Maximizing Your Financial Recovery

Following a serious wreck, the financial pressure can be immense. Medical bills pile up while your injuries may prevent you from working, cutting off your family’s income. Our primary objective is to secure a comprehensive financial award that covers the full extent of your losses—both now and in the future.

You may be entitled to significant compensation for:

• Medical Expenses: Covering everything from the initial emergency room visit to ongoing rehabilitation, future surgeries, and long-term care needs.
• Lost Wages and Diminished Earning Capacity: Compensation for the income you have lost and for the accident’s impact on your ability to earn a living in the future.
• Pain and Suffering: Acknowledging the profound physical pain, emotional anguish, and mental distress you have been forced to endure.
• Property Damage: The cost to repair or replace your vehicle and any other personal property destroyed in the crash.

It is crucial to understand that insurance companies are not on your side. Their goal is to protect their profits by minimizing or denying your claim. You need a powerful attorney who can level the playing field and force them to pay what you are rightfully owed.

The Sartin Law Firm Advantage: Unyielding Advocacy, Proven Results

When you are facing the vast resources of an insurance corporation, you need an advocate with the experience and resolve to win.

In-Depth Investigation: We launch an immediate and comprehensive investigation into your accident, working with accident reconstructionists and other experts to establish clear and convincing proof of fault.

Aggressive Negotiation: We are seasoned negotiators who will not be intimidated by the lowball tactics of insurance adjusters. We build a case so strong that it often compels them to offer a substantial settlement.

Trial-Ready Representation: While many cases settle, we prepare every case from day one as if it is going to trial. Our readiness to fight and win in the courtroom is your greatest leverage in securing a fair outcome.

Take Action Now to Protect Your Rights

After an accident, the steps you take are critical. Seek immediate medical attention, report the crash to the police, and, most importantly, do not speak to an insurance adjuster before you have spoken to an experienced car accident attorney.

The law imposes strict deadlines for filing a personal injury claim. If you wait too long, you could lose your right to compensation forever. Contact Sartin Law Firm today for a free, no-obligation consultation. We will listen to your story, explain your rights in clear terms, and outline how we will fight for you. You pay no attorneys’ fees unless we win your case. Call us now and let us demand the justice you deserve.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOUISIANA OR TEXAS CAR ACCIDENT?

The driver who crashes into your car is responsible for reporting the accident to his or her car insurance company. However, you need to make sure that you contact their insurer as well. Motorists who cause accidents are often reluctant to report them. It’s very important to get complete information about the other party while still at the accident scene. You should always collect the following:

• Other driver’s name and address
• Other driver’s insurance company name and policy information
• Statements and contact information from witnesses
• Take pictures of the accident scene — most smartphone cameras are suitable.

The police will determine who is at fault for ticketing purposes. Independently, the insurer will make its own determination of fault, which may or may not match law enforcement’s assessment of fault. The insurer will take into account items such as the police report, driver and witness statements and physical evidence.

You should then inform the other person’s insurer that you have been involved in a crash with one of its policyholders. Relay only the necessary facts of the accident, even if you believe that the other driver is primarily at fault. At the very least, make sure that their insurance company has accepted liability before proceeding with any car repairs, and try to get their authorization in writing if at all possible. Most states allow car insurers to recommend car body shops, but they aren’t allowed to force you to use a particular repair shop under the law.

Although you may feel that you have not caused the accident, you should contact your insurance company also to establish your good faith in reporting the car accident which can help if the other party’s insurer denies responsibility for the accident and you need to make a collision claim later on. Technically, you should only have to notify the other party’s insurer of your damages and injuries, take your car to a body shop, visit a doctor and expect the insurer to pay your bills, but it doesn’t always work out that smoothly.

GET HELP NOW

Whether you or a loved one were recently injured in a minor rear-end collision or suffered more serious injuries in a head-on accident or otherwise, you deserve financial compensation when you weren’t the driver at fault. While it might be true that the insurance company won’t always be working on your side, you can always count on Cole Sartin to look out for your best interests and to aggressively pursue the settlement you deserve. To explore your options during a free, no-obligation legal consultation with a Shreveport car accident lawyer, please give us a call at 318-553-5577.