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If you’ve been involved in a car accident, some car insurance companies ask that you do report the accident to them regardless if you are at fault or not. Check your policy to see if you are required to contact your car insurance company because if you do not let them know about the accident, it could be grounds for them to drop your coverage.
One of the reasons why you may want to contact your insurance company is if the other driver’s insurance carrier is slow to take action and your car has to be fixed or you require medical care right away. If you have what is called collision insurance, you are covered for any damage to the vehicle caused by another driver hitting your car or if you hit an object such as a tree, pole, or road sign. It doesn’t matter who is at fault, collision insurance will take care of any damages.
If you do suspect that your insurance company may not provide coverage for whatever reason, it may be in your best interest to contact a Virginia personal injury lawyer. There are some companies who will try to blame you for the accident just to avoid paying out your claim even though you know for a fact that the other driver was clearly at fault.
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I was in a car accident in Virginia, but I do not have car insurance. I am not at fault, though. Can I still get money for my injury and damages to my car?
Although you do not carry insurance, it is not considered a “fault” in the state of Virginia. You can still file an injury or damage claim with the other party’s insurance company. At the time of the accident you should have collected the other driver’s personal information including their insurance information. You can contact the insurance company on your own or hire an experienced Virginia car accident lawyer.
If you go ahead and file the claim yourself, but the other driver’s car insurance company refuses to pay, do not give up. Car insurance companies will often do this. Dealing with them can be a hassle and very time-consuming. We recommend reading our free accident injury book to help you with your case, “Hidden Inside Secrets Big Insurance Companies Don’t Want You to Know About Your Injury Claim“.
We understand that due to financial reasons you may not be able to purchase liability insurance, but you are putting yourself at an even greater financial risk by not carrying insurance. If you are in an auto accident in Virginia and you were at fault, you would have to pay out of pocket for any injury or damages to other parties.
FYI: The state of Virginia requires the following minimum car insurance coverage:
- Bodily injury/death of one person $25,000
- Bodily injury/death of two or more persons $50,000
- Property damage $20,000
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IIHS news release.
A new study from the Highway Loss Data Institute seems to indicate that laws banning texting while driving seem to have not resulted in fewer crashes. In fact, some indications suggest an increase in accidents.
Researchers speculate that the reason for these findings might be that people are not complying with the new law, and are now looking down to text in their lap.
All the more reason for you to be extra careful while driving and look out for people texting in their lap.
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In these hard economic times, Virginia auto accident injury and malpractice victims are starting to understand that it is stupid to think that insurance companies are going to treat you fairly. Insurance companies love to take advantage of people and pay them as little as possible for their claim. Often they will deny the claim and refuse to pay you anything. They know that the average person has no idea how to handle their own personal injury claim and to them it is like taking candy from a baby.
You need to have good information about how handle your personal injury or malpractice claim. My Free Book will keep the insurance adjuster from taking advantage of you.
- What the adjuster is trying to do is to minimize the value of your case, regardless of how bad you were injured.
- They will try to blame the accident on you, which means they don’t have to pay you a penny.
- They will try to keep you from gaining valuable information about your rights by telling you not to get a lawyer because adjusters know that an experienced lawyer will not put up with their games.
- They will string you along for as long as they can – so you will not do the things necessary to protect your legal rights.
- The insurance company would love for you to give them a recorded statement and sign their forms so they can pay you less than you deserve before you even know what your rights are.
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FBIC has compiled a list of what they think are the best and worst insurance companies in America. Topping the list for the worst are:
- Hartford
- Allstate
- State Farm
I highly recommend that if you have one of those companies you try to switch immediately.
FBIC lists the best insurance companies as:
- Chubb
- Amica
- Allianz
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I have a client now who tried to settle a case by herself and waited for over a year to call us. She was trying to deal with Allstate and they were trying to give her a poor settlement.
This poor woman missed a lot of time from her work because of her accident injuries, but she did not keep records of the time she missed. So now that we are getting ready to send a demand package to the insurance company, she is going to miss out on thousands of dollars of lost wages because she has little or no proof of them.
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Little property damage, but motorist suffers mild brain injury – $1,250,000 Settlement « Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
Here is an interesting case that was mediated to a settlement in northern Virginia. For more information about mediation check out my article Case Mediation in Virginia accident injury cases.
Apparently, the plaintiff was rear-ended and the car suffered very little property damage. The woman who was injured ended up suffering a mild brain injury from the crash and the case settled for $1.2 million in mediation.
The defense argued that such a mild impact could not have caused the plaintiffs brain damage, but the testimony of her treating doctors and her co-workers, friends, and family were the key to her getting a fair settlement.
We hear similar statements from insurance adjusters all the time. Things like “The car was barely damaged. They couldn’t be badly hurt.” Yet we often see people in just this situation. It just goes to show that you can never tell what kind on injuries an accident will cause.
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Woman, Dog Hit by Car While Walking on W&OD Trail : Falls Church Times.
An interesting article regarding a pedestrian and her dog that was hurt when a car hit them in Northern Virginia. The pedestrian was walking the Washington & Old Dominion Trail and was hit while using the crosswalk to cross the street.
There are apparently some confusing and misleading signs along the trail that lead many drivers to think they have the right-of-way in the crosswalk. This is not true. According to Virginia law, pedestrians always have the right-of-way in a crosswalk unless there are pedestrian control signals that indicate otherwise. Meaning that a pedestrian doesn’t have the right-of-way if he has a “Don’t Walk” signal displayed.
The Virginia Laws Pertaining to Pedestrians are available at bikewalkvirginia.org
If you have been hit by a car while you have the right-of-way, you need a good Richmond, VA accident injury lawyer. Wayne O’Bryan’s book Accident Injury Book: Hidden Inside Secrets Big Insurance Companies Don’t Want You to Know About Your Injury Claim will help you know how to handle the insurance adjuster. The book is free for Virginia residents.
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