Naperville Car Accident Attorneys
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I had the pleasure of working with attorney Tom Grace on my deceased father’s personal injury case.Tom was very prompt in all of his communications, he never left us guessing what was going on or where we were in the process, he offered up his honest opinion when it was decision making time and lastly he ensured this case wasn’t dragged out.I would highly appreciate his customer service and would absolutely recommend Tom Grace and the Chute, O’Malley, Knobloch & Turcy team.
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Naperville Car Accident Lawyers
After being involved in a car accident, you must be feeling anxious and uncertain. It can be frustrating to be left with a life-altering injury after a very preventable accident. Our Naperville car accident lawyers are here to help you get the justice that you deserve after you’ve been involved in a car accident caused by a negligent or careless party. We fight tooth and nail to give our clients full and fair results. We prepare for all challenges and obstacles. Please give our office a call today to set up your free consultation. We will safeguard your rights to justice and hold the liable party’s feet to the fire to ensure that you get it. Get started with us today.
Statute of Limitations for Naperville Car Accidents
When dealing with a personal injury case such as a car accident, you need to be aware of the deadline that you are held to by law. Every state has their own limited amount of time in which someone can bring a claim. This is called your statute of limitations, and it is an absolute with no wiggle room.
If you had a car accident in Naperville, of course we want you to seek out the help of our lawyers as soon as possible, but the law does give you two years from the date of your accident to file for compensation. There are several reasons why you should not wait to call a lawyer, however.
For one, there are a lot of things that are time-sensitive about a car accident case, such as the scene itself and the evidence that you can collect on the scene. Civil cases like car accident cases rely a lot on evidence and if you were not able to get photos and videos of the crash scene, that can harm your case. Also, if you can’t get your hands on the witnesses’ contact information, they could be untraceable or forget key details of your case. You want to make sure that you get all the evidence available before it’s cleaned up.
If you were for whatever reason going to wait to call a lawyer and you missed the two-year deadline, then the statute of limitations states that you are no longer eligible to get damages and justice. After the two years, you are no longer allowed to bring your claim. We also advise against waiting until a month before your deadline to reach out to a lawyer because at that point your evidence is long gone and it is virtually impossible to get evidence.
A lawyer might turn you away if you waited that long to reach out because it’s not a long enough time to create a strong foundation for a case with time-sensitive evidence having disappeared. We urge you to reach out to our Naperville car accident lawyers as soon as you possibly can and we can set up a free consultation for you to go over your case details and get started on building a strong foundation for your defense. We want you to see justice and being quick to act is going to help aid in this justice that you seek. You can even call us from your hospital bed and we can get started as soon as you are ready to.
Mistakes to Avoid
After a car accident, there are several things that you absolutely do not want to do. One of these things is waiting to seek medical care from your doctor. Your injuries from a car accident can be severe and we want you to make sure that you have received all the treatments so that your injuries don’t get worse. Also, waiting for medical attention can give the insurance company the opportunity to claim that you lied about your injuries or how you got them, which would wash their hands clean of responsibility for your compensation. We don’t want that because they owe you justice and they don’t care that you had to wait to seek medical care until you could get childcare. They just care that this is an excuse for them to save money.
Along the same lines of not wanting to let them take away your justice, you should not be giving them a recorded statement. They are trained to ask you questions in a way that can make you answer in a way that works against you. Even simple questions that seem innocuous can be used by them to ruin your case. We don’t want you to end up in a situation where you just want to be polite and give them some information about the car accident but end up losing out on justice. Before you speak to the insurance company please speak to our Naperville car accident lawyers. Almost every single time, we will tell our clients not to give the insurance company any statement. You are not legally obligated to give one.
How You Can Get Justice for Your Car Accident Damages
When we look at how you get compensation, we have to look at the laws regarding compensation. You will be getting money damages for your lost wages and medical fees, as well as any other money damages related to the car accident and your pain and suffering. The law in Illinois allows you to collect compensation even if you are found to be partially at fault for the accident. Let’s say that you were t-boned at an intersection and you were slightly over the speed limit. The insurance company might argue that if you were going slower, you could have possibly avoided the accident. The other driver blew through a red light, however, so your speed should not be a huge contributing factor to causing the accident. In an instant like that, you might be found 10% at fault for the accident, while the other driver could be given 90% fault for the accident. You would be able to receive compensation; however if somehow you were found to be 50% or more at fault for your accident, then you would be barred from receiving compensation under Illinois compensation laws.
Let’s say that you do get deemed 10% at fault for your accident. If we are looking at a compensation award that is worth $100,000 for all of your economic and non-economic damages including pain and suffering, medical bills and more, then how does 10% fault affect that award? Whenever someone is deemed a percent at fault for an accident, then that percentage needs to be taken off of the award. For example, if you won that $100,000 compensation award, you would have to take 10% off of that to account for the fact that you were 10% at fault. In other words, you would receive $90,000 if you were 10% at fault for your accident.
We fight for you to be fully and fairly compensated. We do not want the insurance company to pin blame on you that you don’t deserve. We know that they will try to make sure that you are blamed for 50% or more of this accident so that they don’t have to give you compensation. We do not stand for that and we hold their feet to the flames.
The insurance company has a lot of tricks up their sleeve but we know what their tricks are and we know how to counteract them. They will go out of their way to try to save themselves money by making you seem like you are the person who caused the accident. The job of our Naperville car accident lawyers is to utilize all of our resources to ensure that you have a strong and successful case. We give you the fairest shot possible at compensation and we fight to get a fair settlement award. If they do not come to us with a settlement award that is fair, then we will take them to trial. We prepare our cases as if they are going to trial, even though most times car accident cases will settle before then. Please allow us to protect your rights and fight tooth and nail for you to get the justice that you so deserve. Let us bring you the success that we have brought many before you.
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If you were involved in an accident with a driver who is negligent or careless, then you are owed justice. Whether you were t-boned at an intersection or rear-ended at a red light we want you to receive justice in the fullest and fairest amount. Some of these cases are more easily litigated than others but we are up to the challenge either way. We know that the insurance company is responsible for your medical bills and any lost wages. We will fight for you to get justice, whether that means settlement or trial. Call our Naperville car accident lawyers today to set up your free, first consultation with us. Get started today.
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