Understanding When to Get Help from a Mount Laurel Township Personal Injury Lawyer
If you have been injured in an accident causing lost wages, medical bills, and considerable pain and suffering, you may ask yourself when should a personal injury lawyer be used to help you recover compensation. Although a claim for injuries or losses in an accident may feel like a standard type of insurance claim, that is not true. There are certain times when you should consider hiring a personal injury lawyer instead of trying to handle the process yourself. This is not just because of the complexities in filing a claim but also based on your injuries and how some insurance adjusters and insurance defense lawyers may try to take advantage of you. This is why it is essential to always seek a personal injury attorney in Mount Laurel Township, NJ.
Even if you are unsure whether you need a lawyer, hiring a lawyer is an imperative part of protecting your rights that you may not even realize are available to you. Consulting with a lawyer is also not as expensive or intimidating as you may believe. At Nugent Law, our compassionate and experienced lawyers offer:
- FREE consultations
- Contingency fee agreements, meaning we only get our legal fees paid after we recover compensation for you
- We pay the upfront costs and disbursements of litigation which are only reimbursed if we recover compensation for you
- Our lawyer fees are only a percentage of what we recover for you and not out-of-pocket
Learn how we can help you after an accident in Mount Laurel Township, NJ.
When Should You Get a Personal Injury Lawyer After an Accident?
Whether you are injured in a slip and fall, motor vehicle accident, dog bite, or any other type of accident, there are certain factors you should consider when determining whether you should seek the assistance of a personal injury lawyer. Obtaining legal representation can mean the difference between recovering the compensation you may be entitled to versus recovering less or no compensation.
Some of the most important factors to consider include the following:
Did You Suffer a Serious Personal Injury?
Any time you suffer a serious personal injury, insurance adjusters and defense lawyers will do everything in their power to mitigate their losses and underpay a claim. This is because these types of serious injuries often result in considerable compensation for a victim. Some of the most severe types of personal injuries for which you should always seek assistance from a lawyer include the following:
- Brain injuries (TBIs)
- Spinal cord injuries (SCIs)
- Broken bones or fractured bones
- Amputations or loss of a limb
- Nerve injuries
- Organ injuries
- Loss of eyesight or eye damage
- Burn injuries resulting in grafting
- Any type of injury requiring surgery
- Significant scarring or disfigurement
- Knee or shoulder injuries causing damage to the tendons, ligaments, or other structures
- Neck and back injuries causing prolonged pain
- Wrongful death cases of a loved one passing, and
- Any other types of serious personal injuries that our personal injury lawyers in Mount Laurel Township, NJ can help recover compensation for you in a lawsuit.
If You Lost More Than a Few Days of Work
Lost wages can be a huge component in calculating damages in a lawsuit. This is because lost wages quickly add up and are often felt immediately when the next mortgage or rent bill is due.
Despite lost wages being an obvious claim, far too many insurance adjusters and defense lawyers will try to play with the calculation to ensure you get less than you may normally take home. Other times the defense will argue that your job was seasonal, temporary, or that you were planning on quitting or leaving your job. Sometimes the defense will even paint the picture that you were on the verge of being fired, demonstrating you really do not have any lost wage claim.
Thus, whenever you have lost more than a few days of work, having a personal injury attorney on your side to calculate your losses and fight back against an overreaching defense lawyer or adjuster is imperative to protecting your rights to compensation.
You Have Considerable Unpaid Medical Bills
Even if you have insurance, if you have considerable medical bills from deductibles, co-pays, or other unreimbursed expenses, you should consider seeking the help of a lawyer. Often, a lawsuit can recover these forms of compensation for you to ensure that your bills are paid when another person, business, or government entity’s negligence harmed you.
The Other Side is Contesting Your Claim
Any time the party that may have hurt you is claiming that it was your fault or did not happen like you say it did, that is an excellent reason to get a lawyer to help you. Blaming someone else is a common defense mechanism used by people, which insurance adjusters often adopt to shift the claim from their client (the defendant) to you. Whenever this happens, make sure to seek legal representation to protect your rights before the defense manufactures a defense to your case.
Ask For Help Any Time You Are Uncomfortable Handling a Claim
Being injured in a personal injury accident is a very serious and often traumatizing experience. While some people have handled insurance claims before and think they could handle this type of claim, self-representation usually results in less compensation than if you hired a lawyer to help you. This is often because handling a claim while you are injured can be very difficult—especially if you have suffered a serious injury. Insurance companies know this and may try to further confuse or frustrate you to get you to accept the first offer or two that they make, which are usually very low and unfair.
Do not let this happen to you.
For over 35 years, Nugent Law has protected the rights of individuals and their families who have been seriously injured or wrongfully killed in personal injury accidents throughout New Jersey, including right here in Mount Laurel Township, NJ. Our experienced personal injury lawyers can help advise you of your rights and fight back against a negligent defendant to recover the compensation that you may deserve.
Learn more during a FREE consultation by calling (856) 596-9770 or by sending us a private message through our “contact us” box available here. We are here to help.
