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Our Personal Injury Lawyer in San Diego Answers Your Questions
Michael Wilson is an undisputed expert in personal injury law. Our lawyer has helped many San Diego residents achieve very significant compensation in cases involving injury caused by the negligence of others. Michael Wilson also has expertise and extensive experience in helping clients achieve favorable verdicts in motor vehicle accidents, investment litigation, and business litigation. If you have a legal problem, we urge you to contact lawyer Michael Wilson at Apollo Law Group, APLC in San Diego to schedule a personal consultation. Michael will evaluate your case and answer any questions that you have. On this page, our legal expert has provided answers to questions commonly posed by clients.
- How do I know if I have a personal injury case?
- How much can I collect from my personal injury case?
- Do I need a lawyer to help me negotiate with an insurance company?
- How can a lawyer help me in an automobile or motorcycle accident case ?
- How long does it take to achieve a settlement in a personal injury case?
How do I know if I have a personal injury case?
Whether or not you have a viable personal injury case relies on three factors:
- A person or a company must have been negligent in some way
- You had to have suffered an injury, such as a broken bone
- The negligent individual or company must have financial resources, such as insurance, to provide compensation
For example, you are driving in your car, and a commercial truck cuts you off, almost causing a truck accident and scaring you half to death. Although in this situation conditions 1 and 3 are met, condition 2 is not. You do not have a personal injury case.
However, the next day, you are driving to work and an airport shuttle bus runs a red light, hitting you and causing a serious auto accident in which you suffer a broken arm. All three conditions for a personal injury case are met, and you should contact our personal injury lawyer in San Diego at your earliest convenience to help ensure that you get complete compensation for the injuries, lost wages, and other hardships you suffered.
How much can I collect from my personal injury case?
The amount you can receive from a personal injury claim generally depends upon the extent of your injuries. In the auto accident described above, your injuries would be considered relatively minor and you would probably only require a short period of physical therapy. Depending on your occupation, you would miss a few days to a few weeks of work. In this case, you would your financial recovery would likely be below $10,000.
However, if a person is involved in a serious motorcycle accident and suffers brain or spinal cord injuries that lead to enormous medical costs, extensive rehabilitation, and permanent disability, there is a much higher likelihood of a multimillion-dollar personal injury settlement. Lawyer Michael Wilson in San Diego has helped victims in many serious personal injury cases achieve favorable verdicts resulting in significant compensation so that they can recover without the added burden of financial hardship.
Do I need a lawyer to help me negotiate with an insurance company?
You are free to negotiate with an insurance company on your own. However, you put your future at risk when you do so. Insurance companies are for-profit businesses. Most are publicly traded corporations, and their first loyalty is to their shareholders, not their customers. Their primary goal is to turn a profit, and they use high-priced lawyers and whatever legal tactics are available to help them do this.
In a personal injury case, most insurance companies use a formula to arrive at a lowball figure that is presented to the victim as a "take it or leave it" offer. If you represent yourself in negotiations with an insurance company, you may be able to raise the offer somewhat, but it is unlikely that you will be able to get full compensation for your suffering. For this reason, when taking on an insurance company, it is almost essential to be represented by an expert personal injury lawyer. In San Diego, Michael Wilson will help you achieve the complete compensation you deserve for your medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, property damage, and other harm incurred because of another's negligence. Michael Wilson urges you not to shortchange yourself and the loved ones who count on you by accepting an insurance company's offer without first seeking the advice of an expert personal injury lawyer.
How can a lawyer help me in an automobile or motorcycle accident case?
When you suffer injuries in an auto accident or motorcycle accident, a countless number of factors related to the accident can contribute to the amount of compensation you receive. A good personal injury lawyer will pursue medical expenses, lost wages, and the other obvious damages connected to your accident. An expert personal injury lawyer, such as San Diego's Michael Wilson, will pursue every factor tied to your accident and your injuries. For example, your injuries may have put future plans you had on hold. They may keep you from advancing at work. Do the injuries interfere with your sex life? Do scars make you self-conscious and reluctant to join in normal social activities?
Michael Wilson will explore and demand compensation for every injury the accident caused you. He will interview and call as a witness anyone who can bolster your case, such as your boss, your spouse, and coworkers. Your personal injury was forced on you by another person's negligent actions. You deserve to be fully compensated for everything in your life that is affected when you suffer injuries in a traffic accident.
How long does it take to achieve a settlement in a personal injury case?
If the insurance company refuses to compensate you fairly and you decide to file suit, your case may take a year or more to be heard in court. Michael Wilson will file your case as quickly as possible so that your case will reach the court docket at the first available opportunity.
However, your wait may be shorter than you expect. Michael Wilson builds strong cases that often force the other side to realize that proceeding to court could have bad consequences and compel them to pay huge legal costs as well as significant compensation to you. The insurance companies often settle out of court to save themselves an expensive ordeal, and you benefit by getting the compensation you deserve quickly.
Contact Personal Injury Lawyer Michael Wilson in San Diego
For complete legal representation, including outstanding representation in personal injury cases, lawyer Michael Wilson in San Diego provides expertise, knowledge, and extensive experience to help you achieve the results you desire. Contact Apollo Law Group, APLC today to schedule a personal consultation with one of the area's finest lawyers, Michael Wilson.