El Monte Auto Accident Lawyer | San Gabriel Valley
Someone was careless, and you were injured. They have insurance, and that insurance owes you three things: your vehicle repaired or replaced, your medical bills paid, and money for your pain and suffering. They will pay you as little as possible if they can get away with it. They love going against a non-lawyer. It's not about fairness. It's just business for them.
The insurance company will call you, usually before you or even your doctors know how bad your injury really is. They are highly trained negotiators who have been settling claims for years, and they are very good at it. Their questions are not out of concern for your well being. Their questions are designed to get you to say something that diminishes or eliminates your claim. After you settle, there is no going back. It's over. That's why you talk to an El Monte personal injury lawyer before you talk to them.
Personal injury lawyer ads run all day on TV and radio, every one of them shouting about a huge settlement. Notice they all end with "your results may vary." Huge settlements come from life-altering, catastrophic injuries. It's unlikely you will get 5 million dollars for a broken leg. And if your injuries are catastrophic, a commercial isn't what gets you a bigger settlement. Something to ponder: every personal injury lawyer takes a percentage of the settlement, plus expenses. Someone has to pay for those commercials. We don't run commercials.
So how do you find out if you have a good case?
Call Brad. Brad Hayes Law is a seasoned El Monte personal injury lawyer. We'll sit down with you, go through the accident and the injury, and tell you where your case is strong and where it isn't. Do you have a case? What is it worth? Right now, are you guessing? This is too big a decision to guess at, and not because it costs you anything up front. Because the right lawyer gets you more.
Insurance companies look at numbers, not pain and suffering. A big jury verdict is a number they understand. It's just business for us too. Brad prepares every case for a jury, and that's why most of them settle. One carrier tried to lowball us. Brad didn't argue. He set the case for trial. They settled a few days before it began. Your results may vary, but our legal strategy does not.
Honestly, a fender bender where no one was hurt is not a case for any lawyer. But if you were actually injured and someone else caused it, the call costs nothing. Getting you paid for your lost work, your pain and suffering, and your property damage is how Brad Hayes Law earns its fee, paid out of the settlement if we win. But we can't win if you don't call.
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