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Personal injury legal teams are typically comprised of the lawyers who are handling the claims along with law clerks, paralegals, specialists, and a support staff. By specializing solely in the area of personal injury law, they are equipped to deal with such matters, unlike lawyers that practice in multiple areas.
Unfortunately, there are a number of myths about these types of cases that injury lawyers need to debunk from time to time. Here are several to be aware of:
Hiring a lawyer is too expensive. If you’ve sustained serious enough injuries, you cannot afford NOT to hire a personal injury lawyer. Besides that, most injury lawyers work on a contingency fee basis which means that you only have to pay them if you win your case. If there is no recovery, there is NO FEE. And if they win you compensation, then they will charge as per the agreement. Usually it varies on individual cases and the lawyers.
If you have insurance, you won’t need a lawyer. First and foremost, large insurance companies are only interested in one thing – their bottom line. They certainly don’t have your best interests in mind. Otherwise, there would be no need for lawyers to represent such cases. Secondly, they employ claims adjusters, private investigators, and a staff of lawyers to help protect their profits. If you want your claim settled to your satisfaction, hire an experienced personal injury lawyer to represent you and litigate for you.
Personal injury cases take forever to settle. That’s not always true. The amount of time required to settle a personal injury claim depends on several factors including:
· complexity of your case
· documentation of losses you incurred
· gathering of evidence in your case
· how long it takes you to fully recover (if a full recovery is possible)
· nature and extent of your injuries
· problems that arise in the process
Fortunately, personal injury claims are settled rather quickly and usually out of court about 90% of the time.
Suing people is wrong. Why? Don’t think for a minute that someone wouldn’t sue you if the shoes were on the other feet. The personal injury legal process was established for one purpose – to ensure that your rights to compensation are protected when you’ve sustained serious injuries. Furthermore, that compensation isn’t coming out of a private individual’s pockets. An insurance company usually pays for your claim.
There’s no need to hire a lawyer right away. There are statute of limitations for filing a personal injury claim and the more your procrastinate doing so, the greater the risk of not getting compensated fairly for your injuries and damages. For instance, evidence that could help you in your case could disappear if you delay hiring a lawyer. However, the sooner you hire a personal injury lawyer or a team of personal injury lawyers, the stronger the case they can start building for you.