Technically, you’re not legally obligated to hire a personal injury lawyer if you get into a car accident here in Florida. However, if you want to have the best shot at getting the full compensation you are entitled to from insurance companies, hiring a personal injury lawyer is the right way to go. Minor accidents or clear-cut cases aren’t too much trouble – but if your accidents result in significant injuries (which can easily exceed what PIP covers) then you will have to navigate notoriously tight-fisted insurance companies and complex legalities on top of recuperating from your accident. Here’s why hiring a Florida personal injury lawyer is the best decision you can make for getting the compensation you are legally entitled to.
Let’s Look At The Numbers
The Insurance Research Council published an analysis a few years ago showing the stark difference in payouts between those who opted to represent themselves versus those who hired a lawyer – Crash victims who were represented by a lawyer received, on average, 3.5 times the damage awards of those who were not represented by a lawyer. Let’s look at another study published in the peer-reviewed journal Seattle Journal for Social Justice. Researchers analyzed a wide range of studies going back decades on the impact of having a lawyer on the overall outcomes of civil cases. In every study they reviewed, claimants who opted for a lawyer were significantly more likely to win. Of course, this is partially due to the fact that civil lawyers analyze the likely outcome of the case and tend to take on ones they know they can will.
When you sit down with our experienced team, we will analyze your case and let you know how to proceed – you don’t pay at all for the initial consultation, and it will save you a lot of time going forwards if it turns out you don’t have much of a case. But let’s look at another study in this review, where civil lawyers provided their services at random to a group of sample litigants. Those who had lawyers were STILL 4.4 times more likely to win compared to those who represented themselves. In high-complexity civil cases such as medical malpractice, personal injuries, and wrongful deaths, plaintiffs who had legal representation were 40 percent more likely to win their case.
Why Hiring A Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Can Make Your Case
If you’re reading this blog, it’s more than likely you don’t have a law degree or years of courtroom experience. You’re probably unfamiliar with all the tricks insurance companies use to get out of justly compensating those they’re supposed to protect. If you’ve recently been in a serious car accident, chances are you’re still a bit shaken and scrambling to figure out exactly how to get on with the rest of your life. Collecting evidence, filing papers on time, and navigating extremely complex legalities all may fall by the wayside, or you may not be able to do such time-consuming tasks adequately enough to get the compensation you are legally entitled to. When you work with a personal injury attorney, their team will take care of all of these tasks so you can focus on recovering.
Contact Us Today
Insurance companies have scores of lawyers on retainer whose entire job is to make sure they pay out the least amount possible. Having a personal injury attorney on your side will help even the playing field. If you were recently in a car accident, call BCN Law Firm to consult with a top Florida personal injury attorney today.