Perhaps you or a family member has been hurt by someone else. Maybe you were involved in a car accident where the other party was intoxicated, or maybe you were hurt at work. In any case, you’ve got piles of medical bills to contend with, damaged credit, and you can’t work because of your injury.
You shouldn’t have to be financially responsible for all of this harm that’s been caused to you. In reality, it should be the responsible party’s job to take care of all of these expenses. So you’ve decided to hire a New Orleans injury attorney to help you win the funds that you deserve.
What should you expect when you hire an attorney to sue the responsible party? What exactly will happen?
Expenses
What is it going to cost you to take this individual or organization to court? Most of the time, an injury attorney will only charge a fee if the case is won. That’s great for two reasons. First, that means that your injury attorney is going to fight hard for you. If they don’t fight for you, and they don’t win, they can’t get paid. Second, that means there’s no financial risk to you.
If you and your attorney don’t end up winning the case, you don’t have to pay. Of course, the exact terms will depend on your case, but this is the kind of financial solution you should expect.
Time
More than anything else, your case will take time. It could take anywhere from several weeks to a few years to complete a case. The exact amount of time required to handle a personal injury case will depend on the complexity of the issue, of course.
You should expect to need to devote your own time to help your injury attorney learn about the facts of the case.
Court
In many cases, the responsible party will prefer to stay out of the courts. If they can afford to settle, once your attorney pursues them, they or their insurance company may make an offer to you in order to avoid going to court. Sometimes this amount is less than you deserve, however. In those cases, they attorney may ask you to consider going to court.
If you do not want to accept the offer, or if an offer is not made, you may need to spend time in court. The legal process there can be fairly time consuming as well, and you may need to make prepared statements, or appear on the witness stand in front of a judge.
Business Name will prepare you for any situations you may face in court, however. There’s no need to be concerned if this needs to happen.
