You’ve been injured in a serious accident. You needed emergency medical treatment, and you may need long-term care. You’re also losing wages as you miss days at work, or you could have a reduced earning capacity. For instance, maybe your injury has led to a disability and you’re not going to be able to work again.
You want to seek compensation from the person who was responsible for the accident and, therefore, for your injuries. But you’ve never done this before, so you believe you need to hire a personal injury lawyer to help you through the process. How much is that going to cost? Is it too expensive to hire a lawyer, making it impossible for you to seek the compensation you know you deserve?
Free initial consultations
It is often not nearly as expensive as you may believe. For instance, you can set up a free initial consultation. This reduces all of the upfront risk. You can talk to the lawyer about your case, present your evidence and have them examine the details. They will then determine if they think you have a viable case or not—but they provide this service for free. You don’t have to worry about paying for a meeting just to be told that they won’t take your case.
Contingency fees
Next, you can hire a lawyer who works on contingency fees. This essentially means that there is no upfront fee to pay for the lawyer’s services. Instead, they take a percentage of the eventual earnings if they win the case. If they do not win your case, then you pay nothing. If they do, you just pay them a predetermined percentage out of the money that you receive.
As you can see, working with a personal injury lawyer may be quite accessible, so be sure you know what legal steps to take at this time.