Hiring a Trial Lawyer Increases Your Case Value (7 Factors)

This is a Guide about Why Hiring a Trial Lawyer Increases Your Case Value

After a wrongful death or catastrophic injury happens to your family, here are a few compelling reasons why you want to hire a trial lawyer that can take your case all the way to trial.

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7 Factors Insurance Companies Use to Value Cases:
(0:00) Introduction
(0:58) Insurance Companies want to avoid Risk
(3:50) Likelihood of the plaintiff's lawyer taking the case to trial
(11:30) How the jury will evaluate the case
(13:30) Severity of the injuries, damages, and losses
(14:34) Whether their insured is clearly 100% at fault or not
(16:35) The character, reputation, and amount of value the injured person added to the community
(17:57) The character, reputation, and amount of value the at-fault person added to the community
(19:13) If the at-fault person break any criminal laws or act in a reckless way
(19:52) How to increase the value of your injury or death claim

The first reason you should hire a trial lawyer is actually to avoid going to trial.

However, hiring a trial lawyer increases the chances you won’t have to go to trial. And it increases your chances of a fair settlement.

Factor 1: HOW LIKELY WILL THE ATTORNEY TAKE THIS CASE TO TRIAL?

This may be the most important factor an insurance company uses to set a value of a death or injury claim.

You want a lawyer who is rated as high as possible by the insurance companies. One who is a winning trial lawyer: not a sucker who will take any settlement they offer.

An insurance company loses control of your claim as soon as a jury trial starts.

Factor 2: HOW WILL THE JURY EVALUATE THE CASE?

A talented, experienced, and committed trial lawyer knows the value of your case is affected by how a jury will judge how bad the wrongdoer’s conduct was in causing the mayhem that ruined other people’s lives.

A talented trial lawyer knows how to make your case important. Not only to you and your family, but to the community.

You need an attorney who is able to show a jury what happened to you and your family, and how it can happen to anyone.

Factor 3: SEVERITY OF THE INJURIES, DAMAGES, AND LOSSES

The most important job a lawyer can do for their client is recover the full amount of damages.

So it fixes what can be fixed, and helps what can be helped to make up for what can’t be fixed or helped.

The insurance company adds settlement value to your case if your attorney has a strong reputation for managing losses in such a way that maximizes the value of your losses.

And if the insurance company knows your attorney does not have the ability, experience, or commitment to demonstrate your injuries, then they will reduce your case value.

If the insurance company suspects your attorney will have a powerful influence on a jury, they gladly pay more to settle rather than face the wrath of an upset jury.

Factor 4: WHETHER THEIR INSURED IN CLEARLY 100% AT FAULT OR NOT

An experience trial lawyer will be able to use the available facts to prove the defendant was at fault for your injuries.

Insurance companies seriously consider if they can blame you, or someone else for the negligence.

Your attorney’s reputation conveys to the insurance company whether they are committed to hiring the best experts to prove your case in front of a jury.

Again, this is an important factor that the insurance company will consider when making any settlement offer.

The insurance company does not want to face a jury when they know your attorney is talented at proving their insured was negligent.

Factor 5: THE CHARACTER, REPUTATION, AND AMOUNT OF VALUE THE INJURED PERSON ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY

Another important factor insurance companies consider is what will a jury think about the victim.

If you hire an experienced trial lawyer who is willing to take the case to a jury, then the insurance company will consider how well the attorney can present their client to a jury.

Experienced trial lawyers know how to show their clients in good light.

Factor 6: THE CHARACTER, REPUTATION, AND AMOUNT OF VALUE THE AT-FAULT PERSON ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY

The insurance company will consider how good or bad the defendant will look if hauled into court to answer for their negligence.

And even if they represent a really bad person or corporation, they know most lawyers won't go to trial to expose them.

However, with an experienced trial lawyer, the insurance company increases the value of your case if the defendant is a bad person or corporation.

Because they know an experienced trial lawyer will go all the way to trial and expose the wrongdoer for who they really are.

So, a trial lawyer can add pressure by seeking punitive damages. And this increases the chances of your case settling and not going to trial.

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