Crown Point Car Accident Lawyer

Car accident lawyers in Crown Point want to help you take action after a serious collision. Our team can put our knowledge of Indiana’s civil statutes to use so you can hold a negligent driver accountable for your losses. With our help, you can secure the settlement you need to pay your bills and get back on your feet. If you want to learn more about your right to hold someone financially responsible for your recent car accident, consider booking a free case evaluation with Vaughan & Vaughan. Our Crown Point personal injury lawyers have over 100 years of experience helping Hoosier families navigate Indiana’s civil court system. We’re ready to go to bat for you.

How to Secure Damages After a Car Accident

If you want to fight for accident-related damages after a car accident, you need to calculate the value of your losses. You do this by accounting for the dollar value of your economic expenses, including the following:

Lost wages
Emergency medical care, including ambulance fees
Long-term medical treatments
Temporary or permanent disability
Property damage and essential repairs
Property restoration

You may also take your non-economic losses into account when establishing the value of your case. We recommend working with a lawyer to assign a concrete value to losses like the following:

Pain and suffering
Emotional distress
Reduced quality of life
Mental anguish
Wrongful death, if applicable

Negotiating Versus Going to Court

You can secure the damages you need to pay your bills through a few different means. For example, filing a personal injury claim doesn’t lock you into a trial. You can choose to go to trial if the party responsible for your accident refuses to acknowledge the reality of your losses. If you’re working with a party that understands the impact their negligence had on your life, you may alternatively negotiate for the support you deserve. An attorney can set up private negotiations with a liable party that you can complete out of court. Negotiations tend to resolve more quickly than trials while still awarding you financial support. When you meet with our team for a free case consultation, you can discuss which of these paths best supports your road to recovery.

Should You Contact an Insurance Company?

Because most drivers in Indiana should have the state’s minimum liability insurance coverage – or, ideally, more – you may have the right to file an insurance claim after a crash. You should make a point to get a liable party’s insurance information after your collision and then file your claim within the next few days. However, we encourage you to be careful when working with an insurance claims adjuster. Insurance adjusters do not want to help you financially recover from an accident, and they can use underhanded tactics to minimize your losses. These bad-faith tactics may include the following:

Demanding a recorded statement about your crash
Limiting your access to key information about your case
Ghosting you after conversations about your right to recover
Claim denials without further explanation

If an insurance company's bad faith behavior threatens your right to recover, you can ask one of our attorneys to intervene.

Who to Hold Liable for Your Accident Losses

Your right to hold any party responsible for a recent car accident will depend on what evidence of negligence you can bring forward. Our car accident attorneys in Crown Point, IN, can help you gather the evidence needed to meet or exceed Indiana’s burden of proof. This may include the following:

Video footage of your accident
Expert witness statements
Photos from before and after your accident
Debris from the scene
Electronic data
Bystander testimonies

When to Finalize Your Car Accident Claim

You have until Indiana’s personal injury statute of limitations expires to bring a car accident claim forward in civil court. This statute gives you no more than two years to elaborate on the value of your losses. Your claim must reach the applicable parties within this two-year period, or you will waive your right to a car accident case.

What to Expect From Our Attorneys

Our car accident attorneys in Crown Point are here to provide you with comprehensive legal services in the wake of a serious accident. We:

Interface with insurance companies on your behalf
Prevent a liable party from intimidating you out of your right to legal action
Gather evidence to prove your right to a case
Calculate the value of your losses
Present your case to the applicable authorities before your right to file expires
Represent you throughout the following legal proceedings
Manage negotiations between you and a liable party
Appeal a court’s decision, if necessary

Vaughan & Vaughan offers all of these services on a contingency fee basis. This means you won’t see a single bill from our team while your case is in progress. Once your case concludes, we take a percentage of your settlement, preserving your financial stability all the while. What’s more, your first consultation with our staff is free of charge and obligation. You can meet with our team without committing to a course of legal action.