Are you experiencing issues with receiving your car accident settlement? If you weren’t sure, this is exactly when to call a law firm to provide you with assistance. When you consult with an automobile accident lawyer, it’s a good idea to prepare a list of questions to ask them about your personal injury settlement. Furthermore, you will also need to gather all of the relevant paperwork to bring to your consultation. This includes, but may not be limited to, police and witness reports, insurance forms, medical bills, and other important documents.
Most personal injury cases are settled out of court without having to go to trial. This is the case with 95% to 96% of these types of cases. Just 4% to 5% of United States personal injury cases actually go to trial. Since there are specific reasons for going to trial, your attorney will be able to determine whether this may be necessary. Otherwise, it is much more likely that your case will be settled pretrial.
There are various circumstances that lead to fatal as well as non-fatal car accidents. Drunk drivers, for example, cause crashes where someone sustains an injury every 2 minutes.
Distracted drivers are also responsible for a considerable number of accidents. When drivers focus more on manipulating their electronic devices such as cell phones rather than driving, there have 3 times the risk of being in a crash.
In 2013 alone, 21,132 occupants within passenger vehicles lost their lives in traffic accidents. Another 2.05 million, however, were injured as a result of these crashes that year. Distracted drivers caused the death of 3,154 people and the injury of 424,000. When motorcyclists were involved in crashes, they were 26 times more likely to die than any car passengers.
It’s important to remember that there are Statutes of Limitations for personal injury lawsuits. Basically, this means that there is a set time limit for filing a lawsuit. Tennessee’s Statute of Limitations, for example, sets a 1-year time limit on both personal injury cases and wrongful death cases.
If you have been in a vehicle accident and believe you are entitled to a car accident settlement, or you have already been awarded a settlement and it isn’t forthcoming, contact a personal injury attorney for a consultation. Rather than attempting to represent yourself, it makes sense to have an experienced attorney handle your case.