Learn Your Rights after a South Carolina Car Accident

Being injured by someone else’s negligence in a car accident is a terrifying experience that can leave you facing considerable losses. You have the right to pursue compensation that covers your complete legal damages – or physical, financial, and emotional losses – which generally means filing a claim with the at-fault driver’s car insurance provider. If you’ve been so injured, it’s time to consult with an experienced Conway, SC, car accident attorney.

Your Right to Compensation

If you can prove the other driver’s fault, such as if they were drunk or speeding, regarding the car accident that leaves you injured, you have the legal right to compensation in all the following critical categories:

• Property damage to your vehicle and any contents that were in it at the time
• Your medical costs, including those related to ongoing healthcare needs
• Your lost income, which may need to address a change in your career’s trajectory and lost earning potential
• Your physical and emotional pain and suffering, which can intensify your other losses and can also surpass them in terms of the amount

An important factor in bringing your strongest claim is accurately accounting for your total losses and skillfully pursuing compensation that fairly addresses these losses – in their entirety. This pursuit is best left in the capable hands of your car accident attorney.

Protecting Your Car Accident Claim

While you are entitled to fair compensation, the insurance company handling your claim is motivated by profits and will do everything it can to keep your settlement as low as possible. As such, it’s important to do all of the following to protect your claim, your compensation, and your recovery:

• Seek immediate medical attention post-accident even if you don’t think you were seriously injured – the shock and adrenaline rush you experience can mask a lot of pain and can blind you to symptoms.
• Consult with an accomplished car accident attorney as soon as you’re able to do so.
• Follow your medical team’s instructions and advice carefully and attend all medical appointments.
• Leave the communicating with the insurance company to your savvy attorney – you’re not required to make a statement, and you shouldn’t.
• Stay off social media while your claim is pending. The insurance company is looking for material to weaken your claim, and it is skilled at twisting claimants’ statements to their own meanings.

While you focus on regaining your health and well-being, allow your focused car accident attorney to skillfully guide your claim toward an optimal outcome that covers your full range of losses.

An Experienced Conway, SC, Car Accident Attorney Is on Your Side

The practiced Conway car accident attorneys at the Law Offices of L. Morgan Martin, P.A., are proud of their imposing track record for helping clients like you prevail with settlements that faithfully address the losses they’ve experienced, and we’re here for you, too. For more information about what we can do to help you, please don’t hesitate to contact us online or call 843-248-3177 today.