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 Today we have David Greene from Greene & Phillips explaining...

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MOBILE, AL (WALA) -
Today we have David Greene from Greene & Phillips explaining what to expect when you hire a
personal injury lawyer.
First off someone if someone has been in an accident and they decide they need to get in touch with
a lawyer. To receive help from a Dallas car wreck lawyer, a Dallas medical malpractice attorney, a
Dallas construction accident attorney, a Dallas product negligence claim lawyer, or any other type of
personal injury in the Dallas / North Texas area, please contact us today by calling (214) 651-
4288.How can they get in touch with you?
Anytime day or night, they can call us at 251-300-2000, go to our laws on dui GreenePhillips.com,
use the Greene & Phillips injury app on their smartphone, or during business hour stop by our
offices on North Florida St.
One of our intake specialists will get your name and phone number and some details about your
accident, then if youre already at the office, either I or one of our excellent attorneys will sit down
with you to let you explain the accident and your injuries. From there hell be able to give you advice
as to how to proceed. This meeting is confidential and completely free. If we can think we can help
you, and you hire us, well get to work immediately.
What happens if someone is too far away to get to your office, or maybe they are unable to drive
because of their injury or their car is totaled?
We can come to you at your house or at the hospital, it doesnt matter. Just tell us when you call that
you cant come in, and wed be glad to come to you. For clients who live in other areas, they can even
consult with one of our attorneys over the phone, and we can send them paperwork through the
mail.
Once the client comes in and hires you, are there any upfront costs they need to worry about?
Personal injury attorneys work on a contingency fee, that means we get paid a percentage of the
final settlement or verdict amount. So you wont owe us a dime, unless they get money for their case.
Once the client has hired you, what happens next?
First, they need to get better, the client should ask their doctor or chiropractor what are the steps to
fully recover. If they cant afford a doctor or havent seen one, we can often set up a letter of protect
that allows our clients to receive treatment and have those bills paid out of the final settlement. This
can be a big relief for a client who is already cash-strapped because of the accident.
What type of investigation will you be doing while the client is recovering?
As the client is recovering, well find the accident report, well interview the other driver and any
witnesses, and well start a conversation with the other drivers insurance company about the severity
of your case. Well recover any pictures or video from the scene, and well often even visit the scene

2. with our experts to determine what really happened.
Does the patient need to fully recover before the case moves on?
For relatively minor injuries, it is most often worth waiting until they are fully recovered to move on.
The settlement they get will be based on their medical expenses as well as their pain and suffering,
drinking and driving article once they receive a settlement and they uncover additional injuries, they
cant then go back to the insurance company asking for more money. Its important to make sure you
have fully recovered before continuing, or in what is the legal bac limit severe cases, we can build in
future medical care into your settlement.
What we do then is order your medical records and bills and take those along with our investigative
data and send that to the insurance company. This begins the negotiation phase of the case. All of
our lawyers are trained to fight for every penny we can get our clients, and it is at this stage that a
lawyers experience can really make a big difference. We negotiate with the same adjustors on
multiple cases, we know what an injury like yours is worth, and based on all that information, we
wont let the insurance company pay you less than you deserve.
Once a case settles does the client immediately get a check?
When the case settles with a number that our client agrees to, we then go to work negotiating with
the medical and health insurance providers to help lower the cost of what you have to pay them back
out of the settlement. Once that is done, well bring them back into the office, walk them line by line
over the costs associated with their case, and give them a big check.
How much more money can an attorney get a client than if the accident victim negotiated with the
insurance adjustor themselves?
Insurance company own research a few years ago says that accident victims with an attorney get
three times as much money as those who dont have a lawyer. So even with the lawyer fees and other
expenses, having a lawyer can really make what is the legal bac limit big difference.
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