Car Accident FAQ

There are many important questions that need to be answered after you have been in a car accident. Some of your most pressing questions may include:

How do I pay my medical bills after a car accident?

How much will I get for my car after an accident?

The at-fault driver was not cited in my car accident.  Can I still pursue a claim?

Will I have to pay any money for an attorney to handle my case?

Will my car accident case go to trial?

The below questions are some of the other most commonly asked by our clients. Please feel free to bookmark this page and visit often as it is updated regularly.

Simply stated, it will depend on the seriousness of your wreck. While you are not required to hire a lawyer to represent your interests, it is important to understand that handling your own case will require you to navigate a very complicated system.  If you do not know the intricate details of filing a claim to recover for your injuries, you may miss out on valuable compensation.  In most cases, you will be up against a large insurance company with a massive amount of resources dedicated to paying you as little as possible for your financial losses.

Almost all personal injury attorneys work on contingency. This means that their clients do not pay any fees to their attorneys 1.) unless the case is resolved to their client’s satisfaction, and 2.) the fee is paid out of the amount recovered. Therefore, if you are worried about coming out-of-pocket to pay your attorney, don’t be.

Generally, claimants can recover all expenses and costs incurred as a result of the accident. This usually means lost wages, past and future medical expenses, property damage, and pain and suffering.

In theory, your insurance company should be working very hard to protect your interests and maximize your recovery. Unfortunately, this rarely happens. The reason is because the less insurance companies pay out, the more profitable they are. And in many cases, you will be looking to your own insurance company for compensation (e.g. when the other driver does not have insurance or does not have enough insurance to cover your damages).

This is not easy because for most people they have never hired a personal injury attorney before. And it is certainly a very personal decision. However, we recommend that you hire an attorney you feel comfortable with. Experience and past results are two other factors worth looking at, as they often indicate a law firm’s ability to take a case as far as necessary for a fair result. We have found that viewing our video at https://www.robertnkatz.com/video.html , which includes information about a past client, is helpful for individuals and families who are considering hiring our law firm.