If you are involved in a serious motor vehicle accident whether it involves a passenger vehicle, motorcycle, tractor-trailer, bus, bicycle or pedestrian, the injuries you suffer can be devastating and impact virtually every aspect of your life.  Severe injuries suffered in a Mississippi motor vehicle accident can impact your employment, marital relationship, family interactions and daily activities.  While obtaining substantial financial recovery in a Mississippi personal injury lawsuit can play a substantial role in your ability to obtain the best medical and rehabilitative care and to preserve your quality of life, many people make the regrettable mistake of presuming that they do not need a personal injury attorney.

Insurance companies handle thousands of accident claims each year and have the resources and experience required to effectively minimize the value of claims or avoid liability altogether.  The typical insurance carrier will have a team of attorneys and experts that are experienced in developing defense strategies to avoid fairly compensating victims.  There are many substantive and procedure defenses and strict timing requirements that are unfamiliar to the typical layperson which an insurance company may exploit to deny a claim.

The cost to effectively litigate a personal injury lawsuit in a motor vehicle accident case can easily reach into the tens of thousands of dollars.  Insurance companies may hire accident reconstruction experts to argue that an accident victim caused the collision or medical experts to explain to a judge or jury why one’s injuries could not have been caused by the motor vehicle accident.  When you work with an experienced Mississippi personal injury lawyer at Barrett Law, we typically advance the costs of litigation so that the insurance company cannot simply win a war of attrition by making it impossible for you to afford the cost of effectively litigating your case.

An accident victim that attempts self-representation in a Mississippi personal injury lawsuit is also at a great disadvantage because of the complexity and terminology involved in understanding the law.  Mississippi insurance defense attorneys have the specialized training and experience to know what legal and procedural strategies are effective.  A layperson has little chance of successfully navigating a civil lawsuit against a licensed attorney.  The court will hold a layperson to the same rules of evidence and procedure that an attorney is expected to follow.  These rules are often extremely complex and convoluted.

An insurance company is well aware of their advantage when facing a party that is not represented by counsel in a personal injury lawsuit in Mississippi.  The insurance company has little incentive to offer any meaningful settlement offer because the insurer knows that it has the advantage if the case goes to trial.  The insurance provider also understands that an inexperienced layperson does not know how to determine if a settlement offer is reasonable.  This means that even if an offer is made to settle the personal injury claim it will typically be for far below the actual value of the claim.

Because personal injury law firms like Barrett Law work on a contingency basis, there is really no financial advantage for a motor vehicle accident victim to try to go it alone against an insurance company.  Our Mississippi personal injury law firm generally advances all costs and does not receive attorney’s fee unless we recover against the defendant.  This means that we assume all the risk and provide the knowledge and expertise to ensure the best chance at a favorable outcome.  If you still have questions about why our Mississippi personal injury lawyers at Barrett Law can help you obtain the compensation you deserve, we invite you to contact us to learn how we can help.  We provide diligent legal representation and impassioned advocacy so we invite you to call us today at 662-834-2376 to learn how we can help.