Have You Contacted an Experienced Personal Injury Attorney About Receiving Adequate Compensation for Injuries Sustained Following a Serious Auto Accident?

Auto Accidents are a terrifying reality that every driver faces on a daily basis every single time that they pull out of their driveway.  Approximately 30,000 people lose their lives in auto accidents every single year in the United States. The number who experience damages from car accidents increases exponentially when you factor in how many auto accident victims suffer a personal injury of one form or another. Injuries suffered in car wrecks include everything from whiplash to a far more serious back or neck related injury requiring orthopedic care. The number of people who experience financial losses from auto accidents increases even further when you also factor in the more minor auto accidents that only result in property damage to one or both involved vehicles. 

If you drive on a regular basis, your risk of being involved in an auto accident is high. The inherent risk involved in driving understandably gets lost in the daily routines and responsibilities of life. As such, chances are that you haven’t devised a game plan or thought much about your legal rights in the event that you find yourself seriously injured as a result of an auto accident.   
Frankly, you shouldn’t have to think if you suffer a serious personal injury if you find yourself to be the victim of a hit and run, drunk driver, distracted driver, or otherwise.   You should let an experienced Greenville Personal Injury Attorney like David R. Price, Jr. do the thinking for you and help you ensure that your rights are adequately protected. If you find yourself seriously injured as the result of an auto accident, your priority should be to heal physically, mentally, and emotionally. In the meantime, it is essential that you engage an experienced personal injury attorney to look out for your best interests when it comes to legal and financial issues such as compensation for your medical bills, wage loss, pain and suffering, and any other out of pocket expenses that you incur as a result of accident-related injuries that you have suffered at no fault of your own. 

REMEMBER THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS: THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND YOU SHOULD CONTACT A GREENVILLE ATTORNEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

If you have been seriously injured in an auto accident, you only have three years from the date of the injury to file a lawsuit in the state’s civil court system as set forth by S.C. Code Ann. section 15-3-530.  If you have been seriously injured in an auto accident with a governmental employee, then your statute of limitations may be further limited to only two years.
You may think that this seems like a long time. However, your recovery from a serious injury can be a lengthy process. In addition, there are some very important steps that must be considered along the way, beginning very soon after your wreck. You will want a legal professional on your side as soon as possible to protect your rights and to prepare from the very  beginning for the very real possibility that you may need to file a civil lawsuit in order to receive the compensation that you are legally entitled to. 
Whether or not a lawsuit will be necessary hinges on whether or not the at-fault driver’s insurance provider is willing to pay you a settlement that is fair and reasonable in light of your particular injuries and damages. The insurance company is inherently motivated to pay you as little as possible. After all, insurance is a business and businesses have financial incentives rather than humanitarian goals. When negotiating with an unrepresented victim of an auto accident, insurance companies will do everything in their power to lower the ultimate amount that they pay you for your accident related injuries and damages. You should have an experienced personal injury attorney to fight for you from the onset and ensure that the at-fault driver’s insurance provider pays you a settlement amount that fully compensates you all injuries and damages that you sustained as the result of an auto accident.
In the event that pre-suit negotiations are ultimately unsuccessful, then you may need to file a civil lawsuit. A highly recommended Greenville attorney like David R. Price, Jr. can help you navigate this complicated legal process both before and after you file a civil lawsuit in the event that negotiations with the insurance company fail. 

CERTAIN FACTORS THAT YOUR ATTORNEY WILL NEED TO ESTABLISH IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT YOU RECEIVE FULL AND FAIR COMPENSATION FOR YOUR INJURIES

1. The accident was caused by the other driver, thus making them legally responsible for your injuries.
2. You suffered legitimate injuries and damages as a result of the accident.
3. Your injuries and damages were actually caused by the accident.
4. Your injuries were substantial in nature so as to actually inhibit your ability to work and/or necessitate the medical treatment that you underwent.
5. You suffer from continuing pain and suffering.

If you find this to be confusing, that’s because it is. Making sense of what all this really means from a practical perspective can be nearly impossible if you have never had formal legal training or experience in personal injury litigation.. For instance, how do you prove that your injuries were actually caused by the accident? How do you convince an insurance company that the other driver hit you rather than the other way around? Why is fault even a question under these circumstances? These are all very reasonable questions that can best be answered by a legal professional.
At the end of the day, it is essential to seek legal guidance to navigate this process to make sure that you are adequately compensated for your injuries.  Seeking professional legal representation from the outset will allow you to place all of your focus on recovering from the very real physical, mental, and emotional injuries that you suffered in your serious auto accident.  Call the experienced injury attorneys at David R. Price, Jr., P.A., today.