Car Accident Lawyer in Indianapolis

How Our Shelbyville Car Wreck Attorneys Can Help

There are many ways our car accident lawyers can help clients build a strong car accident claim and secure a significant financial settlement or award. When you work with our vehicle accident attorneys, you can expect the following approaches as part of our process:

• Sending a letter – As an Indiana car accident attorney, the first thing that we’ll do is send a letter to inform the insurance company that the client is now represented and all communication regarding the accident and the client’s injuries must be directed to us, not the client.
• Collecting information – Once the client signs a provided medical authorization, we’ll begin collecting medical bills and records from the healthcare providers who provided treatment for the injuries sustained by the client in the crash.
• Submitting a written demand – This does depend on the severity of the injury and extent of medical treatment necessary to the client, but we may send a written demand to the insurance company for a dollar amount agreed to and authorized by the client prior to filing a lawsuit. If a settlement cannot be reached, or if the case is not appropriate for a pre-suit written demand, a lawsuit will be filed in the county where the crash occurred.
• Responding to legal requests – Once a lawsuit is filed, a defense lawyer will be hired by the insurance company to defend the lawsuit. The defense lawyer will likely send our office a set of interrogatories (written questions) to be answered by the client, as well as a written request for us to produce various documents such as related medical records and bills. As a Shelbyville car wreck attorney, we assist the client in responding to the interrogatories and gathering the requested documents. Once finalized, we will provide the information to defense counsel.
• Preparing for and attending depositions – After the written discovery process is completed, the defense counsel will likely want to take the client’s deposition to be conducted either in person or remotely via Zoom. A deposition involves a client being sworn in by a court reporter and asked various questions under oath by the defense attorney, with the court reporter transcribing everything. We thoroughly prepare our clients for this process and are in the room to assert various objections if appropriate.
• Engaging in mediation – The last major milestone for a client prior to trial is mediation for their case. Mediation is essentially a settlement conference where the parties, their lawyers, and a third-party mediator attempt to come to a resolution of the case for an agreed-upon sum. We thoroughly prepare clients for this process as well as handle the back-and-forth negotiations with a client’s approval.

Every case is different, but no matter what your circumstances are, we will create a legal strategy to help you get the justice you deserve. Our Indiana car crash lawyers prepare every case as if we are going to take it to trial. We ask tough questions that the defense doesn’t want to answer, we find witnesses to support our theory of liability and damages, we find the best experts to support the same, we take thorough depositions, and we push every case toward a trial date.

We put in the time and do the digging that many other firms do not do. If a defense attorney and insurance company do not believe our lawyers will try the case, they will never pay the client the true value of their injuries. 

Who Pays My Attorney Fees?

Here’s the good news: Our car accident attorneys work on contingency, which means we don’t get paid until you get paid. Our fees are paid by the defendant as part of a settlement agreement or jury award. If for some reason your claim is not successful, then you owe us nothing. To learn more about settlements you can visit our settlement FAQ page.