After a car crash, slip and fall, or other injury-causing incident, dealing with property damage and medical bills falls heavily on your shoulders. You hope that your insurance settlement comes through quickly, but things drag on. A personal injury lawyer would want claimants to understand common tactics adjusters use that create delays and confusion in the first place. Here are a few things to watch out for.
- Quick Settlement Offers – Insurers know accident victims need cash fast and want the hassle to end. So, they often offer fast checks. But the amounts barely cover bills and require you to forfeit rights to ever sue for what’s fair. A personal injury lawyer will fight these even when finances feel desperate.
- Silent Treatment – It’s common for insurers to abruptly stop responding to evidence requests from us supporting necessary treatments and realistic settlement amounts for you. Lengthy periods of silence are aimed at frustrating clients so they will settle for less.
- Surveillance Footage – Injuries not visually obvious can lead to an invasion of your privacy. It’s common for insurance investigators to secretly trail and film severe injury victims.
We want you to be informed of what may come. And more importantly—we want you to keep pursuing a fair outcome. A personal injury lawyer can give you level-headed guidance, so no case with legal merits gets discarded because an insurance company stalls. If you have a claim you want to pursue, contact us.