First tip: seek a legal consultation with a top-rated Maryland car accident attorney like the ones here at the Law Office of Robert Castro. Call us at (301) 870-1200. The purpose of a quality consultation is to make an evaluation of the strength of your case based on many factors like what happened, the extent of injuries and damage, who might be legally responsible, whether the at-fault party (or parties) have any legal defenses and more. By having a consultation — and by ultimately hiring experienced Maryland auto accident attorneys — your settlement is likely to be maximized because, frankly, personal injury attorneys know what they are doing, know how to identify the at-fault parties, know how to negotiate with the insurance companies, know how to locate and develop the necessary evidence, and more. Even after paying attorneys fees, victims generally end up with substantially more money “in their pockets” when they hire good lawyers to prosecute the wrongdoers. Below are some additional tips on how to maximize your St. Mary’s County, MD, car accident settlement.

To begin, if you have — or a loved one has — been injured in a car accident in St. Mary’s County, Maryland (or in any other part of Southern Maryland), you are entitled to make an insurance claim. You are also entitled to file a lawsuit, but most auto accident cases are settled through negotiations with the insurance carriers.

Victims can recover compensation for any and all damages that have been suffered. This includes damage to your vehicle and other personal property like your clothes, breakage of electronics and other devices in the car or to items in the trunk, etc. The compensation to which you are entitled also includes recovery related to your injury. This includes all costs and fees related to medical care and treatment along with intangible damages in the form of pain and suffering, loss of normal life, etc. You are also entitled to recover for such things as lost income and wages for the time when you are receiving medical treatment and recovering your full health.

The second tip, then, for how to maximize your St. Mary’s County, MD, car accident settlement is to make sure that you seek compensation for every possible category of available damages that are legitimately supported by the facts and evidence.

Another tip for maximizing your St. Mary’s County, MD, car accident settlement is to ensure that claims are brought against every possible at-fault party. In some cases, your potential compensation will “max out” at the policy limits of the insurance policy. Say an insurance policy has a limit of $100,000. Insurance companies are not required to pay more than the limit of the policy. If your damages are more than $100,000, you can try to obtain money from the at-fault party’s personal assets. If the facts justify it, another option is to make an insurance claim against another party who is also at fault. Examples include the vehicle manufacturer, a vehicle repair shop, another driver involved in the accident, the government agency that designed or built the road/intersection, etc. If this is justified, then a second insurance policy might yield additional recovery proceeds.

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This article has been provided by the Law Office of Robert Castro. For more information or questions, contact our office to speak to an experienced Maryland personal injury lawyer at (301) 870-1200. We are Waldorf, MD, Personal Injury lawyers. Our address is 2670 Crain Highway, Waldorf, MD 20601.