While a minor fender bender can usually be dealt with over the course of a few days, a serious car accident can be a scary, even traumatizing, experience. If you have recently been involved in such an accident and are wondering whether you may be best served by hiring an attorney to deal with the legal aftermath, take a look below at three reasons why it could be a hugely beneficial decision.

Dealing with Insurance Companies

Insurance companies rarely have your best interests at heart. Instead, representatives of insurance companies will usually have only one goal after an accident: to make the lowest possible offer that you are likely to accept and one that won't threaten their bottom line. Furthermore, even if you are aware of this, you may not possess the necessary legal context to determine whether an offer is a good one or not. Fortunately, attorneys who specialize in car accidents are able to inform you about whether an offer is a particularly low one or whether it is in line with other fair offers in cases similar to your own.

Building Your Case

In order to get the best settlement possible, accident lawyers work to build your case from the ground up. This means getting testimony from witnesses who were at the scene of the accident, as well as interviewing medical experts about your condition following the crash. Without an attorney, your case is likely to be nothing more than a 'he-said, she-said" affair in which nobody's proof bests anybody else's. In turn, you may get a disappointing insurance settlement and pay for any extra bills out of your own pocket. In this sense, the decision to hire the services of an expert attorney can pay for itself fairly quickly. 

Dealing with the Legal System

After a serious accident, you may be confined to a hospital room for several weeks or even longer. Worse yet, you may not have any family or friends who are able to handle the legal side of things on a regular basis. While this may seem minor in comparison to your physical well-being, the two are closely related. All the paperwork related to your case must be obtained quickly, filled out correctly, and filed appropriately in order for your case to have any hope of succeeding. While this is technically possible to do by yourself, an attorney can make the entire process that much easier.

If you've been in a car accident, reach out to a car accident lawyer to see if you have a case.