Do I Need a Lawyer For a Car Accident?
Whether or not you need a lawyer for a car accident in St. Petersburg, Florida depends on several factors. First it is important to understand what a personal injury lawyer in St. Petersburg, Florida can do to help you.
The main job and duty of a car accident lawyer is to help you to recover for all of your damages as a result of the car accident. The damages that you are entitled to after a car accident are as follows: payment of your past medical bills, an allotment for your future medical bills, pain and suffering from the date of the accident to the date of the resolution, pain and suffering for the remainder of your life, lost wages, and future loss of earning capacity. It is important to understand that not every person in every case is entitled to the same damages. A car accident lawyer in St. Petersburg, Florida would be able to evaluate the facts and circumstances of the accident and of you to determine what damages apply to your specific case.
Another reason why you need a car or truck accident lawyer for your car accident case is that there is no incentive for the insurance companies to treat you fairly. The main duty of an insurance company by law is to protect the interests of their insured. Insurance companies have a hierarchy and structure that have to be answered to and as such are driven by a goal of creating the most revenue and profit possible. The more an insurance company pays out in claims, the less that insurance company has in profits. Without a car accident lawyer, the car insurance company is less likely to treat you fairly. It is not uncommon for me to talk to car accident clients who have been severely hurt in a car accident but have been offered $500 to $1000 for his or her car accident injuries. Typically, when you go to a car accident lawyer in St. Petersburg, Florida you will have access to medical treatment and the potential to receive more than what the insurance company previously offered you.
Lastly, by hiring a car accident lawyer in St. Petersburg, Florida some of the stress should be lifted from you as that car accident lawyer should be the one handling all of the communication with the insurance company, and therefore allowing you to focus on your medical treatment for your car accident injuries. In addition, if you have also been affected by an Uber or Lyft accident, or need help with filing a diminished value claim in Florida, Franchi Law is here to help.
Franchi law Injury serves the following areas:
- Tampa
- Brandon
- Riverview
- Ruskin
- Clearwater
- St. Pete
- Lakeland
- Wesley Chapel
- Spring Hill
- Apollo Beach
- Town N Country
- Bloomingdale
- Port Charlotte
- Gibsonton
- Citrus Park
- Largo
- Temple Terrace
- West Chase
- Palm Harbor