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Your Virginia Personal Injury Battle (Part B)
Insurance Companies are the Enemy of Virginia Personal Injury Claims
In the fight for compensation for your Virginia personal injury claim you may have a good ally in your Fairfax personal injury attorney, and now you're entering the arena to face your opponent: the insurance company. The insurance companies have a large list of allies of their own:
- the defendant and their story;
- their own "experts";
- huge financial and legal supports; and
- experience in volume (years established AND claims settled).
Remember that an insurance company is backed by millions, even billions of dollars, tons of high-powered attorneys, and a client list of millions. You are a single person with a Virginia personal injury claim and only a few thousand in damages. In their eyes, you're chump change.
Even though most insurance companies can afford to settle all their Virginia personal injury claims for the fair amount they're worth, they never want to. Your Fairfax personal injury attorney can review the initial settlement they offer (if they offer one at all) and determine if it attends to all your rightful damages. In most cases, it doesn't, and that's where the battle begins.
Surviving the Battle with the Insurance Companies
Because Virginia is a contributory negligence state the insurance companies know that even the tiniest bit of blame they can place on you for the accident is grounds for them to toss out your claim. If you manage to at least make it to the claim evaluation stage, you're just getting started.
The insurance companies use every trick in the book to try and get you to damage your Virginia personal injury claim somehow. Their adjusters pretend to be compassionate and concerned, but are really just instilling a false sense of security to get you to really open up about the accident. The more they get you talking on a friendly basis, the more apt you are to somehow give them some leverage for placing the blame on you concerning your injuries.
Your Fairfax personal injury attorney will be right there by your side and can give you advice on how to deal with these insurance adjusters. A good attorney knows what to advise their clients to avoid saying to adjusters, and how to handle these sometimes intimidating interviews.
Contacting a Fairfax Personal Injury Attorney
You don't have to deal with insurance companies alone when you're looking to file a Virginia personal injury claim. Fairfax personal injury attorney Ben Glass fights to help victims in the Virginia and D.C. areas settle their Virginia personal injury claim.
To get more educated on personal injury or car accident cases click on this link for access to a free sample chapter of Ben's book, The Five Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Injury Claim.
To set up a free consultation, contact me today - 703-591-9829.
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- I never once felt stressed during the process of pursuing the case, only confidence and a shared sense of being on the right side. You and your staff are truly remarkable.
- As a personal injury attorney and medical malpractice attorney in Virginia, I do not know a more ethical,professional,and aggressive when appropriate attorney in Northern Virginia.
- Ben Glass is a rare breed, he is an ethical lawyer with impressive integrity.
- I found Ben while searching for info on car insurance. He had done some videos with an insurance agent in Virginia that were really helpful when purchasing my first policy (can't be under mom and dad's forever!).
- I commend Mr. Glass for his excellent communications skills. Even a novice can understand his succinct, first-person narrative writing style.
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