Silverado Car Accident Attorney

Why Do You Need A Car Accident Lawyer Near You?

If you are involved in a car accident, you might expect to easily get compensated by filing a car insurance claim with your insurance company. Unfortunately, too often, it is not that simple.

Insurance companies make money by paying as little compensation as possible to claimants. This means that even if you have a strong claim, the insurance company responsible for covering your costs may not provide the appropriate amount of compensation.

How can this be legal? Sometimes, it isn’t. However, more often than not, insurance companies will take advantage of your lack of familiarity with the process to undervalue your claim. For example, an insurance company might offer you a lump sum that looks fair, only for you to find out months or years later that it is less than you need.

The Silverado auto accident attorneys at Adam S. Kutner, Injury Attorneys, can prevent an auto insurance company from undervaluing your claim. Our team will work with you to collect as much evidence as possible to support your claim. The more evidence we collect, the harder it will be for an insurance company to deny or undervalue your claim.

Just as importantly, due to our experience in the field, we can accurately estimate the value of your claim. This experience gives us an advantage when negotiating with insurance companies. We will never accept a lowball settlement offer.

What To Expect After Hiring Our Law Firm

After you hire our Silverado personal injury law firm, the first thing we will do is take the lead in all communication with other interested parties. This means we will communicate with:

• All insurance companies involved
• Witnesses to the accident
• Other drivers
• Lawyers for any of the above
• The police
• Court personnel, if necessary

By taking the lead in communications, we can better protect your rights and interests. Not having this responsibility allows you to focus on recovering from your injuries rather than having to deal with bureaucracy.

Because our legal team is familiar with the insurance claims process, your case is unlikely to go to court. In most cases, we gather evidence and then negotiate a fair settlement that gets you the money you need for recovery as quickly as possible.

If the insurance company refuses to negotiate in good faith, or your injuries are very serious, we may file a lawsuit with the courts. However, usually, that will only happen if it seems like your case will take more than two years to complete. 

By filing a lawsuit, we can avoid running afoul of the two-year statute of limitations on personal injury lawsuits in Nevada.

While very few cases go to trial, that doesn’t mean our legal team is unprepared when they do. We have decades of legal experience in and out of the courtroom. Our lead attorney, Adam S. Kutner, is a former insurance defense lawyer. He knows the tactics insurance lawyers use at trial and how to challenge them effectively.

What To Do After Getting Injured In A Car Accident Near Silverado Ranch

If you are involved in a car accident in Nevada, state law requires you to stop your vehicle and contact the police as soon as possible if anyone is injured or dies. You are also required to exchange information with any other drivers or passengers involved in the accident. The information you should provide includes your:

• Name and contact information
• Driver’s license number
• Insurance information
• License plate number

If you complete all those steps, you have fulfilled your duties as required by the law. However, there is more you should do if you want to improve your chances of getting fair compensation after the accident. At Adam S. Kutner, Injury Attorneys, we recommend you also do all of the following.

Get Medically Evaluated

Whether you believe you were injured or not, you should request a medical evaluation after a serious car accident. By getting medically evaluated, you create medical records that our legal team will need to support your claim.

Additionally, if you are seriously injured, not getting medically evaluated could result in your injury worsening. If that happens, the insurance company could refuse to pay for part of your medical treatment, claiming your decision was partially responsible for your harm.

In any situation, getting medically evaluated and treated, if appropriate, as soon as possible will benefit your claim.

Collect Evidence At The Accident Scene

If you are capable of taking pictures of the accident scene, you should. By preserving evidence of the damage to the vehicles and what the accident scene looked like immediately after the accident, you make it easier for our lawyers to show that the other driver was responsible for the accident.

Additionally, if there are any witnesses, you should collect their contact information. You don’t need as much information as you need from the other driver. You just need their name and a convenient way for your lawyer to get in touch with them.

Avoid Talking To Anyone About The Accident

While exchanging information with the other driver or witnesses, you might be tempted to discuss the accident. You should avoid doing this at all costs. Whatever you say to another party, no matter how trivial, could be used against you by an insurance company or in court.

Similarly, avoid discussing your accident on social media. Information you share on social media is even easier for an insurance company to get than information you say in passing to another party.

Contact Adam S. Kutner, Injury Attorneys, Immediately

The sooner you contact our law firm, the sooner we can start representing you. Often, even a slight delay could hinder our ability to help. Even if you aren’t certain you need a lawyer, you can take advantage of our free consultation to discuss your legal rights and options.

Obtaining Damages After A Car Accident In Nevada

If the other party is responsible for the injuries you suffered, you have the right to get compensation from that party (or their insurance company) for that harm. Typically, this means our legal team will negotiate with the insurance company to get you compensation for:

• Repair costs for your vehicle
• Replacement costs for anything else damaged or destroyed in the accident
• All medical bills
• Lost wages due to missed work resulting from the injury
• Pain and suffering

Due to the principle of comparative negligence, you can even potentially get compensation if you are partially responsible for your injuries. In that case, assuming you aren’t more than 50% responsible, any compensation you receive will be reduced by a percentage equal to how much you are responsible for your injuries.

This comparative negligence is one of the main reasons we put such a high priority on getting as much evidence as possible after a car accident. The more evidence we have that shows the other party was responsible, the more compensation we can usually get for you.