Why Hire a Personal
Injury Lawyer
Approximately 39.5 million people visit doctors’ offices each year for unintentional injuries.
If you become one of them you could end up with some serious problems.
Many people face long recovery periods after being injured in a car accident, one of the leading causes of unintentional injuries. Some people, unfortunately, may never fully recover.
Additionally, medical and physical therapy bills can pile up, not to mention all the work you miss. Being injured can be a hard financial hit, made even more frustrating by the fact that the accident that injured you was not your fault.
One of the best things you can do to better your situation is to hire a personal injury lawyer. Let’s look at a few reasons why.
To Have an Advocate with the Insurance Company
First up, the dreaded dealings with the insurance company.
Insurance companies are notorious for calling up immediately after an accident, looking to settle as quickly as possible. The purpose is to minimize their payout. They know you’re feeling overwhelmed with your medical needs and bills. You might also be quickly running out of paid time off or struggling to get your vehicle fixed.
They’ll use that to their advantage and offer you a quick settlement. Many people take this settlement, looking for quick cash to meet their immediate needs. Unfortunately, this means you may lose out on a substantial amount of money because the first settlement an insurance company offers is nearly always a lowball one.
Even if you don’t take the settlement, they’re recording what you say and storing evidence to use against you as the claim progresses. They may try to shift part of the blame to you, claim you had a pre-existing condition, or even question your credibility.
Furthermore, an insurance company always puts its own interests first — even if it’s your own insurance company. If you have to file an uninsured or underinsured motorists claim your own company may use some of these tactics against you.
A personal injury lawyer acts as your advocate with the insurance companies. They know what to say and, more importantly, what not to say. They also have a better idea of what size your settlement should be. They won’t feel pressured into settling and will only accept an insurance company’s offer if it truly is in your best interest.
To Provide The Right Connections
Insurance companies have a team of experts building a case against you. To stand a chance, you need your own team of experts building your own case. A trustworthy personal injury lawyer is the key expert you need on your side.
Additionally, through your lawyers’ connections, you have access to investigative experts, professionals that can understand your medical charts, and support staff to handle the busywork of trying to get ahold of your medical records and waiting on hold with the insurance company.
To Keep You from Going to Court
Wait, isn’t it the personal injury lawyer’s job to represent you in court? Yes, but it’s almost always better for everyone if you can settle outside the courtroom. In fact, most personal injury cases never go to trial.
However, that doesn’t mean that you take the first paltry settlement the insurance company offers you. Instead, your lawyer will build a strong case that the insurance company knows they can’t refute. They will then use this leverage at the negotiating table to negotiate a much higher settlement — one that will actually cover a substantial portion of your medical bills and lost wages.
You can breathe a sigh of relief now. We understand that you’re already dealing with a lot right now. You just want to heal and get on with your life and suing people is not high on your list of priorities. A personal injury lawyer will work to keep your case out of the courtroom and still get the settlement you deserve.
To Help You Win in Court
If your case does go to trial, having a lawyer in your corner is invaluable. Cases that go to court are generally against the insurance company for dropping the ball, not the individual driver, which means you’re facing professionals. Have you ever tried to handle litigation? It isn’t as easy as courtroom dramas make it appear.
If you go to court alone, particularly if you are pitting yourself against an experienced attorney, you’re almost sure to lose. Even if you feel confident in your case and, by some miracle, end up winning, you probably won’t receive the full compensation you deserve. Lawyers are experts at finessing a case, even when the evidence isn’t on their side, or at least mitigating the damage by successfully assigning you some of the blame for the accident.
Why is this important? Arizona has comparative negligence laws which mean that if you are found to be partially at fault for the accident, your compensation is reduced accordingly. For example, if the court determines you were 20% at fault for the accident, the amount of your compensation is reduced by 20%.
For this reason, the other attorney will be fighting to shift as much of the blame to you as possible. It’s easy to get flustered and say the wrong thing. It’s beyond frustrating when that wrong thing costs you your case or dramatically reduces your compensation.
Letting your lawyer handle it is a safer bet.
To Help You Get Full Compensation
Don’t ever settle your personal injury case before contacting a personal injury lawyer in Tucson. It’s almost assured that you’ll be leaving money on the table if you do. Whether at the negotiating table or in the courtroom, you need a sympathetic professional on your side.
We’ve been practicing law since 1964 and our Tucson injury lawyers genuinely have your best interests at heart. We want to see you get the compensation you deserve after being injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault.
Contact us today for your free consultation!