When To Settle Your Car Crash Claim Pt III

Are you settling the case because you need the money or because it’s truly at full value of your claim?

The answer to this question is obvious, but the reality is that most folks who sustain an injury also sustain severe
financial hardship.  Try to get the full value of your damages and not less from the defendant’s insurance company.  You
are settling and selling you bodily injury claim and should get full price.  Look to other sources to sustain you
financially so you are not forced to settle for less.  Get a lesser paying job with less physical demands for a while,
move to a cheaper apartment or house, ask family members to work and contribute financially, etc.

Remember that the insurance company has both time and statistics on its side. If they do not prevail on your case, they
may on the next one. They are in no rush to settle you case unless they can get an advantage by doing so.  Claimants are
emotionally and financially involved on a personal level in the outcome of their particular case. Defense counsel and
the insurance adjusters are not. Once more, advantage to the insurance company.  It is the insurance company that
decides, by the settlement offers they make, which cases settle and which ones go to court. A review of verdicts does
not necessarily include all those cases that settled prior to trial, or during trial, and prior to verdict. As a
generalization therefore, it is often that the weaker cases from the plaintiff’s perspective that end up actually being
tried to verdict. Do not rush to settle your case if you are not getting the full value of your case.

Gary Burger

Founder | Injury Attorney
Gary Burger has dedicated his career to standing up against bullies. The founder and principal attorney of Burger Law | St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyer has helped hundreds of Missouri and Illinois individuals and families recover th …
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