Some people mistakenly believe that if a police officer writes the other driver a ticket, you automatically win. Not so. Or the opposite: that if the officer writes you a ticket, that means you don’t have a case. But it isn’t that simple. Navigating these laws without guidance is like trying to fly without wings. Policemen are in a hurry, they need to move on to the next wreck. They certainly aren’t professional accident reconstructionists. And they don’t gather dash cam footage, or video footage from nearby homes and businesses. But lawyers, good lawyers, know just how to preserve the evidence necessary to win your case, and they can hire accident reconstruction experts who can explain the complex car accident facts to the jury—to get to the truth.

On the other hand, the other driver’s insurance company is going to lie, stonewall and just say Denied, Denied, Denied until you go away. Meanwhile your claim is losing value. Their goal is to make sure they pay you as little as possible. Without a lawyer, you’re a sitting duck for the insurance company.

Every day across the US, people are injured in car accidents who need ongoing medical treatment—but they don’t get it! And why? Because they don’t have access to the healthcare options that they need. They think they have to go to work; their insurance won’t cover treatment; things will get better with time. But it’s just not that way. The moment you delay medical treatment, the value of your case starts plummeting. It’s a shame. Without proper legal representation, the victim in a car crash assumes that things will be okay—because they think they have no options. But skilled lawyers, lawyers who have handled hundreds and sometimes even thousands of cases, they make sure their clients get the treatment they need. Your law firm should be able to connect you with good doctors who will work with you on payment issues for your treatment so that you don’t have to pay until your case is resolved and the money is
there.

You don’t have to imagine how much better the quality of life is for someone who gets medical treatment that they need compared to someone who doesn’t because they can’t afford it or they think they can’t afford it.

Did you know that all of the major insurance companies in the US share a common database that they use to apply downward pressure to all car crash victim settlements? So even when you think you are negotiating with just one adjuster, you aren’t you are up against all of the insurance companies in the US—together at the same time. It’s daunting.

Whenever someone tells me this, I die inside a little bit. When you are the victim of a car wreck, you don’t pay the lawyer you hire—the best lawyers work for free untul the moment they recover money for you. Because the other insurance company will deny coverage, and proving liability can be technical, and because evidence can be destroyed or lost—and because not getting the medical care you need hurts you and it hurts your case, it just never makes sense to go it without a lawyer.

The average case value goes up over 300% when you hire an attorney. It’s not that you can’t afford an attorney—it’s that you can’t afford to not have an attorney.