Car crash case evaluation

On Oct 15, 10:28 am, "babypink2...@googlemail.com" <babypink2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi

Back at ya.

> I was on holiday earlier this year and was involved in a car accident,

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Sorry to hear about your injury.

> I have
> employed a lawyer in the USA after the guy that struck us admitted
> liability and we contacted our insureres staight away.

OK, I had to read nearly to the bottom of your post to find out you've already done the one (OK, two) things I was going to suggest you do ASAP if not sooner.   For benefit of others reading this thread, if you've been injured in a wreck (even if you don't know yet how badly) and it wasn't your fault (you don't have to figure out yet whose fault it _was_ or wait until the other guy accepts and admits liability) you should hire a lawyer promptly after the crash -- within a few days at most, ideally.  The lawyer can help collect evidence that might otherwise fade or be destroyed (pix of the vehicles, frex, and witness statements) and you will be in a power postition for negotiating with the various insurers, as opposed to the poor fool who tries to do it all himself and never gets taken seriously by the insurance adjusters who hope they can get him to accept a ridiculously lowball settlement because he doesn't know any better.   But you're not in that boat, you've already got a lawyer to make those estimates for you based on his/her experience and knowledge.  However, that hasn't stopped you from trying to second-guess your lawyer here on MLM by asking those of us who are far less familiar with the pertinent details than he is to evaluate your case.

> I was wondering what is the ball park region I would be looking at as
> a financial settlement as I am struggling to find information on this
> sort of injury and payment?

I have no realistic idea, without knowing as much as your lawyer does about the case and all its ins and outs.   It depends on how much your medical bills were, how long you were in hospital, what other treatment you required and how long that took, how articulate you and your other witnesses (including your treating doctors) and your attorney will be at describing your pain and suffering symptoms, what exactly the guy in the 4x4 did that made him run into you (I know, it's not supposed to affect the evaluation of damages, but it does -- they're more likely to slam a speeding drunk than someone who was momentarily distracted by kids in the back seat, frex), what your job was, how much it paid, what your future prospects were, why you couldn't get back into the same job or onein the same field paying just as well after you recovered, and so forth.  Just as a frex, the investment bankers who died in the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers got a lot more from the federal compensation fund than the janitors in the same building, because the earning capacity that their families lost was so much higher.

As to why you're "struggling" to find this info, I'm honestly puzzled.   Have you tried going to the best resource you have for an answer to how much your case might be worth -- your own lawyer?  The bottom line is that when you ask these questions of your own lawyer, you should listen to what your lawyer tells you, and take his advice.    Anything we could tell you here would be a shot in the dark.  Good luck,

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