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Choosing a Personal Injury Attorney
One of the most important questions asked is, “How do I choose a personal injury attorney for my case?” What you want is an attorney who is experienced in personal injury not just on the plaintiff’s side, but also on the defense side. The attorneys at Victory Law Firm have experience working for the insurance companies, so we know how insurance companies view your case, defend your case and value your case.
You want someone who has trial experience, which is critically important. Insurance companies know which attorneys are willing to try your case. The attorneys at the Victory Law Firm have extensive trial experience in personal injury. If you have any questions regarding a personal injury case in Florida, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our law firm.
Personal Injury Case Settlement
In Orlando, Florida, many cases settle before going to court. Sometimes clients fear the imposition on their life of having to do depositions, go to court, the potential of going to a trial before a judge and jury. A vast majority of cases settle before that happens, but it’s important that you hire an attorney who from the very beginning prepares your case as if you will ultimately have to go to trial. By doing that, the insurance companies know that it’s going to be an uphill battle and that it is in their favor to settle the case before having to incur the expense of battling this out in court.
You should certainly never worry about not moving forward with a case because you worry about being taken to court and the time and expense it takes to do that. A vast majority of cases settle before suit. Certainly at the Victory Law Firm, we push our cases very aggressively. When we settle a case, we settle it for top dollar. The specifics of your case are something that we’d love to discuss, so please reach out to the Victory Law Firm to discuss these types of things further.
Pre-Existing Injuries
Just yesterday we were speaking with a client who asked us how her preexisting physical conditions might affect her new case. Preexisting conditions are one of the ways that insurance companies love to attack your case, and try to devalue your case, and tell you your case is worth less than what it is, and it takes a very skilled and experienced personal injury attorney to navigate those waters.
What we do at the Victory Law Firm is to make sure that the insurance company understands the difference between preexisting conditions and the injuries that you have suffered subsequent to the accident. Insurance companies will try and tie everything to something that has happened before. It is very important that we have a very open relationship with your doctors and are very clear as to what is new and what is not.
Insurance companies will oftentimes hire experts, and it’s important that your attorney be able to hire experts to counter those experts’ testimonies to what might be a preexisting condition. Insurance companies, even if you do have a preexisting condition, have to take you the way you are. They’re not allowed to say, “Well, this all has to do with a prior incident.” If you have a bad back and this accident worsened it, they have to pay for that. They have to take you for what you are not what you could be or should be. It’s a doctrine in Florida called the eggshell plaintiff.
There are many tricks that insurance companies try to do to reduce the value of your case, which is why it’s critically important to talk to an attorney who is skilled and experienced in these matters to handle your case. Do not fear moving forward with the claim because you had a prior claim before, had prior surgeries before, had prior injuries before. It’s not something that’s going to stop you from moving forward with a very successful claim. Please reach out to the Victory Law Firm so we can discuss those types of things further.
Have you or your loved one been seriously hurt in an accident caused by someone else in Florida and have questions? Act quickly and start your personal injury claim before it’s too late! Contact our experienced Orlando personal injury lawyers today for a free consultation and case evaluation.
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