Have you been injured due to the actions of another person? Were you injured in a Duluth, GA car accident? If so, then friends and family might have been telling you that you need to consult a Duluth personal injury lawyer. They’re right, because most of the time, it’s advantageous to let a lawyer take up your case.
Quite a few people mistakenly assume they know just as much about the law as a lawyer does, so all lawyers really do is collect money. Many personal injury victims assume that their case is so obvious, that not only are they due compensation, but that everyone else has to agree with what’s due to them. However, you’re not automatically entitled to getting full compensation just because you get injured.
There aren’t many states that still recognize contributory negligence anymore, but in the few that do, it means that if you contributed to the car accident in even the slightest degree, then you’re not entitled to any compensation whatsoever. What most states do is follow the principles of comparative negligence in different ways, and that lets you get some compensation for any injuries that you suffer, based on your personal involvement in the specific accident in question.
Another component to personal injury law is simply knowing the specific personal injury claims that a person might be entitled to. There are quite a few potential claims, and a typical layperson won’t know about many of them. If you try and handle your case on your own, then an insurance adjuster might be able to manipulate things in such a way that leave you convinced that you can’t get the compensation you’re actually entitled to. Personal injury lawyers don’t fall for shenanigans like these.
This might not sound very different from them knowing personal injury law to start with, but the subtle difference can be a dramatic one. For instance, someone’s insurance policy might cover $50,000 in benefits to someone who is injured. An insurance adjuster might tell you that they’ll provide you that whole $50,000 when your personal injury claim is valid and strong. What they won’t tell you is that under state law, you might be able to get a lot more than this. For example, some states permit insurance policies to ‘stack’ in specific situations, meaning you can get more compensation. A personal injury lawyer on your side will know whether or not state laws permit you more compensation that would be readily apparent.
Veteran attorneys have previously handled numerous cases, so they have developed a pretty good sense of what many injuries are worth in terms of damages. Also, these attorneys are aware of what specific facts might grow or diminish how much compensation you can get. This specific experience of personal injury lawyers in Duluth, GA means that insurance lawyers and adjusters can’t twist anything about how valuable your personal injury claim is.
Duluth Insurance adjusters know all too well that when cases go to court, then they risk being forced to fork out a lot more money than they would like. They also know that people who represent themselves can have a really hard time going to court in the first place. However, they do know that personal injury lawyers are willing and able to go to court. As such, adjusters are a lot more realistic about the compensation they offer for your personal injuries if you have a lawyer on your side.
This happen dues to nearly every reason listed above. In each of the aforementioned circumstances, insurance adjusters are probably gong to offer you far more compensation if a lawyer is there to represent you. Some of your family and friends might tell you that any increase in the amount of compensation offered you is just going to be eaten up by attorney fees, leaving you with just as much when it’s all said and done. Admittedly, this is true in select cases, but most of the time, a personal injury lawyer brings enough experience, skill, and knowledge to a case to recover far more than they’re going to charge.
Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.
4227 Pleasant Hill Rd #300, Duluth, GA 30096
(404) 875-0900
