When should I hire a personal injury lawyer? | Gee Law Firm
I believe most personal injury lawyers will tell you as soon as physically, emotionally possible. A lot of people just look at it, “Well, I’m going to see if I’m going to heal,” or, “I’m going to see where these injuries carry me,” or, “I’m too stressed out to deal with it.” One of the things that you have to understand is the best evidence is that evidence that happened right there. Being able to do our research and do our investigations and find out what the liability is and who’s at fault – it starts to happen right away. When you start talking about markings on the road – yes, the police officer do what’s necessary and appropriate for them to do their investigations, but oftentimes, we’ll go out and we’ll hire an independent person who’s versed in testifying in front of the court, who’s versed in looking at certain markings on the road and how to make certain determinations or, if it’s a tractor trail involved, trying to get their hands on what you would call, “the little black box,” and all of the information that we can get to, because once those things are erased or they’re gone, they’re lost forever. If you’re talking about an automobile that has a recall on it and you don’t get that automobile and try to check through to see what’s wrong with it or if it falls under that recall, they may scrap that automobile. Then, what do you do? There’s a different process that you have to go through. So I tell folks, “Make sure that you care for your physical needs, but as soon as you know that you’re safe, call an attorney.”
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