No legal fee is owed in the event of an adverse result. However, since our firm does not accept cases that we don’t believe are meritorious, this is an extremely unlikely result. Nevertheless, no attorney can guarantee a result and having this understanding up front is important.
If you have car crash injuries, there are several time critical decisions which must be made quickly, which will greatly impact your recovery on the case.
Here is an outline of the things you need to do quickly:
The question of how long it will take a case to resolve is difficult to answer in a paragraph. There are numerous variables that could affect how quickly a case resolves. Small injury cases can resolve quickly. However, the greater is the injury, the more complex the liability, or other factors can cause a case to take longer to resolve. The most important thing to remember is it’s not how quickly your case resolved it’s how well it resolved is you have to live with the result of the case for the rest of your life.
Attorney referral services make no effort to evaluate the attorneys they recommend cases to and usually work with attorneys who participate in the cost of marketing. This is a dangerous way to hire an attorney. A far better way to hire an attorney is to utilize any of the many Internet evaluation sources or to simply screen the attorneys yourself by viewing their websites.
A letter of protection is a document wherein you promise to pay the doctor any monies owed for medical treatment out of the proceeds of a settlement or verdict.
Always be wary of an insurance adjuster telling you that you don’t need a lawyer. They are not looking out for your best interests, as they are employed by the insurance company and are seeking to save the insurance company money. As a consequence, you shouldn’t take legal advice from an insurance adjuster. It would be like the bag handler at the airport telling you that you can fly the plane.
