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There are many factors that can affect what happens in your case. Some cases can be settled without a lawsuit ever being filed. When possible, resolving the case without a lawsuit is the best-case scenario because it avoids the time, cost, inconvenience, and the stress of litigation. At Kreeger Law Firm, we work to thoroughly document your claim and attempt to negotiate a fair recovery before filing suit.
Within the last 10 years, it has become increasingly difficult to settle cases without filing suit, mainly because insurance companies and corporations have made an industrywide standard procedure to offer minimal compensation to people injured by the carelessness or negligence of their policyholders and employees.
Unfortunately, it is often necessary to file a lawsuit to get fair compensation. Once a case is in “litigation,” Kreeger Law Firm works to prepare it as if it were going to trial. This ensures that most lawsuits are settled during litigation on terms that are favorable to our clients without going to trial.
In a small percentage of cases, when an insurance company or corporation will not settle a lawsuit fairly, a jury trial is necessary. At Kreeger Law Firm, we prepare every case as if it were going to trial so that we can present a case to the jury that will result in the best outcome possible.
ential clients ask is whether or not they need an attorney to handle their in the first place. The answer in most cases is an unequivocal “yes.”
Even cases that seem simple can become complicated. Complications can occur due to legal issues, disputed factual issues or because the responsible party simply doesn’t want to meet its obligation to make up for what has happened. The more serious the injuries are, the more compensation that is potentially at stake, and the higher the need to hire a professional to protect your interests and maximize your asset.
There are many reasons an experienced attorney may be necessary in a particular case. Some of the most common are as follows:
- In every case, the injured parties should shield themselves from the insurance company or corporate claims adjusters and investigators who will seek potentially harmful statements and pry into their personal lives in an effort to find any reason to deny full responsibility.
- In most cases, especially in any case where there is a question of who was at fault, immediate and thorough investigation is necessary to preserve evidence and identify potentially liable parties.
- There is a “statute of limitations” that requires legal action be taken within a period of time or the right to recover compensation is lost. Some statutes are as short as six months in California.
The best personal injury attorneys in Sacramento know everything you are legally entitled to recover as “damages,” including all past and future medical expenses, lost income or earning capacity, and pain and suffering, as well as how to document or prove those damages to an insurance company, its lawyers and, if necessary, to a jury.
The insurance company or corporation will pay much more money to settle a case without a lawsuit when it knows that you are represented by an attorney with a reputation for fighting for fair compensation by filing suit if a fair settlement is not offered.
In most cases, there are claims to some of your settlement money referred to as “liens,” which can include a claim by a hospital for an emergency room bill, a claim by your own auto insurance for amounts paid for medical bills under a “medical payments” provision of your policy, a claim by your own health insurance company for medical expenses it paid for medical care, or the health care providers themselves for medical bills. A good attorney knows how to reduce or defeat those claims so there is more money that goes to the injured person from the settlement or recovery.