Why hire a personal injury attorney?

This is a question a lot of injured victims ask before hiring a personal injury attorney.  Moreover, when an insurance company claims adjuster contacts you to persuade you not to hire an attorney, their reasons as as follow. First, they will tell you that attorneys will take a big chunk of the money from the settlement amount so it’s better off to accept what they are offering you now than later to receive 2/3 of that amount (usually 1/3 is the contingency fee agreement).  Sounds good, right?  But read on.

You will find out all the flaws in what the insurance company’s logic behind their persuasion. First, the insurance company offering settlement is the other guy’s insurance, not your own.  In addition, their goal is to minimize the settlement amount given to you.  Their goal is not to create a winning situation for you.  They have no reasons to care about your situations.  If they believe truly believe the suit is worth same as the settlement offered to you, or even if slightly more not to exceed additional 1/3 of the attorney fee on top of the settlement offer, they would not care as much whether you hire an attorney to try the case.  In fact, they may win and you may collect nothing, which gives the insurance company a great opportunity to try the case.  But why wouldn’t they want to do that?

Second, as a victim and plaintiff, you do not know what your case is worth.  You may therefore miscalculate the worth of your suit and sell yourself way too short by accepting their initial settlement.  Your case’s worth cannot be determined fully without discovery of all the evidences for and against you.  This is where a personal injury attorney works hard to obtain all evidences for your case.  You may need to receive medical treatments for longer than you believed initially.  You may not discover your back pain or neck pain until after three months after the accident.  When that happens, you could have further associated loss of work, wages, daily functions, enjoyment and happiness.  All the costs related to the injury incurred over time should be calculated and that final amount is what truly serves justice for your loss.

Finally, there is no cost to you to hire a personal injury lawyer whether it’s us or some other attorney.  Plaintiff personal injury lawyers take contingency fees from your case and will spend their own money trying your case.  Evidence collection, expert witness hiring costs and general litigation costs can add up.  Those costs are usually paid by your personal injury attorney. If you have a case, do not sign anything with insurance companies and talk to our Los Angeles personal injury lawyer.  We will help you.