Virginia Personal Injury Lawyers

What to Expect

In most every personal injury case, there are going to be four parties that you need to be aware of because they are integral to the functions of a personal injury case. You would be the first party involved in this accident and would be known as the plaintiff. You are the one who is filing a civil case for your injuries and damages to get justice.

You will be filing your case against the liable party who would be the person directly responsible for your injuries and damages. In a car accident case, it would be the driver that collided with you.

Number three is the insurance company who represents the liable party. Their main operative is to save their company money by diminishing the value of your case and reducing your compensation award. They are the ones financially liable for your damages and injuries.

The fourth party and possibly the most important one for you to have involved in the case are your Virginia personal injury lawyers who are there to guide you through your case and protect your rights to justice.

Advice for Success 

We like to give advice to potential clients very early on because Virginia has harsh fault laws that we will get into later. We don’t want our potential clients to make big mistakes that can potentially keep them from getting the justice they deserve. One of the biggest mistakes that we see is someone talking to the liable party’s insurance company before they talk to us. The insurance company knows very well that if they can blame you for the accident, they no longer have to pay your damages. We don’t want to give them a statement of any kind that they can use against you. They have trained representatives who know how to get answers from you that are unfavorable for the success of your case. Always let our Virginia personal injury lawyers handle communication with them.

The next piece of advice that we give clients is, if they haven’t already, to get immediate medical care. After your accident, your injuries are likely serious or will soon become serious if you don’t get immediate medical attention for them. We’re sure that you want to start feeling better right away, so getting medical attention early on is an easy choice.

Next, when you are hiring lawyers to represent your case, you want to make sure that they have a proven track record of success with your particular type of injury case. If you were involved in a car accident, you don’t want a real estate lawyer who helped you close on your house to dabble in personal injury and take on your case. You want Virginia personal injury lawyers who know exactly how to handle a car accident case to get you a fair and fast result. Lawyers make this process easy on you so you don’t have to become an expert on a personal injury case yourself. You just need to know that your lawyers are taking care of it and protecting your rights so you can get justice.

Lastly, we encourage you to reach out to us right away. Don’t delay seeking help from our Virginia personal injury lawyers. These cases are time sensitive and as per the Virginia statute of limitations, you only have two years to bring your case. Time can fly quickly when you don’t have something in the forefront of your mind, so be sure to reach out to us and set up your free consultation to get started right away.

Personal Injury Claim Value

When we seek compensation for a personal injury claim, it is going to be based on the facts and details surrounding your particular incident. To get a good understanding of how a claim is valued, here is an example of a personal injury case compensation award:

A victim in a personal injury case was driving their car on the highway when a car in another lane swerved into the front of their vehicle clipping them and sending them spinning. The driver who filed the personal injury claim suffered injuries to their head, had several broken bones and missed a lot of work to recover from their injuries. They used up all of their paid time off and had to take time off without being paid because they needed to recover from the surgery to fix their broken leg. On top of this, after hospital visits, follow-up doctor appointments, and physical therapy, they suffered insomnia and anxiety related to being in the car accident. One person‘s mistake on the road caused them all of this harm. 

When we break down what their compensation award should be, we look at the two types of damages for their case: economic damages and non-economic damages. The economic damages this plaintiff could file for would include their medical bills, physical therapy bills, reimbursement for the time off that they had to take from work, any possible decrease in earning capabilities after this accident and any follow-up bills that they expect to have to pay related to this car accident.

Non-economic damages for this plaintiff would involve their pain and suffering including the decrease in life quality they experienced while they were suffering from their injuries, as well as their lingering symptoms related to the car accident, such as the insomnia and anxiety. Our Virginia personal injury lawyers fight tooth and nail tirelessly to make sure that this compensation award accurately reflects everything that our clients have had to suffer through.

Virginia Fault Laws

Virginia has extremely harsh fault laws for personal injury cases. Some states will allow you to collect a compensation award if you were partially at fault for causing the accident but, in Virginia, if you are deemed even slightly responsible for causing an accident, then you are no longer going to be eligible to receive compensation for your damages and injuries. This is why our Virginia personal injury lawyers work so hard to protect your rights to compensation because we know that small mistakes can ruin a case for you.

We will fight to show that your accident was entirely caused by someone else’s negligence and carelessness. We will keep the insurance company from taking advantage of you and we will protect you from their attempts to pin the blame for the accident on you. Even 1% of the blame being pinned on you can prevent you from getting the justice that you so very much deserve after their liable party acted carelessly, recklessly and harmed you.

Through negotiations with the insurance company we will fight to come to the conclusion that you are not at fault in any way for this accident and you deserve full and fair compensation. When we negotiate your compensation award, we will take all of the factors of your non-economic and economic damages into consideration and we will push back against the insurance company until the compensation award is what we believe to be fair and full. If they won’t come to us with a settlement offer that we believe delivers justice, we have the option of taking them to trial.

Call Our Virginia Personal Injury Lawyers Today for a Free Consultation

If you are a victim of a liable party’s actions and have suffered serious injury, we hope to hear from you right away so that our Virginia personal injury lawyers can get started on your case as soon as possible. You deserve justice and acting quickly better ensures that you get that result in the end. We want to be by your side through your case to fight for your rights. Call today to get your free first consultation.