Virginia Boat Accident Lawyers

Virginia Boat Accident Lawyers

Have you been seriously injured in a boat accident and do you want to see justice for your damages and injuries? We are here to help you get that. Our Virginia boat accident lawyers want to fight for your rights to full compensation for your damages and injuries. We are passionate about bringing justice to our community and we hope that you reach out to set up a free, first consultation with us as soon as you can possibly do so. We believe that liable parties should be held accountable for the harm that they caused other people. Call us today to get started.

NovaLegalGroup, P.C. also helps residents of Virginia with Legal Matters in: Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, Burke, Centreville, Fairfax, Mclean, Oakton, Reston and Springfield.

Tips for a Successful Case

Immediately after you are involved in a boat accident, we want you to prioritize getting medical care for your injuries. We seriously emphasize the fact that delaying seeking medical attention is not beneficial for your case and can harm your health. When you wait to seek medical attention, your minor or moderate injuries can turn severe and cause permanent damage. Also, you run the risk of raising the suspicions of the insurance company, who wants nothing more than to throw away your case and save themselves some money.

You should also know that when you wait to call a lawyer you run the risk of forgetting for quite some time that you are entitled to justice for your damages and injuries. In Virginia, you are given two years from the date of your boat accident to file a civil claim against the liable party. If you don’t call a lawyer right away, you know how fast time can slip away from you. Before you know it, it could be a week before your statute of limitations runs out, which doesn’t give us enough time to build a case for you and file it promptly. You need to call us as soon as you possibly can to set up a free consultation to get started. It would be very tragic for you to miss out on receiving compensation because you waited to make a phone call.

Something that happens a lot with people in an accident is that they wait to call the lawyer and then they make mistakes that ruin their case. For example, if you were involved in an accident and the insurance company called to get a statement from you about this accident and you didn’t talk to a lawyer, you might say something that would allow them to throw out the case altogether. We don’t want you to become a victim of a scenario like this, so we hope that you reach out to our Virginia boat accident lawyers as soon as you possibly can.

You Deserve to Have Your Rights Defended

When you go on a boat, you expect it to be a fun and relaxing activity. It’s meant to be that way but when people are negligent or careless or under the influence of drugs and alcohol, there can be serious injuries and sometimes even death and it’s tragic to see this happen to people who don’t deserve it. Anyone on a watercraft is at risk of being seriously hurt by a negligent or liable party. Whether you were on a yacht or a JetSki or even a kayak, you are at risk of getting seriously hurt due to carelessness and negligence. We will hold the liable party accountable, whether it’s someone who is just out being careless on the water by themselves or it’s a big commercial boat company who is responsible for your injuries. When we see operators of watercraft who have caused serious harm and or death because of their carelessness, we want you and any victim to know that they have a right to receive compensation.

You are vulnerable when you are out on the water. You aren’t latched into a safe compartment with airbags like it would be when you’re riding in a car. Common injuries that we see in boat accident victims are brain damage and spinal cord injury. This can result in paralysis and sometimes, in the worst case, death. Most of the time these accidents are because of colliding with another watercraft or a stationary object in the water. A big cause of these accidents is because people are under the influence. These are incredibly dangerous activities to be partaking in and they are completely avoidable. It’s important that you have Virginia boat accident lawyers who are knowledgeable about this type of law and can bring you justice in these types of cases.

We have been handling cases for many years and we are confident and handling both accidents. We hope that you set up your free consultation with us as soon as possible to get more comfortable with knowing your legal rights. We can help you understand the strategy that we are going to use to get you the results that you deserve. If we can’t get you the results that you deserve through negotiations, we’re going to take your case all the way to trial. We are passionate and determined to get your results that are full and fair. Please call us today and get started because you deserve to have representation after you’ve been harmed by a negligent party.

Benefits of Having Virginia Boat Accident Lawyers

If you are thinking about filing a claim for a boating accident, you might be wondering if it is worth hiring Virginia boat accident lawyers to represent you. When you have a lawyer by your side you have the ability to rest assured that someone who has handled these types of cases for many years and is familiar with how to fight against large insurance corporations is going to be by your side the entire way. We have handled these cases on a daily basis and we know all of the challenges to expect. With experienced representation, you don’t have to worry about knowing the extensive legal information regarding boating accidents. You can rely entirely on us to provide that for you and to defend your rights.

You also don’t have to pay us a penny unless we win your case for you. There will never be upfront costs. We hope that puts your mind at ease if you are worried about being able to afford a lawyer for your case. Our fees come from a portion of your compensation award if we win your case. You are also more likely to get a full and fair result when you have lawyers by your side who the insurance companies are familiar with. If need be and if we can’t get a settlement from the insurance company through negotiations, we can take your case all the way to trial.

Investigation for Claims

In order for our Virginia boat accident lawyers to have a successful claim for you, we have to do a fair bit of investigating into the cause of your accident to determine who the liable party is. There are several things that we need to look into to bring justice for you. Here is a rundown of the things that we will be investigating:

We need to know who was licensed to drive the boat that caused the accident. We want to get to know the education and training that the captain had as well as the experience with that boat that they were operating. If you were on a boat that was captained by someone employed to do so we are going to look at their employee files. We are also going to see if there were blood tests done to determine if they were operating the boat under the influence of drugs or alcohol. We might be able to get our hands on video footage of BUI tests from an agency.

We will look into what the captain of the responsible boat operator was doing before they got into the boat with you in it. We’re going to look at their criminal records. If there are witnesses to the accident, we will get statements from them, as well as any evidence including photographs of the scene or surveillance video of the accident. From there, we will reach out to find who insures the operator of the boat because that is going to be who is financially responsible for your compensation award. Our Virginia boat accident lawyers are very thorough when they do their investigating jobs because this is essential to the success of your case.

Call Our Virginia Boat Accident Lawyers

Please get in contact with our Virginia boat accident lawyers right away if you’ve been seriously injured. We hope to help you get the justice that you are entitled to. We will hold liable party accountable for causing you harm and push the insurance company to provide you with a settlement award that fully and fairly reflects everything that you’ve had to suffer through. If you are looking for justice, please call us today and set up a free consultation.