FAQ - How Do We Evaluate Your Case ?

Northern California Injury Lawyers

When the time is right (as discussed in How much is your case worth?), we prepare a Demand Brochure that clearly demonstrates what you have gone through. The Demand Brochure is an extensive document that discusses in detail the facts of your case, liability issues, your injuries, your treatment, your future prognosis, and our evaluation of these issues.

Once the Demand Brochure is completed, we go over the Brochure in detail with you. We discuss with you all options available to you, ranging from settling with the insurance company to going to trial. We make sure you know what your choices are and the consequences associated with each. We advise you what similar cases have been settled for and what we believe is the settlement range and the verdict range of your case.

After reviewing all pertinent information with you, and after gaining your authority, we send the Demand Brochure to the negligent party’s insurance company. We then negotiate with the insurance company until we receive a settlement offer. After each offer is received, we talk with you and let you know how much money you will net (in your pocket) so you will have a chance to fairly evaluate the option.

This process continues until they submit what we believe is their best and final settlement offer. If you accept this final offer, money from your settlement is usually in your hands in 30 days. If you decide you don’t want to settle and want to litigate and let a jury decide the value of your case, that is also acceptable, and we will do everything in our power to obtain the verdict you deserve. This is how our California law firm values your claim.

Why do you need a lawyer?

If you have suffered an injury, you may feel overwhelmed by confusion or helplessness. Unfortunately, insurance companies are poised to take advantage of the confusion you are suffering and your desire to move on: insurance companies make profits by convincing you to settle for a fraction of what your case is really worth. You have been hurt once through no fault of your own. Don’t get hurt again because you failed to let an experienced California injury lawyer help you.

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