If you have been hurt in a truck crash, you likely have medical bills piling up while you’re unable to work. We understand the idea of hiring a personal injury lawyer may sound daunting. How much do you have to pay to work with a lawyer?
While some lawyers require a retainer or charge hourly fees for their time, many personal injury lawyers work on contingency. Therefore, in most cases, hiring a truck accident lawyer will cost you nothing upfront. Below, our Virginia truck accident lawyers detail what that means for you.
Our Truck Accident Lawyers Handle Cases on Contingency
Our firm only takes cases on a contingency-fee basis. You pay absolutely no upfront fees when you enlist our help. Once you enlist our help, our fees are contingent upon us winning your case.
Why Would an Attorney Handle a Case With No Guaranteed Fee?
Many people forgo getting legal help because they think they can’t afford it. We think that everyone deserves legal representation, regardless of whether they can put down thousands of dollars for a retainer. That is why we handle cases with no upfront fees. We want you to be focused on the important things—recovering from your injuries and spending time with your family—instead of coming up with the money for legal assistance.
You Can Be Sure We Are Dedicated to Your Truck Accident Case
We are only paid when you recover compensation for your truck crash. If you don’t recover compensation, you don’t pay us. This means there is no risk when you work with our team. It also means that you can be sure that we are dedicated to recovering the compensation you deserve.
Do I Need a Truck Accident Attorney for My Case?
Legally, you don’t need a lawyer for a truck accident case. However, if you decide to handle your case alone, you’ll need to manage every single aspect yourself. That might include:
- Proving negligence: You must establish that the truck driver, trucking company, or other liable party owed you a duty of care that they breached. You must also demonstrate that the liable party’s breach caused the accident, your injuries, and your damages. This is difficult to do without experience handling these cases.
- Gathering evidence: Gathering evidence is especially difficult after a truck accident. The trucking company typically has most of the evidence you’ll need to prove your case. You might not know that you need to draft and send a spoliation letter that asks the trucking company to preserve and hand over certain evidence.
- Filling out paperwork: Insurance claims and personal injury lawsuits come with a lot of paperwork. And a single simple mistake could jeopardize your case. Mistakes are very easy to make if you have no experience handling legal cases or legal documents.
- Communicating with insurers: Insurance companies aren’t on your side. People think that the insurance company will hear their story, know that their policyholder was at fault, and offer a settlement that covers their injuries. It’s almost never this easy. Our founder, Jim Parrish, will use his experience from inside the insurance company to protect you and your case.
- Funding your case: Plaintiffs who take on their case alone need to fund every part of their claim or lawsuit. That could mean paying for experts, court fees, filing fees, and funding the gathering of evidence. Most people injured in truck accidents don’t have a lot of disposable income and are also often out of work. This can make funding any part of an accident case impossible.
- Negotiating with insurers: Speaking with insurers is one thing; negotiating with them for the compensation you deserve is another. Insurance companies have the upper hand when negotiating with someone without legal representation. They typically don’t know what they can ask for or the best practices for negotiating. Our team does. Our founder used to work for insurance companies, so he knows how they operate and what to expect.
- Filing a lawsuit: You must correctly file your lawsuit with the court, which can feel impossible without legal experience.
- Managing deadlines: You must also manage several applicable deadlines, along with all of your other responsibilities.
- Preparing your case for trial: If negotiations don’t work out, you may need to take your case to court. You’ll need to build a strong case that proves to the jury that it’s likely that the other party caused your crash and that you deserve compensation.
Doing this on your own on a good day is difficult. Add recovering from severe or catastrophic injuries (or the grief of losing a loved one), and it can seem almost impossible.
What Can a Truck Accident Lawyer Help Me Recover?
A truck accident attorney can fight for the following on your behalf:
- Both current and future medical bills, including emergency transportation and care, prescription medications, ongoing care, physical therapy, assistive devices
- Lost wages
- Lost earning capacity if your injuries affect your ability to work in the future
- Miscellaneous expenses, such as travel to and from appointments and the costs of renovating your home or vehicle to accommodate a disability
- “Pain and suffering” and inconvenience
If you lost a loved one in a truck crash, a lawyer can help you recover:
- Sorrow
- Mental anguish
- Loss of comfort and guidance
- Loss of companionship and society
- Lost income
- Loss of services and assistance
- Loss of protection and care
- Medical care your loved one needed before their passing
- Funeral and burial costs
Learn More About How a Truck Accident Lawyer Can Help With No Upfront Costs
Our team is ready to help you today with no upfront costs. You can learn more about what our truck accident lawyer can do for you during a FREE claim review. If we determine that we can help you, we will draft a customized case plan that details your next steps.
Call the Parrish Law Firm, PLLC, today to get started. Remember, there is absolutely no risk when you call us for help. You don’t pay us a dime upfront, and you only pay us if and when we win compensation.
Call or Text 571-229-1800 or Complete a Free Case Evaluation form