If an insurance company knows that a seriously injured person is represented by a lawyer who refuses to go to trial and settles every case, the insurance company knows it has no incentive to make a fair offer. They will continue to make unfairly low offers to the attorney and the injury victim until the trial gets close, at which point the attorney will likely advise the client to accept an inadequate sum, and the case will be settled. In this type of scenario, the injured victim will never receive the amount that he or she truly deserves.
It’s vitally important to hire a lawyer who is willing to take cases to trial if a trial is warranted to secure ample compensation. An Arizona personal injury lawyer who has experience fighting for clients in front of a jury offers a much greater value to any clients he or she represents.
At Breyer Law Offices, we feel that there is a big problem with pushing clients to settle cases when there is not a fair offer on the table. Not only does it hurt the individual client, but personal injury lawyers who refuse to fight for their clients, who do not take cases to trial, develop a reputation amongst insurance companies as pushovers who are unwilling to put up a fight. If you know the other side is not willing to put up a fight, there is no reason to offer a fair sum to the client. That is why we are very proud of the fact that we are not just Peoria personal injury attorneys. We are Arizona trial lawyers who fight for our clients from day one to the very end.
There is far too much focus on the role of wrongful death and Arizona personal injury attorneys and the recovery of damages for “pain and suffering” after an accident. The public’s obsession with the term “pain and suffering” often revolves around a handful of lawsuits where a lot of money has been awarded. The media’s depiction of these trials makes it seem as though the American justice system is out of control.
But the term “pain and suffering” merely marks the beginning of possible damages; injury victims are entitled to compensation for much more than pain and suffering. They are entitled to the knowledge that their medical bills will be reimbursed. They are entitled to compensation for the damage their credit rating suffers when outstanding medical bills go unpaid because the insurance company for the negligent driver has not yet been forced to pay.
Injury victims are entitled to money for every dollar they’ve lost when they cannot work. Drivers, passengers, and pedestrians who are hurt in car accidents in Arizona have the right not just to the money lost from missed work at the date of the settlement, but money for future lost income during their recovery period. Many serious injuries require ongoing medical care. Somebody who has been injured and suffers a severe permanent injury is entitled to payment not only for medical bills incurred to date, but medical bills they will incur in the future. In addition to all of these, it is true that unnecessary pain and suffering needs to be addressed in a settlement agreement or judgment.
If you have recently endured an injury after being in a car accident, you may qualify to seek damages from the other driver or drivers if they were negligent and caused the incident to take place. To learn more about your legal options and to find out if you may be able to obtain compensation, please contact the skilled Peoria personal injury lawyers at Breyer Law Offices today for a free, no-obligation consultation.
