Filing A Road Accident Claim is not to be Done Unassisted
Putting in a road accident claim will never cost you any money, even if your claim is not paid by the offending driver’s insurance company. The solicitor who represents your claim and takes it to court if necessary, is also insured for a loss should he or she not be able to collect their fees as part of your claim. With that in mind there is no good reason not to seek the compensation you are due when you are injured, disabled or left at a disadvantage (no car) due to the negligence of some one else.
One of the reasons you hire a personal injury lawyer in the first place is to make sure that the circumstances of your automobile accident are favorable for filing a successful road accident claim. Your litigators staff has experience in these cases and most times will advise against a claim if they feel you will not be given an award at the end of the 3 to 6 months that filing a claim can take. They don’t loose any money if you should be found ineligible to make a road accident claim, but by the same token they don’t make a profit on the time and money they invest in pursuing your claim for personal injury, medical bills or vehicle loss compensation.
Some people shy away from filing a road accident claim if they don’t warrant much of a settlement above what is readily agreed upon. Say you’re in a minor accident and the guilty driver’s insurance is estimating and paying for the repairs to your car. Since they only need your damaged car for a day to repair it and the car is drivable the way it is, you might decide to not bother to push for a one day rental car. However you are entitled to the rental and some compensation for the time it takes to arrange and transfer to the rental replacement car.
Plus, what if suddenly your car takes three days instead of one to repair and now you’re out three days of finding a way to get to work while they diddle with your repair. And since they sent you to their repair shop, your car is going to get fixed for the lowest possible price and that includes cutting corners when replacing parts and the labor to replace them. After all there is no upside for them fixing your car. You should have called a solicitor as soon as you got home from the accident. Don’t go this route alone especially when hiring a solicitor is never an expense for the hurt party.