Car accidents can leave you with more than just a totaled vehicle. Often, car collisions result in serious physical injuries for all parties involved, as well as mental injuries due to the trauma of the accident. And on top of all of that, victims are typically left with a financial loss due to medical bills and lost wages. But when working with car injury lawyers, you can focus on rest and recovery while we handle the monetary side of the accident. We will help you build your case, represent your interests, and defend your compensation from lowball insurance offers. Book a free consultation at Shaevitz & Shaevitz in Queens, NY, to learn how much your car crash injuries are worth.
Types of Car Accident Damages
Typically, damages after a car collision include economic and non-economic damages.
Economic damages are monetary damages that directly result from the accident. Medical bills, lost income from missing work, and other therapy appointments are all economic losses. As your car injury lawyers, we will calculate what you’ve lost and what you continue to lose due to lasting injury.- Non-economic damages include all of the ways this accident impacts your life. Your non-economic damages are things like pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of quality of life, etc. However, to earn compensation for non-economic damages, your injuries will have to surpass the serious injury threshold.
To learn what damages you are eligible to collect for, book a free consultation with us at Shavevitz & Shaevitz.
How Our Car Injury Lawyers Handle Your Case
The first step after you call our experienced law team is to determine how much your case may be worth. To do so, we need to understand what happened, the severity of your injuries, and who is at fault.
New York State is a comparative negligence state. This means the accident isn’t always the fault of a single person; it may be shared among multiple people. By splitting the accident into different percentages of fault, we make sure that everyone gets the compensation they deserve.
However, your compensation is reduced by the percentage of fault you bear. For example, if you are 10% at fault for the accident, you will only be eligible to recieve 90% of what your injuries are actually worth.
Additionally, New York State offers no-fault benefits through your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Insurance. When you’re in an insured car, PIP coverage pays up to $50,000 for medical bills and lost wages. This is paid entirely through the insurance of the car you’re in, and does not involve the other driver. Although it’s important to note that you’ll need to file a no-fault claim within 30 days of the accident to be eligible for compensation.
Getting the Compensation That You Deserve
Our car injury lawyers fight to get you full compensation, but what exactly does that mean?
Non-economic compensation comes from the liable party’s insurance company, rather than your own PIP coverage. Through negotiations with the insurance company, we work to secure an offer that fairly reflects the full extent of your losses.
Sometimes you will receive a settlement offer right away. More often than not, this first offer is going to be far less than what you deserve to get for your damages. We strongly advise that you do not take this first offer. Instead, let us negotiate on your behalf to protect your compensation from any minimizing tactics.
If the insurance company still won’t provide us with fair compensation, we will continue to fight them and possibly even take them to court. You are entitled to full and fair compensation. When you don’t receive that compensation, we’ll fight to get you the results that you deserve.
Call Our Queens Car Injury Lawyers Today
Car accidents are scary, and they can result in some pretty major injuries as well as financial losses. After a car collision, we will assess the value of your case and negotiate on your behalf to protect and pursue your compensation.
Please call our office right away to set up a free consultation to see what your case is worth.
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