If you were injured in an accident in California and you believe that someone else was at fault for the accident, you may be faced with medical bills, property damage and time lost from your job. Depending on how severe your injuries were, you may even have lost your job and may be facing additional medical bills in the months or even yeas to come. You could even be facing problems finding a medical provider to treat your injuries if you did not have medical insurance at the time of the accident. You are not alone. Accidents of all kinds happen every day in California and the victims are left trying to figure out how to pay for medical treatment, how to repair damage to vehicles and what to do about their job. This is where a California accident lawyer can help. You may be concerned that on top of all the other bills you now have that you cannot afford to hire a lawyer to represent you in your accident lawsuit. The good news is that you may not need to worry about money for your California accident lawyer.
The benefits of hiring an accident lawyer to represent your interests are numerous. Statistics show that accident settlements and jury awards are consistently higher for victims that are represented by lawyers. This means more money for you to pay your bills and to compensate you for the pain and suffering you have experienced as a result of someone else’s negligence. In the short run, having a lawyer represent you means that you do not need to talk to the insurance company, the defendant or the courts. You can focus on healing the injuries that you suffered. Additionally, if you are having problems getting your vehicle fixed, finding a medical provider to treat you or are in jeopardy of losing your job, your lawyer may be able to intervene and help.
Unlike many other types of cases that lawyers handle, accident lawyers frequently accept personal injury accident cases on a contingency basis. A contingency arrangement basically means that you will not be charged anything upfront. Your lawyer will aggressively investigate, negotiate and even try your case to a jury without you having to pay anything. At the end of the case, your lawyer will receive a percentage of the final settlement or jury award as payment for their services. This method of payment was developed many years ago precisely for situations like yours where the victim would be left without any way to be compensated for their injuries if they had to pay a lawyer upfront just accept the case. This type of payment arrangement also gives your lawyer an incentive to get you the most compensation possible. At the end of your accident case, your lawyer will pay out any medical providers, expert witnesses or other bills associated with your case and then your lawyer will be paid his agreed upon percentage. Everything that is left will be your compensation for the injuries you have received.
In the end, if you have been the victim in a California accident, you may be able to hire an accident lawyer to represent you without having to worry about yet another bill. If you have additional questions or would like a free and detailed evaluation of your accident case, please call California accident lawyer Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates at 1-800-300-0001 or visit him online www.ledgerlaw.com.
