- Traffic Accident
Our Office's Traffic Accident Response-Three Strengths
Bargaining power over insurance companies
We understand that traffic accidents can be a stressful time for both the victim and his/her relatives. However, in order to receive appropriate payment for your injury, you will have to undertake complicated calculations to submit an appropriate assessment of damages.
When you submit the extent of your damage to the insurance company, they will most likely assess your damage and offer you a meager sum of money. However in many cases, insurance companies try to withhold payments, so you may not receive the full sum of money of which you should be entitled to. In such a situation you will have to calculate the damage yourself and negotiate with the insurance company to receive the appropriate amount from them. However, this is a bad idea since without the necessary technical knowledge, you are likely to leave negotiations empty handed.
We therefore recommend that you consult with us so that we can use our wealth of experience and understanding of the field to handle negotiations with the insurance company on your behalf.
We will provide you with an accurate assessment of damages
In order to complete an assessment of damages, you will have a checkup from the doctors who will make a review of the extent of your injuries. However, since doctors are only medical professionals, they may not be familiar with the legal technical procedures and thus they may make assessments that undervalue the sum of compensation that you are entitled to. At our firm we have lawyers with a strong background in medicine who can assess your injuries and can give you an accurate assessment of damages.
We will provide you with all round support
In order to minimize the psychological burden of traffic accident on victims and their families, we have put in place a comprehensive support system that covers everything from negotiations with insurance companies to the continuation of medical expense payments, support for damage assessments, settlements with the insurance companies, and the settlement of lawsuits (should they occur).
If the lawyer does not negotiate, will the amount of compensation not be increased?
There are many people who try to negotiate with an insurance company on their own worrying about the costs of attorneys.
But lawyers can offer court standards-conscious compensation because there is a lot of chance that they will go through the process of actually challenging the case.
This makes it very difficult for the average person who is not aware of the legal process to aim for an increase in compensation.
Three compensation standards for traffic accidents
Automobile liability insurance standards
Automobile liability insurance is a compulsory insurance policy that requires drivers to purchase.
Automobile liability insurance standards compensation is based on the amount paid by the automobile liability insurance and is set at the lowest level as imagined. Many insurers try to talk about the Automobile liability insurance standards's compensation as a settlement.
If you settle the case without knowing anything about the insurance company, the compensation you should have received will be much lower.
Voluntary insurance standards
Voluntary insurance standards sets the amount of compensation based on its own payment standards.
As you can see if you think about the difference between compulsory and voluntary auto insurance, it's a certain amount added to the compulsory insurance standard.
In other words, even if an insurer has offered to pay damages at the upper limit of its voluntary insurance standards, it is still generally lower than the amount of damages that can be awarded in court.
Therefore, even in voluntary insurance standards cases, settlement should not be easily reached.
Court standards
Court standard is based on the expected amount of the trial.
This is an objective amount of compensation that can be derived by a court decision, so it is considered to be the most reasonable and fair standard amount.
Incidentally, the amount of this court standard is not binding on the courts, and there are cases in which the amount of compensation is increased.
Proposed out-of-court settlements of insurers are usually made in Automobile liability insurance standards or Voluntary insurance standards
Insurance companies have strategies in place to reduce the amount of compensation paid in advance. In general, they present the " Compulsory Liability Standard", and if there is no agreement, they try to settle the case by showing the "Voluntary Insurance Standard". However, the fact is that the "voluntary insurance standard" is still a low amount.
In some cases, you may be able to receive more than twice the amount of the "voluntary insurance standard" depending on the "court standard". In such cases, it is the right choice not to agree to the insurance company's settlement offer easily, but that does not mean that the average person can expect a great effect when he or she insists that "I will fight in court then".
This is because if you really intend to fight in court, your lawyer will have already done that negotiation. Thus, it is considered that it is most effective to leave it to the lawyer when you negotiate with the insurance company. Even after deducting the attorney's fees, the amount of compensation you can receive under voluntary insurance standards is often greater than the amount of compensation you can receive, so the smartest choice the average person can make is to hire an attorney.
Benefits of asking lawyers for traffic accidents
Increase in the amount of compensation
We are a specialists in dealing with the resolution of accidents and are capable of responding to all circumstances.
Many perpetrators have voluntary insurance, so the negotiation with the victim is conducted with the insurance company. If you consult with our lawyers, you will come out of negotiations with a larger sum of compensation, thus improving the quality of your life post-accident. There are many accident consultation services, but depending on the amount of compensation and the situation, there are projects that cannot be handled by such companies, hence why we recommend you consult a qualified firm such as ours.
Strong bargaining power with insurance companies
It is a bad idea to negotiate with the insurance company on your own since without the necessary technical knowledge, you are likely to leave negotiations empty handed.
We therefore recommend that you consult with us so that we can use our wealth of experience and understanding of the field to handle negotiations with the insurance company on your behalf.
Negotiations to prevent the discontinuation of treatment
In order to minimize the psychological burden of traffic accident on victims and their families, we have put in place a comprehensive support system that covers everything from negotiations with insurance companies to the continuation of medical expense payments, support for damage assessments, settlements with the insurance companies, and the settlement of lawsuits (should they occur).
Acquisition of appropriate aftereffects grade certification
In order to obtain an appropriate aftereffects grade certification, not only medical knowledge but also strict judgment about the accident and complicated procedural work must be done.
Providing that you are supported by attorneys familiar with the procedures, you can smoothly obtain an appropriate aftereffects grade.
If you have a Attorneys' Fees Special Clause, you will be free of attorneys' fees!
Please confirm the details of the insurance you have taken out.
Please check the insurance you are enrolling to to see whether your attorney fees could be covered by your insurance company. The attorney's fee may be covered by your plan depending on the type of insurance you are enrolled to.
If the insurance of the victim of a traffic accident or the insurance of the family of the victim of a traffic accident has an Attorney's fee rider, the insurance will cover up to 3 million yen as attorney's fee.
In some cases, the Attorneys' Fees Special Clause may be applied to the automobile insurance in which your family is enrolled. If applicable, please consult with the insurance company, etc. in which you are enrolled.
In addition to automobile insurance, there may also be Attorneys' Fees Special Clause in fire and non-life insurance.
We adopt a clear, easy to understand deferred payment system
To ensure that people suffering from traffic accidents do not feel anxiety about the costs of hiring lawyers, we have set up a system in which the first-time consultation fee is free for 30 minutes, and we have established a uniform and easy-to-understand system for remuneration. In addition, our firm has adopted a fully deferred payment system in which remuneration is paid after insurance claims and compensations are obtained.
※ Attorneys' fees for the use of Attorney's fee rider shall be based on standards in accordance with the former JFBA Compensation Standards.
For people living in the vicinity of Utsunomiya City and suffering from traffic accidents
The Legal Profession Corporation for Traffic Accidents has a large number of lawyers with proven track records in traffic accidents, providing prompt and full support to clients.
We have established a system that enables all branches to share information on the contents and results of each project, so we always maintain the best level of support.
Please feel free to consult with us first, as there is no charge for consulting.
