Your Injury Attorney Helps You In More Ways Than You Think

We tend to think that our personal injury attorneys only get compensation for their injury victims. While that’s a large part of an injury attorney’s job, and the primary thing he or she can do for you–that’s not the only reason to get a good injury attorney after your accident. An injury attorney does more things after your accident, and can help you in more ways than you may be aware of.

Helping You with Property Damage to Vehicles

Property damage usually is not very complex–but that doesn’t mean you want to deal with it. Calling adjusters, having them evaluate your damage–and sometimes, arguing over whether your vehicle will be repaired, or be declared a total loss–can be important to accident victims, and it’s something that your injury attorney can do for you, or help you with.

Not only that, your attorney can help ensure that damage to your car is recorded through video or photos, to preserve it as evidence in your case, before the damage is repaired.

Handling All the Insurance Companies

After an accident, you may have a lot of insurance companies involved. And when they all call or reach out to you, they may want different things. Who do you trust? Do they have a right to ask for what they’re asking for? Do you even have time to deal with all of them?

Instead of handling the calls, letters, requests for documents, the negotiations–let your injury attorney handle that for you, both to make sure it’s done right but also, to take this major headache off of your plate.

Getting Medical Care and Insurance Issues

Like insurance companies, paying for medical care can also be a tangled web of confusion. Between private health insurance and various types of car insurance coverages, you may not know which insurance is used for what. And then, if insurance denies you medical care, that can create other problems.

Your attorney can often help you figure out which insurance can be used where–and if there are options, your attorney can help you figure out which insurance option is best for you. In some cases your attorney can even ask your medical providers to avoid sending you to collections for things like copays or deductibles or uncovered medical expenses you might have, until your case resolves.

Subrogation and Paying Back Insurance

Many hospitals and insurance companies will want to be paid back from what they paid towards your medical care after the accident. Do you want to pay them all back from the proceeds of your settlement or verdict? Likely not.

When your case is over, your attorney can help you negotiate these liens, so that you pay back as little to them as possible–and so you know which insurance company does, in fact, have a right to be paid from the proceeds of your case at all. The less you pay them, the more of your settlement or verdict ends up in your pocket.

Get help for all the parts of your injury case from start to finish. Contact our Rhode Island accident lawyers at Robert E. Craven & Associates at 401-453-2700 for help.

Source:

americanspcc.org/how-does-a-car-accident-lawyer-negotiate-with-the-insurance-company/