Many people think that the best way to maximize their injury claim award after an accident is by filing the claim themselves. After all, they know that a lawyer costs money, so if they can do the work themselves, they’ll be able to save a lot of money in the long run. While that makes sense on paper, that’s not really how the injury award process works. In today’s blog, we explain why you need a lawyer by your side if you hope to get the most money for your injuries.
Maximizing Your Injury Or Workers’ Compensation Claim
In theory, with all things being exactly the same, you would maximize your total payout if you were able to secure the exact same injury award by yourself as you would with a lawyer. It’s this same reason why we often opt to change our own oil or do our own landscaping. If we do the work ourselves instead of outsourcing it to a professional, we can save that expense.
The problem is, a workers’ compensation claim isn’t like changing your own oil. While we’ll never say never, it’s essentially impossible for the average person to secure the same payout amount as an injury law firm for the same injury, and that’s simply because the average person doesn’t have the experience or understanding of the best ways to prove your case and leverage the facts to squeeze the most out of the insurance company. You may have helped change the oil on your father’s car when you were growing up and understand how to perform the service on any vehicle, but odds are you were not helping him file briefs, talk with accident reconstruction experts and disprove insurance testimony in the court of law during your upbringing.
On the flip side, our team of lawyers has been doing that for clients for as long as we can remember. We know how to strengthen a claim, we know what paperwork needs to be filed and which deadlines absolutely cannot be missed, we know how to argue your case in court and discredit claims by the insurance company, and perhaps most importantly, we know how to determine the value of your claim and decide if you’re getting a fair offer from the other side. You might be over the moon to get a $50,000 offer from the insurance company, but your lawyer may have been able to get you $150,000 by proving negligence or other factors.
Shared Interest In Maximizing Your Award
You might be thinking, sure, the lawyer will get me more money, but he’ll just take most of it and I’ll be left with less than had I done it myself. However, this also isn’t really true. Your lawyer takes a small portion of your award as payment, which is usually anywhere from 25%-35%. Your lawyer only has to get a little bit more money in order to pay for the cost of their services, not to mention the peace of mind you’ll have by not having to do any of the work yourself.
And as you can see, by getting a small portion of your winnings, your lawyer has a vested interest in getting you the most money possible. The more you take home, the more they take home. They won’t jump at a low offer when they know there’s a big payday around the corner if they just do their job and fight for your rights.
So if you really want to get the most for your money, reach out to a law firm with years of experience getting top dollar for their clients. In the greater Twin Cities area, give the team at Hey Workers a call today at (844) 439-9675.
