Fighting for Your Fair and Full Compensation
Being involved in a car accident is stressful and traumatic enough. After an accident, you might be saddled with huge medical bills, missed time at work, and other expenses and effects that can be crushing financially. In such cases, it’s critical to speak with a Troy car accident lawyer who can help you to recover compensation and make sure that you’re not held financially responsible for an accident that you did not cause.
While there are many car accident lawyers in Troy and in Michigan, finding a law firm with a reputation for success and a team of compassionate, experienced attorneys is not always easy. At Goodman Acker, our Troy car accident lawyers have a record of standing up for their clients, pursuing justice, and accepting only maximum settlements for clients.
The team at Goodman Acker has a 99 percent success rate.
Time is of the essence if you’ve been in an automobile accident. So, contact our car accident lawyers in Troy for immediate assistance with managing your claim and obtaining damages that you’re owed. Call Goodman Acker at 248-286-8100 and ask for a free consultation to learn more about how we can help.
Here’s what you should know about the Troy car accident lawyers at Goodman Acker:
- 150+ years of combined legal experience,
- A success rate of 99% for cases we conclude,
- Routinely featured by newsgroups, like Fox 2 News and Local 4 Detroit,
- Available 24/7 for client emergencies,
- A growing group of completely satisfied clients we’ve served,
- Won millions of dollars for our clients, and
- Free initial consultations to get you started.
Damages that Our Car Accident Lawyers in Troy Can Help You Recover
Car accidents result in injuries and numerous expenses for accident victims. By filing a claim or lawsuit, our Troy car accident lawyers can help you to recover damages resulting from your accident. Damages are the expenses incurred as a result of an accident. The damages that our attorneys can help you recover include economic damages, which are quantifiable, calculable expenses, such as:
- Medical bills, therapy costs, and future medical expenses,
- Loss if income if you missed work while recovering, and
- Loss of future earning capacity if your accident affected your ability to perform your job.
Our Troy car accident lawyers can also obtain non-economic damages, which include generally non-quantifiable and non-monetary losses that still warrant compensation. Non-economic damages following a car accident frequently include:
- Pain and suffering,
- Loss of quality of life,
- Permanent disability and scarring, and
- Loss of consortium and companionship for married victims.
Every car accident case is unique, and you may have additional damages that your case qualifies for. Consulting with our car accident lawyers in Troy can help to determine what types of compensation your case involves. As knowledgeable truck accident attorneys and motorcycle accident attorneys, we can handle accident cases involving these vehicles as well.
I’ve Been in a Car Accident in Troy. What Should I Do Next?
Advice from Our Troy Car Accident Attorneys to Keep You and Your Case Safe
Knowing what to do after a car accident is critical to keeping you safe, preventing further harm, and preserving your legal rights. Following these steps helps ensure that you take all actions possible to recover full compensation after an accident.
- Seek medical attention – After you’ve been hurt in a car accident, call 911 or have a bystander call 911. You should obtain immediate medical attention for your safety and also to establish a record of medical care and evaluation, which is critical to your case.
- Obtain contact information – As ability permits, obtain contact information and insurance information from any other drivers involved in the accident.
- Get documentation – Document the scene by taking pictures of your car’s damage and of your injuries, as abilities permit.
- Notify insurance – Notify your insurance company that you were in an accident. Stick to the facts, as insurance companies often use what you tell them to minimize the value of your claim.
- Contact an attorney – Teaming up with a Troy car accident attorney early on is a smart move, as an attorney can handle calls from insurance companies and work through the processes of filing and protecting your case.
After you’ve been hurt in a car accident, don’t burden yourself with insurance and case negotiations. Instead, let our Troy car accident attorneys handle your case.
Understanding Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance
As a no-fault car accident state, car owners must purchase insurance that covers at least some expenses in the event of an accident. This way, insurance will pay for some expenses and damages no matter who caused an accident.
No-fault insurance is designed to get car accident victims compensation more quickly. Instead of having to file a claim against or sue another driver, some victims can turn to their own insurance coverage. However, it may not be the case that your insurance covers all expenses and damages. If you still have costs resulting from your accident that insurance does not cover, it’s best to speak with our Troy car accident lawyers about filing a claim against the responsible party.
Car Accidents FAQ
Common Questions for Our Troy Car Accident Lawyers
If you’ve been in a car accident, you probably have more than just a few questions for our Troy car accident lawyers. Below are several common questions that can help you find answers to your inquiries.
It’s not possible to know the exact value of a case without looking at the conditions and factors involved. By reviewing your case with our car accident attorneys in Troy, you can have a clearer picture of how much your case is worth. As a general estimate, take the sum of all your damages (meaning medical bills, missed time at work, auto repairs, and more) and multiply it by three. That figure may approximate the value of your case.
If you are pursuing an accident claim or lawsuit, the duration depends on several factors. These factors include the extent of your injuries and complexity of treatment, your ability to return to work, liability issues, and twists and turns in the negotiation process.
Car crash victims in Michigan have a lot of choices when it comes to selecting a legal representative. But the Troy car accident lawyers at Goodman Acker have the right combination of qualities victims need most in these cases:
- Experience: Law schools effectively teach students how to think like lawyers. But only practice experience trains them to act like lawyers. Additionally, very few law schools focus on negotiating skills. Since most car accident claims settle out of court, the negotiating skills attorneys develop through experience are vital for your claim.
- Accessibility: If you have a question about your claim, our Troy car accident lawyers are available. We are accessible behind the scenes as well. Your lawyer, not a secretary or paralegal, does most of the work on your case. With multiple offices throughout the Detroit/Grand Rapids area, we are physically accessible as well. That’s important to people who have disabling car crash injuries.
- Dedication: Successfully resolving a personal injury case is a little like playing the piano. It looks so easy, but reality is different. It takes extensive dedication to make a good pianist, and it takes extensive dedication to make a good personal injury lawyer. Our dedication comes from our passion for standing up for the legal and financial rights of injury victims throughout Michigan.
Additionally, we don’t back down from the serious accident cases involving spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injury, and other catastrophic injuries. We handle the tough cases with determination and resolve.
This question comes up frequently. Tragedies like car crashes often have more than one cause. For example, one driver might have been distracted when the other one changed lanes unsafely. In these situations, jurors must divide responsibility for the wreck proportionally, based on the proof presented.
Michigan is a modified comparative fault state with a 51 percent bar. So, if the victim was no more than 50 percent responsible for a wreck, the other driver must pay a proportionate share of damages.
Financial compensation is usually available after a car accident. The responsible party varies, as do the legal issues involved.
In a few cases, a defectively designed or dangerously under-maintained roadway causes a wreck. These claims are quite complex, mostly because of Michigan’s sovereign immunity rule.
In a few other cases, a defective product causes a wreck. The issue could be a manufacturing defect, like a defective tire, or a design defect, like a defective ignition switch. Usually, manufacturers are strictly liable for the injuries their defective products cause.
Driver error causes about 95 percent of car accidents. This error is usually driver impairment, like fatigue or alcohol impairment, or an operational error, like speeding or making an illegal turn. If the mistake was more than a mistake — in other words, if it was a lack of care — compensation could be available, subject to some insurance company defenses.
In all these cases, victim/plaintiffs must also establish cause, which is a connection between the driver negligence, defective product, or other issue, and the victim’s damages.
When you choose Goodman Acker, it’s a good decision.
If you need to find out more about the claims process and resolving your car accident case, schedule a free consultation with our team by calling 248-286-8100.
Get Help from Our Troy Car Accident Lawyer
By teaming up with our car accident attorneys in Troy, you’ll give yourself and your case the best chances at full compensation. Our experienced legal team at Goodman Acker will answer all of your questions, handle insurance negotiations for you, review evidence to build a strong case, and, in short, help you obtain the damages that you deserve.
With a success rate of 99 percent for the cases that we conclude, we’re confident that we can help you and your situation. We’d be glad to take the opportunity to learn more about you. Please feel free to give our Troy car accident attorneys a call at 248-286-8100 and ask for a free consultation today.
LEGALLY REVIEWED BY BARRY J. GOODMAN
Barry J. Goodman has devoted his professional life to keeping courthouse doors open for victims seeking justice. Always a tireless advocate for his own clients, Goodman sees his responsibility as a Detroit personal injury attorney in a broader sense as well. [ Attorney Bio ]
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