When someone is involved in an accident, they need to hire an accident attorney immediately. This will allow them to view the accident in terms of liability and claim and this will help them a lot when they are seeking to award you with a settlement. With this said, prior to further speaking with the other party or parties involved or calling your insurance agent, you need to make sure you are contacting an attorney. For some reason, there are far too many people that put this off or do not do it at all and this can lead to forfeiting rights and benefits that you might have gotten otherwise. Also, along with losing rights and benefits, you could also be setting yourself up for many more years of financial, emotional and physical stress in the future.
One of the biggest misconceptions of hiring an accident attorney is that many people think there is no way they will be able to afford one, especially if they have just been involved in an accident and this is not true at all. For starters, most of the best attorneys from my company will actually set up an initial consultation with you for free. Then, during the consultation, after they have heard your case and done digging of their own, if they accept the case, they won’t charge you a fee until after they have done their job and awarded you with a settlement. This makes hiring an accident attorney very affordable for anyone, but you should make sure your attorney includes his fees and costs into the final compensation.
Another misconception that many people still make is thinking their insurance company will just “handle” the situation for them. This is not true and literally never happens. Your insurance company is just like any profit driven business and they are not there to just hand out money when something bad happens. Because of this, most of the time, the insurance companies end up being the toughest opponent throughout the settlement process. This means, you need to hire an accident attorney who will fight for your rights and ensure you are no longer the victim throughout this process. Read about power of attorney here at http://www.reference.com/motif/business/free-power-of-attorney-form-to-print-out.
Remember, if someone else caused the accident that you were injured in, you deserve compensation and the accident attorney from http://www.siegfriedandjensen.com/practice-areas/auto-accidents will be able to fight both the insurance company and other party so that you get what you want.
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