There are many reasons why you would need to hire an experienced Hartford, Connecticut accident attorney after you have been seriously injured in some type of an accident. The insurance company of the at fault driver will attempt to blame you for the accident in an effort to pay you little or no money. It is very important that you contact an experienced Connecticut injury lawyer at the earliest possible moment so you can understand your rights before making a mistake that could cost you literally tens of thousands of dollars. You may think that there is clear liability on the part of the other driver and that there is no reason for you to hire a lawyer because this is a very straightforward case and the other driver’s insurance company will pay you for your damages. Unfortunately, that is not how these cases typically proceed.
The insurance company of the party that caused your accident has a playbook with a number of different reasons in it as to why they will not pay you for your claim or they will pay you a reduced amount of money. For example, if there are no witnesses listed on the police accident report, then the insurance adjuster might claim that there was no one present to substantiate your version of the facts of the accident. Therefore it is merely your word against the word of the other driver. This is despite the evidence that would show that the other driver is at fault.
The insurance company of the other driver might also claim that the police accident report does not indicate that you were injured at the scene of the accident. Many times, people who are injured in an accident, are in a state of shock and report to the police officer that they are fine just so they can leave the scene and go home. The symptoms and problems that they experience as a direct result of the accident sometimes do not appear until hours later. If you do not go to a doctor or the hospital until the next day the insurance adjuster might claim that you were not injured at the time of the accident. They might also claim that you had no objective signs of any type of an injury at the scene of the accident like cuts or bruises or bleeding or contusions.
This is why it is very important for you to consult with an experienced Hartford, Connecticut injury lawyer as soon as possible. Based upon our decades of representing injured parties and their families, we have seen these types of tactics used by insurance companies to try to pay injured parties little or no money. In an effort to educate the public about these problems, we have written an injury book that is almost 200 pages long. It can be downloaded for free so you can determine what it is you need to do with your personal injury case. Visit our website at www.hcwlaw.com and download the book right now. You can also call our toll-free number at 888-842-8466 and speak with one of our experienced Hartford, Connecticut accident and injury lawyers. If you would like, you can schedule an in office interview where we can review the facts of your case and advise you as to what you should be doing. You can also fill out our brief online form and give us some information about your case. We will review that information and will then contact you. Don’t make the mistake of proceeding with your case unless and until you have spoken to an experienced Connecticut personal injury lawyer contact us today.