Is there a place or online resource that I can look at to
help me figure out how much my car accident case is worth for settlement?
Will the clerk at the courthouse be
able to help me find similar cases that will help me evaluate my damages from a
car accident? Can I research jury verdicts
for comparable accidents and analogous damage, can I research this online? Where
can I look up case values in California for an automobile accident or a bus
accident?
Nobody at the courthouse will
provide you with help to figure out how much your case is worth. Online resources do exist that collect and
report verdicts of juries and settlements.
Most personal injury lawyers subscribe to information service providers
like these. Verdict and settlement
reporting services costs a lot of money and come with other features so this
will not help you unless you retain a personal injury attorney to handle your
case. Plus, you would not be able to
understand these reports if you were handling your own personal injury case.
Nevertheless, being a non-lawyer, access
to these reporting services, would not help you as they are not very user
friendly and you would need to have some legal knowledge to interpret the
results. It takes a good personal injury attorney to be able to match up cases and injuries. It can also be very hard to recognize the
language of a legal nature in these reports of car accidents and injuries. Even so, these reporting services are only
able to access a small percentage of the information that you need to figure
out your case value for a personal injury case.
Some cases have confidential settlement clauses. Other cases might include other claims and
injuries so an amount is not useful.
Trying to assess case values with
these services takes the knowledge and experience of a local personal injury lawyer to relate the cases to each other.
This takes years to develop so you are not just going to be able to jump
in. Important question include the kind of doctors and treatment, medical costs
and invoices, the part of the body injured, are there any residuals of the pain.
Where is the case situated? Some courts
have juries that are much more generous than other conservative juries.
Call a local personal injury attorney in your area if you want o know more about the value of your case. You
can almost always talk to the lawyer for free before he takes your case. A personal injury attorney can give you
valuable information about the value of your case.
John Jahrmarkt, Esq. is the owner and managing partner of Jahrmarkt and Associates. John has more than 20 years of experience handling all kinds personal injury claims – from complicated catastrophic injuries to garden variety “soft tissue” pain. John knows how the insurance industry works and the steps their adjusters can take to protect their profits. All of our accident and injury claims are managed by John, experienced in fighting back against any low-ball insurance offers. Jahrmarkt and Associates is a skilled and experienced law firm that focuses only on representing injured individuals. We have been fighting aggressively for the rights of those who have been injured in accidents or by the negligence of others.
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