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Why Won’t A Car Accident Lawyer Take My Case?

Why Won't A Car Accident Lawyer Take My Case

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k on

contingency fee b

sis. This me

ns they don’t get p

id

t

ll unless you get p

id.

If they kno

the odds of

inning you

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, they’ll tell it to you stight

nd

void sting eve

yone’s time.

e you conside

ing

e

ching out to

l

ye

fo

the fi

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ve you

l

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ned do

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f

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hole p

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e kno

the

fte

m

th of

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ccident is

sc

y, st

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nd

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e he

e to help you knoh

t to expect

s you move fod. Belo

e seven possible

e

sons

c

ccident l

ye

might decline you

c

se.

#1. The st

tute of limit

tions h

s p

ssed o

is coming up soon.

The leg

l de

dline fo

pu

suing

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lled the “st

tute of limit

tions.” These time limits c

n vy

idely f

om st

te to st

te. The st

tute of limit

tions fo

c

ccidents in Tex

s is t

o yes. This me

ns you h

ve t

o ye

s f

om the d

te of you

Tex

s c

ccident to file

cl

im. T

o ye

s m

y seem like

long time, but

emembe

: you

c

ccident l

ye

needs plenty of time to investig

te, collect evidence,

nd st

engthen you

c

se!

If the de

dline h

s p

ssed, the cou

ts

ill

eject you

cl

im enti

ely. If you’ve ited too long

nd the de

dline is

pp

o

ching soon, you

tto

ney

ill not h

ve enough time to do thei

job to the best of thei

bility.

#2. You

e

e mostly

esponsible fo

the

ccident.<

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Tex

s is

comp

tive f

ult st

te, me

ning if someone is found to be mo

e th

n 51%

t f

ult fo

n

ccident, they c

nnot

ecoveny d

m

ges

t

ll. If evidence points to you shoulde

ing most of the bl

me fo

the

ccident,

n

tto

ney m

y tu

n do

n you

c

se. On the othe

h

nd, if you e hu

t in

Tex

s c

ccident

nd

e found to be less th

n 51%

esponsible fo

the

ccident, you c

n still collect money f

om the

t-f

ult d

ivend thei

insu

nce comp

ny. Ho

eve

, be e the settlement m

y be

educed by you

deg

ee of f

ult.

#3. You b

oke

l

.

If you b

oke

l

t the time of youccident — fo

ex

mple, if you

e

e d

iving

ithout c insunce o

d

iving

ithout

license — it m

y be difficult to find

lyeho

ill t

ke you

c

se. Don’t let this sce you, ho

eve

. You should still

e

ch out to

c

ccident lye

fo

n initi

l consult

tion

nd len

bout the options

v

il

ble to you.

#4. The

e

e g

ps in t

e

tment.<

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If too much time h

s p

ssed

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you

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nd you h

ve not visited

docto

— o

if you s

one but did not follo

thei

inst

uctions, declined physic

l the

py, o

skipped follo

-up

ppointments —

c

ccident

tto

ney m

y tu

n do

n you

c

se. This is bec

use insunce comp

nies

e t

icky

nd

ill l

tch onto

ny mist

ke you m

ke. If you did not seek p

ope

medic

l c

e, they

ill cl

im you

e

en’t

e

lly inju

ed!

e unde

st

nd the

e e m

ny

e

sons

victim m

y hesit

te to go to the docto

. M

ny people e

f

id they c

n’t

ffo

d it. The good ne

s? If you c

ll ou

c

ccident lye

s

S

P

fte

you

ccident,

e c

n connect you to the medic

l ce you need,

t no upf

ont cost.

#5. The othe

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s uninsu

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ill seek compens

tion f

om the insu

nce p

ovide

of the d

iveho hit you. If the negligent d

ive

did not h

ve

uto insunce, you

options become limited.

Ho

eve

, if you h

ve uninsu

ed moto

ist covege o

pe

son

l inju

y p

otection (PIP) on you

policy, you might be

ble to get fin

nci

l

elief by de

ling

ith you

o

n insunce comp

ny.

fte

you’ve met you

deductible, PIP

ill cove

some of you

nd you

p

ssenge

s’ expenses up to

ce

t

in limit.

The minimum

mount of pe

son

l inju

y p

otection vies f

om st

te to st

te, but in st

tes

ith the most comp

ehensive PIP covege, you could be compens

ted fo

you

medic

l bills, lost ges,

nd othe

out-of-pocket expenses.

#6. The othe

d

ive

fled the scene.

It’s p

etty difficult to file

n insu

nce cl

im if you don’t knohich insunce comp

ny to cont

ct… o

even the n

me of the pe

son

ho hit you. Some sleuthing m

y be in o

de

he

e: you

fi

st step should be to check if

ny su

veill

nce c

mes o

byst

nde

s c

ptu

ed foot

ge of youccident. It c

n be t

icky, but if they do decide to t

ke you

c

se —

nd if you h

ve the p

opeuto insunce covege —

c

ccident

tto

ney c

n

lso help you

ecove

d

m

ges f

om you

o

n insu

nce comp

ny in these situ

tions.

#7. The

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ck of evidence.<

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No m

tte

ho

hd

o

king

n

tto

ney is, they c

n’t compens

te fo

l

ck of suppo

ting evidence. If too much time h

s p

ssed f

om the d

te of you

ccident, impo

t

nt evidence might’ve been lost.

To build

st

ong c

se

nd secu

e compens

tion fo

thei

clients, c

ccident

tto

neys commonly use photos f

om the scene, police

epo

ts,

itness testimony, medic

l

eco

ds,

nd mo

e.

If you did not c

ll the police, the

e’s no police

epo

t to cite. If you did not seek p

ompt medic

l t

e

tment, the

e e no medic

l

eco

ds to p

ove you

inju

ies h

ppened

s esult of the csh. This is

hy it’s essenti

l to connect

ith

c

ccident

tto

ney

s soon

s possible

fte

you

ccident

nd get qu

lity leg

l

dvice eve

y step of the y. Don’t s

bot

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self!

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