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Do You Need An Attorney To Handle Your Personal Injury Claim?

People who have been injured as a result of someone else's negligent or other wrongful conduct, often ask whether or not they really need a lawyer to represent them.

It is a good idea to wait a sufficient length of time ...
before settling and forever releasing all rights to the claim.

In a situation where a person has suffered only minor temporary injuries and incurred medical bills of a few hundred dollars, there is probably no need to involve a personal injury attorney. However, even in those situations, it is a good idea to wait a sufficient length of time to make sure that the injuries are in fact minor and temporary before settling and forever releasing all rights to the claim.

Insurance adjusters many times will go to great lengths to keep an injured victim from hiring an attorney to represent them.

However, where a more serious and/or permanent injury has been sustained, an individual who does not have the training and experience in personal injury law, is not on an even playing field with the claims representative and/or defense attorneys. Claim reps have specialized training, experience, and are closely supervised to operate within strict insurance company guidelines. Nonetheless, insurance adjusters many times will go to great lengths to keep an injured victim from hiring an attorney to represent them.

The insurance company is motivated to do only one thing,
which is to settle your claim as cheaply as possible.

Insurance adjusters have been known to "advise" injured persons (claimants) that they do not need a lawyer, that a lawyer will only cost them more money that the insurance company would gladly otherwise pay to them, and that they, the insurance claims person, will take care of the claimant and see to it that they receive every penny of compensation that they are legally entitled to. Various insurance companies are currently being sued in several states across the country for using such tactics as part of their claims process. Suffice it to say that the relationship between an injured victim and the wrongdoer's insurance company is an adverse relationship. The insurance company is motivated to do only one thing, which is to settle your claim as cheaply as possible, preferably with you coming away believing that the adverse insurance company took good care of you.

Personal injury cases can be a lot more complicated
than they may appear on the surface.

In today's environment of much negative publicity about phony injury claims, insurance companies and Defendants generally fight cases and do not make quick, easy settlements, except in very small cases That may not have always been the case, but that is certainly the current state of affairs. As is also often the case, free advice from family and friends on a personal injury claim is easy to come by. However, as is true with most things in life, personal injury cases can be a lot more complicated than they may appear on the surface.

For example, it is critical to sort out and identify all potentially liable parties at an early stage in a case. While the general two year Statute of Limitations that applies to most personal injury claims in Illinois may seem like a long time, often the only way to develop the information necessary to identify all proper Defendants in a case is to file suit and utilize Court procedures to obtain information and documents. Remember, the Defendants are typically not going to cooperate in volunteering this information.

An insurance company will find every way imaginable to avoid responsibility for the full extent of a victim's injuries.

Although insurance companies in some cases do admit fault, they always very hotly contest the nature and extent of the injuries suffered by the innocent victim. An insurance company will find every way imaginable to avoid responsibility for the full extent of a victim's injuries. For example, insurance companies often claim that an injury was a result of some pre-existing condition, or caused by a previous or subsequent trauma, or that the injuries are otherwise not related to the accident involved, or (of course) that the claimant is grossly exaggerating his injuries in hopes of getting a "windfall". Special expertise is required to develop the evidence necessary to prove the full extent of a victim's injuries.

Experience in the personal injury field is required...

For example, just identifying all available auto insurance coverages in a motor vehicle case is sometimes not a simple matter. In the case of an uninsured or underinsured driver, a number of different policies from other drivers involved in the accident and their relatives may provide coverage. Notice provisions under various insurance policies and what is necessary in order to coordinate presentation of claims under various types of insurance coverages is a very tricky area of the law and can have devastating consequences if not handled properly. Experience in the personal injury field is required to accurately identify potential policies that may provide coverage as well as determining how the various policies properly interrelate.

An injured victim has nothing to lose and much to gain by contacting us for a free legal consultation concerning an injury claim.

In summary, an injured victim has nothing to lose and much to gain by contacting us for a free legal consultation concerning an injury claim. You may contact us by telephone at (847) 577-1123 or by e-mail for a free consultation.

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Do You Need An Attorney To Handle Your Personal Injury Claim?

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R. F. Wittmeyer, Ltd.
1635 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Suite 104
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
(847) 577-1123
Fax (847) 577-2827
E-mail: rfw@injurylawattys.com

Personal injury lawyers for car accident, wrongful death, spinal cord injury,
brain or head injury and auto accident cases.

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