File your personal injury case as soon as possible when:
Serious injuries are involved.
You need to preserve the evidence.
The insurer has been negligent.
Liability has been dismissed.
An undervalued offer has been made.
5 signs that now is the time to file your personal injury claim
When these factors are involved in your personal injury case, the sooner you file your claim, the better. Here we explain why.
Serious injuries
Serious injuries generally mean more extensive and expensive medical treatments, as well as greater losses in terms of:
Permanent impediments
Pain and suffering
Long-term impacts on quality of life
Inability to work and associated loss of income.
In these cases, filing a personal injury case can be key to ensuring that victims can obtain the full compensation to which they are entitled.
Preservation of evidence
When there may be problems obtaining or preserving evidence in a case, filing a personal injury lawsuit as soon as possible can help ensure that:
As much evidence as possible is preserved (for example, a video of the facilities, property status in work injuries, data on CDRs and vehicle black boxes, etc.).
The injured party has the best chance to build as solid a claim as possible.
For example, after a truck accident, filing a claim can help prevent a motor carrier from eliminating crucial evidence, such as (but not limited to):
Remains of the accident
Truck maintenance records
Controller records kept by external providers
Dashcam videos (in-vehicle camera)
Employee hiring records
Freight bills
And much more.
Insurer negligence
When it's time to recover from an accident, don't expect insurers to be looking out for you, your rights, or your claim. In general, insurers protect your employer and earnings. And that generally means they could do their best to try to:
Avoid the matter and go around
Delay your case
Disregard your claim
Avoid paying him what he may deserve.
When these unclear tactics come into play, filing a personal injury case with the help of an experienced attorney is the best way to protect your potential rights to compensation.
Denial of responsibility
When a guilty party refuses to accept responsibility, filing a personal injury lawsuit is critical to holding that party accountable. The act of filing your claim will accomplish:
Formalize the process
Forcing a guilty party to prove that they were not responsible
Give you the right to certain evidence that the guilty party may have, such as records, images or other items
Filing your claim as early as possible is also important when a guilty party may accept some blame, but also try to blame you to some extent.
Devalued offer
Any offer for your personal injury case should compensate you fairly and completely for the suffering, damage, and losses you have suffered. As long as the offers fall short of this, filing a claim can be critical in helping you get the full compensation you deserve.
In many cases, it may not be easy to determine when a settlement offer is suitable or not. This is where an experienced personal injury attorney can provide invaluable guidance, helping you identify whether an offer sufficiently covers past and future losses, such as medical bills, lost earnings, and suffering.