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 The magnitude of America’s car accident problem is staggering. Every year there are more then 5 million motor vehicle accidents. Every day of every year 115 people die on our roads, that’s over 40,000 yearly or almost the same number who died in the Vietnam War. In addition almost 3,500,000 are injured and the economic cost directly resulting from these car accidents amounts to over $150,000,000,000 yearly. These incredible statistics give some idea why the Brown and Crouppen
accident lawyers devote so much time to
car accident
cases.
If you have been injured in a preventable automobile
accident, or have lost someone to a fatal mishap,
you may be entitled to recover monetary damages
from those responsible. To succeed in a claim
against another driver, it is necessary to show that
he or she was negligent, that is, failed to act
reasonably and in a manner which respects the safety
of other drivers. Litigation is intended to restore
the injured person to the position he or should
would have been in had the accident never occurred.
While money can never compensate adequately for
serious personal injury or death, an innocent party
is entitled to just and fair damages to compensate
so far as is possible for their injury and losses.
Legal cases are won or lost on the available
evidence and the following information should be
obtained and preserved for your attorney as soon as
possible:
- The other driver’s
name, address, date of birth, telephone number.
- The other driver’s
license number and insurance company name and
policy number.
- The name and badge
number of the attending police officer.
- The names,
addresses and phone numbers of any witnesses.
- Attend a doctor or
hospital to document any injury.
- Make a detailed
personal note about the accident as soon as
possible.
- A diagram of
street layout, position of vehicles and location
of witnesses.
- Photograph the
accident scene, damage to the vehicles and any
visible injuries.
Common auto accident
injuries include
whiplash,
head,
brain injury,
neck injury,
back injuries,
paralysis, and joint, bone, and muscle injuries.
Auto accident victims should seek medical attention
as soon as possible if they believe they are
injured. Auto accident claims for damages resulting
from injuries usually depend on medical records
linking the auto accident to the injuries received.
In general,
auto accidents are handled through each
party's insurance company, and settled fairly
quickly. However, it is important to remember that
insurance is first and foremost a business, so what
is best for you is generally not in the insurance
company’s best interest. Backed by a team of team of
adjusters, investigators and attorneys, the
insurance company’s objective is to minimize the
amount of money that they pay out.
At Brown & Crouppen, we advise our automobile
injury clients on our “Golden Rules” of insurance
companies:
- The insurance
company is not your friend. As a business,
insurance’s goal is profit. Their team works to
eliminate payments or to pay as little as
possible.
- The insurance
company is always represented by an experienced
car accident lawyer. Should you choose not to be
represented by a qualified attorney, you will face
the considerable resources of a powerful company
without help.
- Insurance
companies pay almost three times more money in
cases where the victim is represented by a lawyer.
This fact comes straight out of an insurance
company’s training manual.
In some cases,
accidents that result in personal injury or
extensive property loss lead to lawsuits. Damages
sought in those cases can include the cost of
medical treatment, loss of property, and loss of
wages.
If you are an accident victim, you may be too
overwhelmed by physical and emotional trauma to even
think about your rights, responsibilities and the
future. At Brown & Crouppen, we make your interests
our priority. Do not settle for less than fair
compensation.
Hiring an attorney does not mean that your case will
take years to be settled or require that you go to
court. With Brown & Crouppen, your case will
probably be settled favorably in months, not years.
Few of our clients have ever appeared in court.
 My
name is Terry Crouppen. I am a senior partner here
at Brown and Crouppen. I’ve worked on car accident
injury cases for over 25 years. In that time, I’ve
worked with a lot of good people who’ve had their
lives dramatically changed, in an instant, because
of the carelessness of another driver. I’ve been
privileged to be able to help them put their lives
back together. Today, after a lot of hard work, I’m
proud to say that my law firm Brown and Crouppen is
one of the Midwest’s largest car accident injury
firms.
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 Hello my name is Tommy J. Believe me the last thing I ever wanted to be was the client of a personal injury lawyer. Don’t get me wrong the people at Brown and Crouppen have been great but this car wreck has really been tough on me and my family.
December 5, 2001 is a day I’ll never forget, I was riding with some friends after work when the driver of the car lost control and ran into the side of a building.
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 If
you’ve been in a car accident it’s important to
understand the “real” agenda of the insurance
company in your case. See, insurance companies exist
for one purpose only, to make money. Insurance
companies make money by selling insurance and
receiving premium payments, they then invest this
money and make even more money. Insurance companies
lose money by paying out benefits (money) to people
hurt in car accidents caused by the people they
insure.
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