Being involved in a car accident throws a wrench in your life. Chances are you already had your plate full and now you are dealing with getting your car repaired or have to buy a new car, coordinating a rental car, and on top of that if you’re injured then you’re laid up, out of work, and going to medical appointments. All of this is added stress that you didn’t need and now you have to deal with insurance adjusters whose job is to pay out as little as they can on your claim. Our firm is confident that we will take the burden of handling your claim off your hands and that we will get you more money in your pocket than you will if you attempt to handle your claim on your own. Less stress and more money for you. Our expertise has been gained by handling accident and injury cases and dealing with the insurance companies over the last 42 years.
How is the insurance company evaluating your bodily injury claim following an accident?
The insurance companies handle claims all day and when you are injured in an accident you just become another claim number in their system. Regardless of what insurance company you are dealing with, you are not “in good hands” and you will not be treated like “a good neighbor”, you simply become another statistic.
The insurance company does not listen to the troubles the accident has caused you in your life outside of the medical bills and loss of earnings, if you are lucky. The insurance companies do not trust claimant’s or the representations made to them about how a claimant’s life has been impacted. Rather, the insurance companies are using a computer software (Colossus) to determine the value of your claim. This computer software has been developed to pay out as little as they can on each claim. They enter information about your claim into their software including but not limited to the injuries claimed or diagnosed, number of medical appointments, number of days from the injury to your last date of treatment, location of injury (e.g. San Diego, CA), whether you have a Carlsbad personal injury attorney, what law firm you are represented by, etc. Based on the information provided the software guides the adjusters in the valuation of your claim.
How does Miller & Steele make a difference in my claim?
We are the voice for the injured people of our community. As you can tell, the insurance companies do not want to hear your story and quite frankly don’t care, they simply want to get rid of your claim for as little money as they can. We know how insurance companies evaluate claims and we know how to present a claim to maximize value. We advocate for our client’s and make sure the insurance companies know how our client’s lives have been affected as a result of the accident they were involved in and the injuries they suffered as a result. We get our client’s compensated for the economic damage as well as the pain and suffering, inconvenience, and overall loss of enjoyment of life caused by their injuries. If the insurance company will not provide justice for our clients, we will seek justice in a court of law and present our clients case at trial to a panel of their peers from their community.
Miller & Steele is a reputable civil litigation firm amongst the insurance companies and is known to have great success at trial since 1978. This is important because insurance companies will not compensate you fairly unless they know your lawyer will take your case to trial and has had consistent success at trial. This is greatly beneficial to our clients in getting their claims resolved.
Our firm offers free initial consultations to evaluate your claim, so there is no harm in contacting us to ask about your case. We are honest with potential clients and tell them whether it makes sense to hire us.
If you have been involved in a car accident and have questions please contact our Carlsbad car accident attorneys to learn about your rights. Your initial consultation is free and if you retain our services no fee will be payable to our firm unless we obtain compensation for you.