Being involved in a severe car accident is just the beginning of a very long and trying process. Accidents can happen at any time and, obviously, with no advanced warning. Regardless of how responsible you may be behind the wheel, they are uncontrollable because they involve another party equally as much as they do you.
Fighting with your insurance company, the other driver, and the other driver's insurance company, among other parties possibly involved, only adds stress to an already immensely stressful situation. Depending on your personality and ability to manage stress, this could only worsen any physical injuries you suffered from the accident. Whether from minor bruises to life-altering wounds like a broken neck, this is not the best way to facilitate your already long and challenging road to complete recovery. Either way, you deserve compensation from those responsible for causing your suffering.
Can you navigate the legal system on your own? Will the other driver's insurance company — so often known for caring only about their profits and not the people they claim to be protecting — take you seriously at all if you deal with them on your own?
If you are like most people, the answer to these questions is most likely "no."
You can call Gordon R. Crawford & Associates. We are a group of automobile accident compensation lawyers based in Gonzales, LA, with over a century of combined experience. As automobile accident lawyers, we draw on our rich experience in the service of Gonzales, LA, and the surrounding area to deliver the results you need in the legal system. With our experience comes widely respected expertise that we also employ to win your case and ensure you get the compensation you need.
These are never fun. Whether you are at fault or to what degree you are will play a role in your case. Add to your situation something like the very possible fact that the other driver is uninsured, and your case goes to an entirely new level of legal complication.
Our car accident attorneys will break down all laws surrounding your case to ensure you understand as much as possible. We fight to hold all parties responsible and pay up as is just.
Due to a truck's size and weight, accidents involving trucks are often much more intense than those that do not. Injuries can be extremely severe and completely alter everything about your life, whether it be your physical abilities or the dynamics of your relationships. You may be entitled to things like loss of consortium as a result and be totally unaware without consulting a truck accident attorney like those at Gordon R. Crawford & Associates.
There are many laws distinct to truck accidents as opposed to car accidents. We are well versed in them. Partnering with us is as if you are attributed with the same expertise.
Our truck accident attorneys take on the truck carriers' insurance companies, which are so often even worse than typical insurance companies, ensuring you get the compensation you are entitled to.
Although this is not legal advice and your case may be unique, we tend to firmly advise against accepting any offer from an insurance company. The reason for this is quite simple — they are more likely than not offering you pennies on the dollar of what you may easily be able to win if you escalate your case.
Even assuming good faith by an insurance company, which most likely is not the case, it is highly unlikely that a first offer from an insurance company is anywhere near close to what a comprehensive financial assessment of your situation would yield. This is the case because they are usually offered so early and simply cannot take into account all potential costs, especially if physical examinations have yet to be conducted and ailments thoroughly diagnosed.
Although escalating cases and waiting go against most people's nature, doing such may pay off (literally) in these situations. Accepting a first offer from an insurance company robs you of a lot of money that you may be entitled to if you exercise your rights and hold them to the laws of Louisiana.
Give us a call today if you have recently been in an accident. One of our automobile accident claim lawyers will get to work on your case immediately after we get all the relevant information from you during your free case evaluation. We hope we can be of service to you being made whole.