When Should I Speak With a Lawyer After a Car Accident or Truck Wreck?

Questions after a car or truck accident. After a car accident or truck wreck, people sometimes feel overwhelmed with the entire process of returning to life as normal. Car accidents and truck wrecks can leave people injured and without transportation, both of which affect everyday life.
Victims of car accidents and truck wrecks are often confronted with an unfamiliar and intimidating situation of insurance claims, statements, storage yard fees, medical bills, and insurance adjusters which can often seem confusing and rushed. Some people believe that being cooperative with the at-fault drivers insurance company is the quickest way to return their life to normal. Sadly, this is rarely the case as insurance companies and their adjusters are paid to pay you little as possible and their system developed over many years is built to not fairly compensate you.

Oftentimes, an insurance company may stall or refuse to pay your claim or make a settlement offer which is considerably lower than you feel is sufficient to cover your loss and be made whole. If you have not hired an attorney to prevent you from making a mistake or to maximize your recovery, you should at least attempt to communicate your concerns with the insurance company to let them know you feel you are being treated unfairly or why you feel the offer is inadequate.

An insurance company is a business and businesses exist to make profits. The more they pay you for your losses, the less profit there is for the executive bonus pay. Accordingly, there often comes a point when car wreck victims simply cannot come to agreement with at-fault driver’s insurance company. This is the point in time when a car accident victim has no choice but to either agree to not be fairly compensated or to hire an attorney. In most cases, the additional compensation obtained by a lawyer will more than make up for any fees the car wreck attorney may charge you. For example, it is very rare for insurance companies to offer little to nothing for pain and suffering damages regardless if it was minor wreck or one that put someone in the hospital for days. With an attorney representing you, it is more likely to obtain compensation for these damages because an attorney can ask the jury to award those damages as they are compensable in Texas.

Each year since being founded, we have recovered millions of dollars for our clients who have been injured in car wrecks, truck wrecks, offshore accidents, and on-the-job injuries.