When Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage is Your Best Chance of Recovery of Benefits After an Accident
Perhaps it is not surprising that negligent drivers — inattentive, drunk or otherwise careless — are often the same ones who carry minimal insurance or no insurance. If you were injured in a car accident in Georgia involving an underinsured or uninsured motorist, you are encouraged to have your case reviewed by attorneys with extensive experience in resolving insurance disputes.
Georgia laws now allow motorists to elect to stake UI/UIM on top of at-fault auto insurance coverage. Whenever we have the opportunity, we encourage people to make that election. No one ever expects to suffer a catastrophic injury in an auto accident. But in a flash, your life may drastically change when an irresponsible person crashes into your vehicle.
Your losses will be great on a personal level — but with adequate insurance coverage, including ample uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, you may have the financial means necessary to compensate for your losses — even with something as serious as paralysis caused by a spinal cord injury.
Most likely, however, you have arrived at this webpage because of a car accident that has already happened.
Your family member may be in rehabilitation, and you wonder how the family will make it once all the medical bills arrive. Our best advice to you at this point is to find the most experienced, confident personal injury lawyer that you can. An attorney who has dug into the intricacies of insurance policies time and again on behalf of injured clients may be your best ally in addition to the victim's attending physician.
Physical recovery and financial recovery go hand in hand after a serious accident. Contact us at Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC, and learn how we can help.
