Harlingen Car Accident Lawyer
A car accident is one of the worst situations one can expect on an average day, even if a few people manage to avoid it. Most people experience at least one car accident in their lifetimes, and far too many of them turn serious.
Perhaps you just experienced a car accident here in Harlingen, Texas that ended up placing you in a dire situation. Your injuries are maybe extreme and about to change your life forever. What do you do next to get your life in order?
It’s time to seek legal representation. A Harlingen car accident lawyer can help at Kenny Perez Law.
What Type of Car Accident Did You Have?
Our law firm sees numerous types of car accidents virtually every day here in Harlingen. Daily statistics in the city show car accidents here are daily problems, usually at our many problematic intersections.
How did your recent car accident happen?
Rear-ended crashes while stopping at traffic lights usually happens due to distracted driving or sometimes brake failure.
Other accidents you might have found yourself in include:
Head-On Collisions
Roads are always busy here in Harlingen, and head-on collisions happen too often. When they do, it usually brings fatalities, with a few people managing to survive. These survivors usually have devastating injuries as a result, sometimes of the spine, head, or other areas of the body.
Following a head-on collision, your life probably isn’t going to shift back to normal very fast, if ever. You need to take legal action to get your inevitable medical bills paid.
Broadside Crashes
Being broadsided in an intersection or along a highway brings similar injuries as a head-on collision. Someone hitting you from the side of your car is potentially more dangerous because the impact is often on the driver’s side.
Even if you were wearing a seatbelt, your car’s airbag possibly didn’t deploy properly. A car or SUV hitting you that close in a broadside is going to cause broken bones, lacerations, and internal injuries.
All of those could bring physical and mental issues for the rest of your life.
Rollover Crashes
Sometimes the impact of a car accident causes your car or SUV to roll over multiple times along a road or embankment. Your body being tossed around in the vehicle is sure to bring numerous lacerations and the possibility of spinal or head injuries.
Drivers don’t always survive rollover crashes, but you maybe did. Your life is about to change, with possible medical treatments and therapies far into the future.
Where Should You Turn for Legal Help?
Kenny Perez Law is there for you immediately after experiencing one of the above car accident scenarios. We can immediately go to work gathering evidence from the scene where your car accident occurred.
Evidence includes taking photographs, interviewing witnesses, and also capturing any traffic camera footage. The more visual the evidence, the more compelling the case you have.
Fortunately, Kenny and his team know almost everything there is to know about car accident law here in Texas. They know practically every road, business, insurance company, and judge in the local area.
Armed with this much legal knowledge, we can put together a strong case to give you the best chance of winning. What questions might you have, though, about the legal process we’ll take you through?
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Harlingen Car Accident FAQ
We get questions all the time about what to expect as we work on your car accident case. Take a look at these questions we receive the most often:
Unfortunately, some people’s vacations get cut short due to a car accident. Typically, the state where the accident occurred has jurisdiction for any legal claims. However, some exceptions may exist depending on the specific circumstances.
After a car accident in Harlingen, you should contact a local attorney to determine your best course of action. Most personal injury law firms offer a free consultation, which you can do over the phone or via video call for your convenience. You can then learn what options you have to pursue compensation for your injuries.
Many people experience an adrenaline rush right after a car accident. They don’t realize that they have sustained injuries until they experience pain hours later or even the next day. As such, they turn down any medical treatment offered by the South Texas Emergency Care EMTs.
For your own well-being, you should seek medical care as soon as you realize that you have sustained an injury. This initial doctor visit will prove important for your legal case, as it documents the timing and nature of your injuries.
Other injured parties may seek compensation as well:
The insurance company will likely push for a quick settlement that doesn’t provide you with full compensation. Remember that insurance companies have their profits in mind, not the best interest of injured individuals. These companies want to maintain their bottom lines at the expense of accident victims.
The insurance company may not voluntarily offer you any money at all. The at-fault insurance company may attempt to take advantage of the fact that you don’t have legal representation and tell you that you bear liability for your injuries. Or worse, the insurance company may claim that you bear liability for another party’s injuries as well as your own.
After a car accident, you may not have the energy or stamina to pursue a legal case by yourself. It takes considerable effort to deal with all of the paperwork, phone calls, and negotiations involved in accident claims. Obtaining a car accident settlement requires more than just a few minutes on the phone. Personal injury attorneys have the resources to do this work full-time. When you hire a lawyer, you can relax and focus on your recovery.
In these cases, more than one driver may bear liability for the accident. Sometimes, a municipality can bear liability for an accident for a road in disrepair or the presence of unclear or confusing road signs.
It takes the skill and dedication of a car accident attorney to work through these types of cases. Sometimes, your attorney may need to recreate your accident scene. An attorney can also obtain any video footage available and interview eyewitnesses.
The thought of going to court can prove nerve-wracking for many people. As the injured party, you get to make the ultimate decision of whether to take your case to trial. If you do decide to go to court, you will know about it well in advance. You’ll have time to prepare, and your attorney will help you feel ready.
They’ll try to get you to settle early for a small amount of money. At that point, you’re likely struggling financially and feel like you should take any settlement offered. Don’t take it right away, because you may well deserve so much more to cover all your medical bills.
Let us negotiate with insurance companies, because we know them inside and out. We know the tricks they pull on injured people when at their most vulnerable. It’s an unfair practice we continually fight against. Instead, we negotiate with the insurance companies to reach a settlement amount you actually need.
It all comes down to the evidence available in proving what happened in your car accident. Still, we want you to know our case results are notable. We’ve reached settlement figures in the six and seven figures for many of our clients.
Most insurance companies are willing to settle eventually to avoid going through lengthy and expensive trials. How long this takes for you is impossible to predict, and based on many variables.
Your final settlement or award amount may become less or more than what’s common. We always work hard to make sure our clients get the best outcome possible.
Get Help from a Harlingen Car Accident Attorney Today
Contact us immediately at Kenny Perez Law if a bus accident injured you. Based on the physical impact bus injuries frequently bring, you will need to protect yourself legally to avoid financial stress.
We have the experience to properly investigate these claims. We know the city and bus system. We understand all of the legal procedures needed to recover compensation. But most of all, we will get to know you so that we fully appreciate what you’re going through—not just so we can properly evaluate your claim and seek the compensation you deserve, but because we care about our clients.
You can reach us at (956) 420-6678 or through our contact page. We look forward to helping you through this difficult time.
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