Hammond’s highways are some of the most dangerous in Indiana. The city’s proximity to Chicago and Gary makes it a hotbed for truck and car accidents. While Indiana gives you the right to hold negligent drivers responsible for the crashes they cause, how can you find the time between work and medical care? Good news – Hammond highway accident lawyers can help.
You can book a free case evaluation with a Hammond personal injury lawyer today. The attorneys working with Vaughan & Vaughan bring over 100 years of experience to your pursuit of justice. You can count on our team to help you secure the settlement you need to recover.
What to Do After a Highway Accident
Your health should be your first priority after a highway accident. We recommend that you work with emergency responders even if you don’t feel like you have any immediate injuries. Many highway accident injuries develop over time and can worsen without urgent treatment. The sooner you connect with medical professionals, the better.
If you can safely move about the scene of an accident, there are steps you can take to simplify your long-term recovery. To start, you can document the accident scene. This process may include taking pictures of the damage, gathering bystanders’ contact information, and discussing a liable party’s insurance policy.
When to Contact a Hammond Highway Accident Lawyer
Vaughan & Vaughan encourages you to connect with a Hammond highway accident attorney as soon as you can after an accident. Reaching out to our team does not automatically commit you to a legal case. Instead, our team can:
- Prevent insurance claims adjusters from requesting recorded statements while you’re under stress
- Keep key evidence on the scene and available to you
- Prevent a liable party from attempting to intimidate you out of legal action
- Discuss your right to recover with relevant legal parties
- Gather evidence key to your fight for accident compensation
If you decide you want to pursue a civil case at a later date, our involvement in your recovery can make it easier for you to build a claim. We also keep you on top of Indiana’s personal injury statute of limitations, ensuring that any claim you file makes it to the relevant legal parties before the state’s two-year deadline expires.
Your Case Will Get
The Attention It Deserves
What to Know About Filing an Insurance Claim
Indiana requires everyone on the road to have car insurance. The state’s minimum liability coverage should provide you with enough support to cover the cost of some of your economic losses. Does this mean it’s worth it to file an insurance claim after a highway accident? Generally, yes.
However, that doesn’t mean that an insurance claim should be the be-all and end-all of your recovery plan. Insurance claims only allow you to recover damages based on your economic losses. Moreover, insurance claims adjusters can use bad-faith tactics to minimize your right to recover.
Our highway accident attorneys in Hammond recommend that you file an insurance claim in tandem with a personal injury lawsuit. We can walk you through this process and spearhead a claim on your behalf. Our team can even hold insurance companies liable for misconduct if they refuse to recognize the validity of your insurance claim.
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unless you win
What to Know About Filing a Highway Accident Claim
So, you’ve decided to move forward with a highway accident claim. Now what? You can work with an experienced lawyer to gather all of the data needed to meet or exceed Indiana’s burden of proof. This effort allows you to recover the compensation you need to pay your bills while holding the right party – or parties – accountable for your losses.
Asking for Fair Compensation
Unlike insurance claims, personal injury claims allow you to recover damages based on the tangible and intangible losses you sustained in a highway accident. This means you may assign a dollar value to losses like the following:
- Property damage and restoration
- Essential rentals and repairs
- Lost wages
- Temporary or permanent disability
- Medical expenses, including emergency care
- Pain and suffering
- Reduced quality of life
- Emotional distress
Our team can help you find the sum value of your losses before moving your case forward. We take pride in helping Hoosiers like you maximize the settlements they walk away with after filing highway accident claims.
Holding the Right Party Responsible for Your Losses
The scene of your highway accident is rich in evidence of negligence. You and an attending attorney need to gather that data if you want to determine who you have the right to name liable for your losses. The evidence that can have the strongest influence over your case may include the following:
- Video footage of your accident
- Photos from your accident
- Electronic data
- Bystander testimonies
- Physical debris
- Expert witness statements
This combination of data may surprise you. While you may have initially believed that one of your fellow drivers caused your accident, case evidence may instead lay the blame for your losses on a mechanic or manufacturer. Government officials and corporations are equally likely to be liable for your losses.
Fortunately, you can count on our team to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the evidence relevant to your case. That effort allows you to hold the right party responsible for your recovery, no matter how complicated that recovery seems.
Book a Free Case Evaluation With Our Team Today
You deserve support after a highway accident. Hammond attorneys can help you hold a negligent driver accountable for your losses in and out of court. When you connect with our team, you benefit from tried-and-tested legal advice designed to get you back on your feet. Our case results speak for themselves.
Vaughan & Vaughan has secured millions of dollars in damages for Hoosiers like you. You can learn more about how we can do the same for you during a free case evaluation with our staff. Contact us to schedule your first appointment.
