Can I tell you what your case is worth?
Can I tell you a figure on what your claim is worth? Well, kinda…
I don’t mean to be cheeky, but this is a very inexact process, so I try to explain to clients what we look at before I talk about what I think I see.
First, no need to reinvent the wheel. Here are some blog posts I think you should read:
https://www.jeffreyhowardlaw.com/expectations-are-your-worst-enemy/
OK, so you have an idea as to what I’m looking at now and how you shouldn’t necessarily get your hopes up about anything. Now, let’s look at what I see – about 80% of my cases – in most injury claims…
The average case that I see involves an auto accident with no problems with liability (no defenses, that is) one ED or Urgent Care visit, followed by some form of PT or Chiro for about three months, and a mostly full recovery within 6 months (even those that don’t feel perfect after 6 months tend to feel fine after or less than a year later). In general, those cases tend to garner something in the realm of $1500 for pain and suffering, after fees and bills are paid from the settlement. So, what I try to do is compare each case with its resultant offers (with the math, of course) to what the average looks like, and I judge them from there.
Now, I’d have to dissect how your case presents:
In a nutshell, there are are going to be good things about your cases and some bad, too. Don’t take it personally, it just is what it is.
What it comes down to at the end of the day is how much can YOU take home after fees and costs. That has a lot to do with what your treatment costs are and how much we have to pay back. There is a fine line between having high enough treatment costs to make the carrier take your case seriously vs. having perhaps artificially high treatment costs that make the carrier devalue your case and make settling actually more difficult. But this is what I have to work with.
Bottom line is I’ll get you as much as I can and I’ll work to put as much of that money in your pocket and not your health care providers’ as I can.
If you want some help with your injury claim, call me at 919-929-2992.
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