Why It’s Important to Hire a Miami Civil Litigation Attorney for Your Personal Injury Claim

Suffering serious injuries in an accident can have serious impacts on all aspects of your life. Not only can the costs of the accident add up quickly (and potentially continue adding up for a long time), but many accident victims will also be forced to live with chronic pain and suffering, anxiety, and other non-financial consequences. These are just some of the reasons why it is important to hire a Miami civil litigation attorney to file a personal injury claim on your behalf if warranted.

There are many other reasons to put an experienced attorney on your side as well. If you have (or think you may have) a personal injury claim in South Florida, here are seven of the main reasons why you should hire an experienced Miami civil litigation attorney to represent you:

Reason #1: Your Accident-Related Costs Could Be Much Greater Than You Think

If you have been injured in a serious accident, you may already be facing substantial medical bills. However, these bills could ultimately represent just a fraction of the total costs of the accident. Along with the medical bills you have already incurred, the accident could also lead to costs such as:

• Additional bills for future medical care
• Bills for therapy and rehabilitation
• Loss of income and benefits

As a result, your accident-related costs could be much greater than you think. Once you hire an attorney to represent you, your attorney will be able to help you understand the total costs you are facing and assist with documenting all of the costs you are entitled to recover.

Reason #2: You May Also Be Entitled to Compensation for Your Non-Financial Losses

In addition to your financial costs, if you have a personal injury claim in South Florida, you are entitled to just compensation for your non-financial losses resulting from the accident as well. While every accident victim’s circumstances are unique, common non-financial losses resulting from serious traumatic accidents include:

• Physical pain, suffering, and permanent scarring or disfigurement
• Anxiety, depression, and emotional distress
• Loss of companionship, consortium, and enjoyment of life

Under Florida law, the compensation that accident victims are entitled to receive for their non-financial losses can exceed (and often far exceed) the compensation they are entitled to recover for their out-of-pocket costs. Here, too, your attorney can help you understand how much you are entitled to recover and take the necessary steps to seek full compensation on your behalf.

Reason #3: Proving Liability Requires a Prompt Investigation (and May Require Discovery)

If you have a personal injury claim, one of the first steps in the process will be to conduct an investigation. This investigation should be conducted by a professional and should take place as soon as possible after the accident. While you should keep any evidence you have in your possession currently, you should not revisit the scene of the accident and attempt to collect additional evidence yourself.

Along with preserving any evidence that is available at the scene of the accident, your attorney can also conduct discovery if necessary. This is a formal process that is available once a lawsuit has been filed. Discovery can be used to obtain phone records, maintenance records, receipts, and various other forms of documentation—and this documentation could be key to proving your legal rights.  

Reason #4: Proving Your Accident-Related Losses is Also a Multi-Step Process

Along with proving who (or what company) is liable for the accident, you will also need to prove how much you are entitled to recover for your accident-related losses. This is also a multi-step process, and here too, multiple forms of evidence will be required.

While you may be able to collect some of this evidence yourself (i.e., your medical and employment records), gathering all of the evidence you need will require experienced legal representation. An experienced Miami civil litigation attorney will be able to engage medical experts, financial experts, and other professionals as necessary to prove all of the financial and non-financial losses you are entitled to recover.

Reason #5: The Insurance Companies Are Not On Your Side

In most cases, filing a personal injury claim involves dealing with the at-fault party’s insurance company. But, despite what they say, the insurance companies are not on your side. In personal injury cases, the insurance companies put their interests first, and you will be up against insurance adjusters and defense lawyers who are getting paid to make sure you get paid as little as possible.

Reason #6: There Are Several Costly Mistakes You Need to Be Careful to Avoid

From saying the wrong things to the insurance companies to making uninformed decisions about settlement, there are several costly mistakes you will need to be careful to avoid. In addition to taking legal action on your behalf, your attorney will also stay in close contact with you throughout the process. In doing so, your attorney will help ensure that you know what not to do while your case is pending.

Reason #7: Hiring an Attorney Costs You Nothing Out of Pocket in This Scenario

Finally, if you have a personal injury claim, hiring an attorney to represent you will not cost you anything out of pocket. In this scenario, you can hire an attorney to represent you on a contingency-fee basis. With contingency-fee representation, you do not pay any legal fees or costs while your claim is pending, and you do not pay anything at all unless your attorney helps you recover just compensation.

Discuss Your Personal Injury Claim with a Miami Civil Litigation Attorney for Free

Do you need to know more about hiring an attorney to help you file a personal injury claim in South Florida? If so, we strongly encourage you to contact us right away. To discuss your claim with an experienced Miami civil litigation attorney in confidence as soon as possible, call 305-676-6677 or request a free consultation online today.