Why you need an attorney for your auto accident claim
At Willis, Willis & Rizzi we often hear from clients who think that their accident was not very serious. Folks often think that if there are not crazy serious injuries involved the accident is not a big deal. Then after a couple of weeks they realize they have got insurance companies calling, body shops calling, attorneys calling, chiropractors calling, people offering to take them to medical appointments and trying to get them to sign up with a lawyer, it can be very overwhelming.
What sets Willis, Willis & Rizzi apart from some of our competitors is that you are not going to get phone calls from us. You are not going to wake up the day after the wreck and get text messages from us. We won’t be knocking on your door or offering to take you to medical appointments and pressure you to sign a contract with us. We don’t do any of those things.
We want to do a great job for our clients. So rather than spending our time constantly going after new business, we want to spend our time tending to the clients we already have.
How long will the accident claim take?
When we meet with a potential client who was involved in a motor vehicle collision, we tell them there are basically two parts to the case. There is the claims side of your case which can be up to a 2-year period. There is a 2-year statute of limitations from the day of your wreck, which is a fancy legal term for time limit. You have 2 years to get your case settled to your satisfaction with the insurance company. If you can’t get your case done during the claim phase, or you want to get your case done but the insurance company is not taking your claim seriously, then you have to look at the 2nd phase of the case, which is putting the case into litigation, filing a lawsuit. When a lawsuit is filed, it can exponentially increase the time of the claim.
Challenges with insurance companies and accident claims
Working with insurance companies on accident claims if full of challenges. One of the first things an insurance company will do, if they can, is deny. For example, if you are involved in a motor vehicle accident where someone ran a red light while you had a green light, the insurance company will try and twist it to say that you ran the red light. Then they will say their client was not at fault, that you were so they are not going to pay anything.
When insurance companies can’t deny outright, they will try and blame your injuries on something else. For example, if you sustained a broken arm or back injury from the collision, the insurance company will ask to see medical records from before the accident to try and pin the injuries on some other event rather than the auto collision.
If the insurance company can’t deny the claim outright or pin the injuries on another event, the next thing they will try is to take issue with the treatment you received for your injuries. They will try things like saying you waited too long to get treatment for your injuries, or they will say you received too much treatment, and they will only honor a certain amount of the claim.
While this is a cliché, it is truly a David vs. Goliath type of battle from start to finish when working with insurance companies and personal injury claims.
Why Willis, Willis and Rizzi for your auto accident claim
There’s no disputing that when it comes to personal injury attorneys there are a lot of choices, it is a highly fragmented industry. Many of our competitors play a volume game when it comes to personal injury cases. Their business model depends on cases coming in day after day. At Willis, Willis and Rizzi, we pride ourselves on quality over quantity and we don’t worry about volume. We believe if we take care of our customers, the rest will take care of itself.
Contrary to our competitors, when you are with Willis, Willis and Rizzi, you will talk with your lawyer. We have heard horror stories from people who were with other firms who have never met their personal injury attorney! They only talked to a paralegal. When you call our office and ask to speak to a lawyer, you will talk to a lawyer, you won’t be shifted off to a paralegal, and we will walk you through every step of that case.
We have also heard stories where people didn’t meet their lawyer until the end of the case when it was time to settle the case. At Willis, Willis & Rizzi, often our clients are almost annoyed with us because they have heard from us too much during the case!
Call us today at 330-535-2000 to speak to a lawyer today to discuss your personal injury case.
