Are you searching for a Mission Viejo car accident lawyer? If you have been involved in a car accident, motorcycle crash or motor vehicle collision in Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel or anywhere in Orange County you need an experienced and proven Mission Viejo personal injury attorney for sound advice, counsel and representation.
Key takeaways regarding a Mission Viejo Car Accident Lawyer:
- Look for a Mission Viejo car accident lawyer and personal injury attorney with extensive experience and a proven track record at trial. Insurance companies are at greatest risk in front of a jury, and most personal injury lawyers have rarely (if ever) taken a case to trial. The insurance company knows their risks are less (and are less willing to pay what is owed) when they know your attorney can’t or won’t take your case to trial if necessary.
- Insurance companies have one goal in any personal injury claim: get you to take the lowest amount possible for your personal injury claim as quickly as possible after the accident.
- See a doctor within 24 to 48 hours of any motor vehicle collision, even if you think you are uninjured. Many collision-related injuries can take days, weeks, or months to present symptoms. This is especially true in the neck, spine, and brain. If you don’t see a doctor the insurance company can deny your otherwise valid personal injury claim.
Rivers Morrell has more than 40 years of experience representing those who are injured due to the negligence of another. With offices in Mission Viejo and Irvine the Law Firm of Rivers Morrell represents those injured in car accidents across Orange County, Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Rivers spent the first 20 years of his career representing the major insurance companies in car accident and personal injury cases. He knows their strategies, their tactics. He also knows they don’t care about your best interests. The number one job of every insurance professional you will speak with after any car accident is to get you to accept the lowest possible personal injury settlement as quickly as possible.
This is not in your interest.
Not every Mission Viejo car accident lawyer will have equal skill or can obtain the same outcome in your case. One of the first questions you should have for any injury lawyer is “how many cases have you tried to a successful verdict?” “What?” you may ask. “Doesn’t every attorney take cases to trial?” No, the fact is most don’t have any actual personal injury trial experience, let alone award winning multi-million dollar results and the type of proven reputation required to hold the insurance company accountable for the maximum fair compensation due to an injury victim under the law.
Insurance companies are at greatest risk when they are faced with a trial. They carefully track every personal injury attorney and know which lawyers have the legal skill, expertise and experience necessary to hold them accountable at trial. If a lawyer hasn’t taken cases to trial the insurance companies know they don’t have as much risk, and they have no incentive to reach a fair settlement. Rivers Morrell has a very strong and successful track record at trial, and insurance companies ultimately offer much more when he is at work on a case based upon the knowledge that he can and will take them to trial if need be. This is why it is so important to hire a skilled personal injury attorney if you are injured in a Mission Viejo accident.
The insurance adjusters always make a low offer to begin with. They know the sound of several thousand dollars to someone who may not seem to be seriously injured may settle the matter for far less than what it is worth. Many injuries take weeks or months to fully present. It is important to understand that you only have one opportunity to settle your case. You cannot go back in the future (after the settlement) when additional symptoms or conditions come to light requiring additional treatment. Rivers Morrell provides sound counsel and works to ensure any settlement fully compensates you based upon the unique circumstances surrounding your case. He is prepared to take your case to trial if needed.
It is important to see a doctor within 24 to 48 hours of any motor vehicle collision. There are many head, neck, and back injuries that can take weeks or even months before presenting symptoms. You may feel relatively fine in the hours and days after an accident, and three weeks later you will be flat on your back, in immense pain, and unable to get out of bed, let alone go to work or handle daily life events. If you don’t see a doctor within 24 to 48 hours of the collision, the insurance company will deny your valid personal injury claim. They will simply say “you didn’t even go to see a doctor. You told everyone, including us, you were ‘ok.’ You must have hurt yourself somewhere else and now you are trying to blame it on the accident.” This will substantially reduce your ability to recover the amount you deserve under the law and the policy itself for injuries you received in the car accident.
For example, there are small pads – called “discs” – that cushion each vertebrae in your spinal column. Many collisions, even those at lower speeds, create small tears in the discs of your spinal column. It can take weeks or even more than a month for enough fluid to leak out of a damaged disc for you to experience pain. This is one of the reasons a person who doesn’t believe they are injured after an accident fails to see a doctor, and when they are flat on their back and unable to move within a few weeks it can be too late. If you are involved in any motor vehicle collision, at any speed, you need to see a trauma physician within 24 to 48 hours of the incident.
This is also why it is important to contact the Law Offices of Rivers Morrell for a free consultation at (949) 305-1400, no matter what time it is or what day of the week it is. If it is after hours we will return the call promptly. There is a lot you need to know about what to do after an accident, how to speak with any insurance representative (including your own), and how to make sure you have the right to seek full payment for your valid personal injury claim.
We invite you to review the strong recommendations of our clients and the legal industry as well as our successful verdicts and settlements and contact Rivers Morrell or call today to speak with Rivers personally for a free, substantive consultation at (949) 305-1400. Learn how an experienced and proven Mission Viejo car accident lawyer can make a substantial difference if you are injured in a Mission Viejo or Orange County motor vehicle accident.
