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Factors that Impact Personal Injury Settlements


Five factors that will influence your personal injury settlement in an auto accident case include:

  1. Seriousness of Injury
    More severe injuries result in larger settlements. Hard injuries such as broken bones typically result in larger settlements than soft tissue injuries such as sprains. Permanent injuries generally receive larger settlements than temporary injuries that completely heal.

  2. Disruptions in Life
    Injuries that dramatically disrupt your daily life such as injuries limiting the ability to work tend to produce larger settlements.

  3. Treatment
    Larger settlements likely occur when medical treatment requires doctors, surgeries and hospital stays rather than treatment by a chiropractor.

  4. Recovery Length
    Longer recoveries involving follow up medical appointments and multiple physical therapy sessions normally increase settlement values.

  5. Certainty of Liability
    When the other side is clearly at fault for the accident, settlements are usually higher.

If you have been seriously injured in an auto accident, you will not be able to effectively negotiate against a trained and experienced insurance adjuster. Hiring a personal injury attorney to handle your claim for you shows the insurance company that you intend to be fully compensated for your injuries. In most circumstances, hiring a lawyer is the smartest choice you can make to protect yourself, your family and your future.

If you find yourself having been seriously injured in an accident, you should immediately hire a personal injury lawyer that you can trust such as Steven Knecht to help you fight the insurance company because you have a lot at stake on the outcome.

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