Los Angeles and California Car Accident Attorneys Nadrich & Cohen Advise You On How Much Your Car Accident Case Is Worth
The California car accident lawyers at Nadrich & Cohen with offices throughout California can tell you first hand that it is nearly impossible to tell a new client or new inquiry the ultimate value of their injury claim before we know all the injuries and all medical treatment has been completed with all bills received.
We can tell you the value of your injury claim is based on the following:
- Cause of the accident. That's called liability. In order to assist us in determining liability, we obtain the police report, obtain witness statements, and get pictures if there are any;
- The duration and amount of medical treatment and the nature and extent of your injuries and the amount of your medical bills.
- Whether there are any future medical costs or treatments;
- Whether there will be any future lost wages and future medical treatments such as future surgery;
- Where did the accident occur and who is the at-fault insurance company.
- How much damage did the car suffer?
The first thing we do when we begin a new car accident claim s to obtain the police report. If there is no police report, we immediately go out and take pictures and videos of the damage to all vehicles involved, including skid marks. We obtain photos of our client's injuries, including bruises and scarring to show what occurred. If there are any eyewitnesses, we take their statements.
The next thing we do is to recommend for you to go to the doctor right away. The question is often whether our client (the injured claimant) sought medical attention immediately or soon after the accident. You do not want to delay your medical treatment because that will give your insurance company an argument that you were not really injured.
Always in a car accident claim there is the question if the medical bills are reasonable and necessary.
There is also the factor of future medical treatment which may be necessary for your injuries caused by the accident. That can increase the value of the claim.
We always ask (and the insurance company will as well) whether our client (injured victim) has injured the same parts of their body that they had previously injured. This is called pre-existing injuries and is a separate area of dispute with the insurance company. We know that your injuries from an accident will cause an exacerbation or worsening of the original injury. The insurance company will try to say that the injuries are not from the accident, but from an earlier injury and therefore they should not be financially responsible.
We determine whether or not our client missed work and we obtain those lost wages as part of the claim. That therefore increases the value of the claim.
Unfortunately, some insurance companies are better than others and some insurance adjusters are better than others. Some insurance companies have a reputation of low-balling or making ridiculously low offers or denying liability outright even when their liability is clear because that's the way they do business. We know that we have to fight them until they ultimately see the light of day and are willing to settle with our claimant. If they are not, we will then try the case against their insured. Insurance adjusters are different from each other and some will offer more to settle a case than others.
All of the above is something that you have to consider if you want to put a value on your accident claim. The California car accident attorneys Jeffrey Nadrich and Nadrich & Cohen will go over every factor on each case and makes certain that everything is done correctly so that our clients car accident claim is established in the best interest of our client.
If you have been in an accident and want to know the value of your claim, please contact us at 800-718-4658.
About Jeffrey Nadrich and Nadrich & Cohen:
Jeffrey Nadrich graduated University of California at Berkeley, received
his Bachelors in History with a minor in Political Science. He then
attended law school at the University of California, Hastings College of
the Law, in San Francisco, obtaining his Jurisdoctor degree. Upon
passing the Bar Exam, he was licensed by the Supreme Court of California
to practice law in all the courts of California. Because of his success,
Jeffrey Nadrich and the law firm of Nadrich & Cohen has grown to 17
offices throughout California from San Diego to Sacramento and all major
cities in between. We have an office located near you.
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