Injured in a Houston-Area Car Accident?

Houston Auto Accident Attorney Michael Grossman Can Help You!

If you have been in an auto accident, the car accident lawyers in Houston at Grossman Law Offices can help you.

You may be eligible to file a personal injury lawsuit, which, if successful, could ensure that you are compensated for your medical bills, both past and future, lost income from time spent in recovery for your injuries, your property damage, and any mental or emotional stress caused by the accident. However, such a lawsuit should not be attempted without experienced legal help. Many auto accident cases are much more difficult than they initially appear.

Houston auto accident attorney Michael Grossman offers the following information so that you can have a better grasp of what is often involved in personal injury lawsuits stemming from auto accidents. While the following information can prove beneficial in understanding whether or not you have a legitimate claim to make against a negligent party, it will also provide you with the many reasons why having an experienced Houston auto accident attorney on your side can often mean the difference between no compensation or full compensation for your injury.

How Do I Know if I Can File a Personal Injury Claim in an Auto Accident?

Every personal injury claim must possess three certain aspects.

1. The victim suffered an injury. This injury can be physical, emotional, or mental.
2. The victim’s injury was caused by another person or entity violating their legal duty towards the victim. In most accident cases this is done by way off the liable party’s negligent behavior. In auto accidents, this typically means that the liable party was responsible for causing the wreck, or was part of the chain of events that contributed to the accident.
3. The victim incurred some type of financial setback as a result of the injury. These financial losses are known as damages, and a personal injury lawsuit is brought against a negligent party so that the victim can be compensated for the damages they’ve incurred.

If your accident case meets all three of these criteria, you likely have a legitimate personal injury claim to make against a negligent party. However, if lingering questions still remain as to the merit of your case, our Houston auto accident law firm offers free consultations at 1-855-392-0000 (toll free) where you can get those questions answered without charge. We will listen to the details of your accident and provide you with your possible legal options. By opting to proceed with legal action against the liable party or parties, you could stand to receive compensation that could help you begin the recovery process in regards to your sustained injury.

How Do I Know If I Need an Auto Accident Attorney?

In a majority of passenger-vehicle only accidents, the damages incurred by a victim is likely only property damage. In that instance, an attorney is likely not necessary since car insurance companies are often able to help you, as the victim, seek necessary compensation so that your car is fixed or that you’re fairly repaid for a totaled car. However, when you’ve been injured in a car wreck, it’s often in your best interests to contact an experienced Houston auto accident attorney as soon as possible in the immediate aftermath of the auto collision. There are also certain signs that can alert you to the need for legal help. You should consider hiring an attorney if:

• The driver that caused the accident is being uncooperative or behaves aggressively after the wreck has occurred.
• An insurance company desires to record your statement while asking you tricky questions.
• An insurance company has offered you a settlement prior to all the facts, including the extent of your injuries, are known.
• You cannot afford your medical bills or lack health insurance (Grossman Law Offices can assist you in finding medical help).
• The insurance company is offering less than what is fair for your damaged or totaled car.
• The insurance company fails to provide a rental car in a timely manner.
• You’ve never heard of the liable party’s insurance company.
• You have a negative gut reaction to any part of the process in seeking compensation from the liable party or their insurer.

Grossman Law Offices has twenty years of experience in Houston personal injury accident cases as a result of auto accidents, so we’ve heard an incredible amount of stories about the ways in which otherwise naive victims have been taken advantage of by unscrupulous drivers or their aggressive insurance companies. By contacting Houston auto accident attorney Michael Grossman and his team at Grossman Law Offices, you can be sure that you’ll have a knowledgeable and competent team on your side that will work to provide for your best interests and protect you from the tactics employed by those with vested interests in your claim.

What Are The Challenges in Auto Accident Personal Injury Cases?

One of the main challenges in auto accident personal injury claims comes in the form of the insurance adjusters that will work these types of claims. As the dollar amount of damages increases, so too will the experience level of the adjusters sent to work the claim. Their goal is to see the compensation package severely lessened, with their ultimate triumph being the complete denial of the claim. Often, they will employ certain tactics in order to cast as much blame as possible on the victim so that their company will stand to lose as little money as possible. By shifting even a small amount of blame back onto the victim, the insurer could stand to retain thousands to millions of dollars for their company. More often than not, they are looking at their company’s bottom-line as their benchmark for success as opposed to helping out a victim that may be in great need of fair compensation for their injury.

Low-Dollar Offers From the Insurer

Furthermore, depending on the specifics of the accident, the insurer may offer a naive victim a settlement offer. Often, and especially when a victim doesn’t have legal representation, this settlement number is a low-ball amount offered by the insurer in order to make quick, efficient, cheap work of the claim. In other words, since the insurer knows that they could likely stand to lose quite a sizable sum if legal action is pursued against them, they will offer a victim a certain amount of money in order to prevent that from happening. However, this number is often far less than what would be considered fair or what could be gained as a result of a successful personal injury case. It should also be noted that a victim should never sign a document handed to them by a liable party’s insurer without the assistance of a legal professional. If such a document is signed that causes the victim to agree to a settlement, that also means that the victim will be foregoing any legal action against that insurance company. Once this has occurred, there is very little that an attorney can do to help. As such, by enlisting the help of an experienced Houston auto accident attorney before having to deal with such a shady car insurance adjuster, you would likely be serving your own best interests in seeing to it that you’re fairly compensated for your injury and don’t have to settle for a low-ball settlement.

Word vs. Word

In some instances, challenges can arise when the two main parties involved in the accident have conflicting stories. When this occurs, having proper evidence that can be presentable in court is of the utmost importance in order to prove the truth of the accident scene and its cause. Without proper legal help, this evidence can be difficult, and maybe even impossible, to obtain, meaning that a victim may have to rely on their testimony alone against the liable party’s testimony. Depending on the specifics of the accident, this could prove to be a very difficult way to win a claim. However, when you contact Houston auto accident attorney Michael Grossman, his investigative team will conduct a thorough investigation into the accident in order to determine all liable parties and what role they played while gathering relevant evidence and witness testimony so that the crux of the personal injury accident case does not rest solely on one party’s word against another. By building a strong and robust case using all available evidence for our clients’ cases, our clients have a higher likelihood of receiving fair compensation than if they had chosen to simply rely on their own investigative skills.

Jury Perception and Proving Up Damages

Depending on the specifics of the accident, a jury may not act favorably towards a victim. While this might sound counter-intuitive considering that the plaintiff was injured, there are some accident cases where juries are prone to disbelieving the extent of a victim’s injuries. This is often the case in personal injury accident cases that involve a victim that has suffered a soft tissue injury such as pulled muscles, sprains, or whiplash. However, these types of injuries can often mask other injuries, and they can also take weeks to months of physical therapy in order for a victim to fully recover. Without experienced legal help that can “prove up damages,” i.e. show that the amount of compensation requested is a justifiable amount, a plaintiff that has suffered a soft tissue injury will face a disbelieving jury in regards to the extent of their injuries. However, with our extensive experience in personal injury cases, we’re well-prepared to utilize expert witnesses and other options in order to prove our clients’ damages, even to the most skeptical of jurors.

Possible Multiple Liable Parties

Auto accident lawsuits can often involve multiple potential defendants. If the defendant was intoxicated due to alcohol, you may be able to sue the provider of the alcohol under a dram shop cause of action. If your accident was caused by a maintenance error or manufacturing defect, in either your car or another driver’s, you may be able to sue the party responsible for the defect. When multiple defendants are involved in causing an injury, a unique case has to be brought against each defendant in regards to the role that they played in causing or contributing to the accident. As such, having an experienced Houston auto accident attorney on your side can prove to be beneficial in seeking compensation from multiple liable parties.

What Can an Attorney Do For Me If I’ve Been in an Auto Accident in Houston, Texas?

Houston auto accident attorney Michael Grossman and his team at Grossman Law Offices want to help you get the compensation you deserve so that you can get back on your feet and back to living your life. The legal process for seeking compensation can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be if you enlist our help. When we’re hired, we will:

• Assume all of the legal work so that you can work on getting better.
• Prevent insurance adjusters from talking with you, i.e. we’ll deal with them on your behalf.
• File your claim with the insurance company, or take over the procedures if already filed.
• Conduct a thorough investigation that would include:
  • Any surveillance photo and video.
  • Relevant witness testimony.
  • Measurements at the scene of the accident.
  • Police reports.
  • Gathered evidence.
  • Procuring data from any data-logging equipment in use during the accident.
  • Ensuring that all evidence obtained is done properly so as to ensure its usefulness in court.
• Find medical help for you if you’re without health insurance or adequate money to seek attention
• Prepare a demand packet.
• Work towards securing a fair settlement from the insurance company in an attempt to forgo the trial process, thus saving our clients time and money.
• Always be prepared for a trial case.

Essentially, Grossman Law Offices will do everything within our power to fight for your rights so that you can be fully and fairly compensated for your injury. With 20 years of experience in auto accident personal injury law, Houston auto accident attorney Michael Grossman can help you seek compensation today.

Can I Self-Represent?

You can choose to self-represent, but you’d likely be choosing little to no compensation as well. Regardless of what you might have seen in the movies, self-representation seldom works out as successfully as it appears on the big screen. An injured victim may think they know the laws surrounding their particular accident case, and that might be true, but they will not have the necessary experience both inside and outside of the courtroom that could allow them to have an inkling of success. An experienced auto accident attorney spends many years in school learning the law, then many years in court practicing the law. A successful lawyer must know the law and must know how to apply the law in court. Failure to follow proper procedure could result in a quick dismissal of the case. Furthermore, an experienced attorney builds up a reputation over time that can serve his clients well. For example, many of our clients have received fair out-of-court settlements from insurance adjusters and defense attorneys that simply chose to do that instead of meeting our attorneys in court. In other words, choose to forgo self-representation and allow our experience, knowledge, and reputation to go to work for you. With a likely sizable financial amount at stake, choosing differently could be the difference between zero compensation and full compensation.

Houston Auto Accident Attorney Michael Grossman Can Help You

Without the help of an experienced attorney, you may have difficulty securing a fair settlement. Our Texas attorneys have been helping auto accident victims for twenty years and we know how to overcome the unique legal challenges these cases present. If you or someone you love has been in a car accident in Texas, contact the Houston auto accident law attorneys at Grossman Law Offices at 1-855-392-0000 (toll free) and make sure you get the compensation you deserve.