Do I Need A Lawyer For A Car Accident In Saginaw, MI?
If you are injured in a car accident in Saginaw, MI you are not required to hire a lawyer but it is in your best interest. An experienced attorney can help protect your legal rights to collect Michigan No-Fault wage loss, PIP benefits and get your medical bills paid. It’s a challenging time for Michigan drivers, since our state’s auto law can present complex financial traps if you’re not an educated attorney or insurance specialist.
For example, many insurance companies require that their driver customers provide a “notice” to their insurance companies, if and when they are ever injured in a hit and run crash or in a crash with an uninsured driver. It’s completely legal for an auto insurance policy to include contract language that requires this 30 day notice, disallowing the customer from recovering uninsured motorist protection if they are injured in a hit and run crash or in a crash with an uninsured driver and fail to give the required notice. (This may be more common than most believe, since about 20% of all drivers in Michigan are driving without auto insurance.) If you fail to comply with a “notice” requirement in your “uninsured motorist” policy, your policy can get completely voided so you lose the ability to recover any compensation for injuries and losses from the vehicle crash. It’s a horrible situation, which can leave the victim with large medical bills and no coverage for any healthcare or medical treatment that may be required in the future.
Why should you hire an experienced attorney? Because they will help protect you from these kinds of insurance company traps that seem to be so common. Another trick we see insurance companies and claims adjusters trying to play on crash victims, who are most likely already under serious financial pressure after a crash, is trying to get them to “settle” their injury claims for a lot less than that claim is worth. Amidst the long agreement the insurance company asks you to sign, you may find language that says that you’re agreeing to forfeit all of your future rights to auto No-Fault benefits and/or pain and suffering compensation.
Our Saginaw car accident lawyers will help you through the extremely difficult challenges of a personal injury lawsuit. We work for you so that you receive everything you deserve in your financial settlement, from both your insurance company and/or from the careless and negligent driver’s insurance company. It’s never too early to schedule a free consultation with an experienced Michigan Auto Law attorney after a motor vehicle crash in which you, or anyone else, has been injured.