the legal services of a Missouri Accident & Injury Lawyer received 3x-5x more compensation that those victims who choose to deal with the defendant's insurance company directly.  So what types of claims can you handle without the services of a personal injury lawyer?  Very minimal claims involving very little property damage and no personal injuries can usually be handled by the victim on his/her own.  When you add personal injuries to the equation, it is always beneficial to, at the very least, consult the legal advice from a Missouri personal injury attorney.

Understand that insurance adjusters are highly trained and skilled at dealing with both injury and property damage claims.  Ask yourself this question:  Does the insurance adjuster really have MY best interests in mind, or that of his managers and stockholders?  The answer is obvious.  I encourage any injury victim to visit the Schultz Legal Group article on How Insurance Companies Adjust Claims.  Contact St. Louis Accident and Injury Lawyer Stephen Schultz at (866) 840-3636, (314) 448-0934, or by email to discuss your injury claim.

An accident reconstructionist offered favorable courtroom testimony for the young University of Missouri-Columbia student who was severely injured in 2005 when two vehicles struck her bicycle as she was heading to class.  Krysten Chambrot was struck by defendant #1's Miata, catapulted into the air and then ran over by a truck operated by defendant #2.  Chambrot suffered catastrophic injury to her lower extremities, resulting in amputation and mangle.  She also broke her jaw during the collision.

Expert testimony is critical in cases where the facts are in dispute.  In this case, the facts of the crash itself were in contention, requiring the use of a reconstructionist to determine speed of the vehicles, contact points, and ultimately, fault.  Expert recontructionists rely upon evidence from the scene, witness statements, and mathematical formulas in creating their account of what really happened during the collision.  Expert testimony such as this can be critical in determining whether a driver was negligent, negligent per se, or even reckless.

Our St. Louis accident and injury lawyers retain experts such as an accident reconstructionist when the the facts of the accident scene are unclear.  Experts provide our attorneys with an independent assesment of the facts using sound principles of physics and evidence gathered in the case.  Often times these experts testify at trial, helping the jury understand what really happened at the scene.  Call injury attorney Stephen Schultz today to learn how an accident reconstructionist can help in YOUR case!