A wide variety of injuries can result from a car accident. The force of an impact involving a car, truck, or motorcycle at any speed can cause bodily injury, ranging from minor scrapes and bruising to wrongful death.
Protect Your Health & Legal Rights
If you have been in a car accident, you need to protect two things: your health and your legal rights.
Following an accident, you should be evaluated by a doctor right away. Do not wait. Your doctor will generally recommend a treatment plan and may refer you to a specialist for your injuries.
You should also contact a personal injury attorney to evaluate your case and manage your claim with the insurance companies involved.
If an insurance company has already contacted you and asks you to sign documents, do not sign anything until you have consulted a personal injury attorney.
Important Questions After a Car Accident
There are many questions that need to be addressed when dealing with a car accident personal injury case.
Who Is at Fault?
If a police report is prepared following the collision, it can help determine fault.
If you are at fault, your insurance company should pay or compensate the other people involved in the accident.
If another driver is at fault, their insurance company should pay or compensate you for your damages, injury treatments, and other applicable losses.
Important aspects of a personal injury claim include:
Property Damage
If you were not at fault, your car should be properly repaired, or you should be compensated for its loss in value or replacement cost.
Rental Car
If you were not at fault, you are often entitled to a rental car. We can negotiate the duration and rate on your behalf.
Med-Pay
Medical Payments Provision (Med-Pay) may be available after many accidents. In Virginia, Med-Pay provides money for medical bills.
Medical Care
You are entitled to be put back in the same physical condition you were in before the accident occurred.
Pain, Suffering & Inconvenience
Pain, suffering, and inconvenience are considered “non-economic” damages. Recovery depends largely on how effectively your attorney demonstrates how the injury has impacted your life.
Video and before-and-after witnesses can help show how life-altering an injury has been and whether it has affected activities you once enjoyed, including:
- Sports
- Vacations
- Driving
- Walking
- Sitting
- Standing
How Raheen Law Group Can Help
At Raheen Law Group, we make sure to ask the important questions to give your claim the best chance at the most positive outcome possible.
We work hard to protect your rights at every step of the claim or litigation process and negotiate in your best interest so you don’t have to.