Car Accidents
Understand car accident injury cases, how RedStone Law is different, and key steps to insuring a positive outcome for your case!
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Understanding Car Accident Injury Cases
Car accidents are among the leading causes of serious injuries in Clarksville, Tennessee, and Hopkinsville, Kentucky. At RedStone Law, we are committed to helping individuals and families who have been impacted by the physical, emotional, and financial challenges these accidents bring.
Our personal injury practice focuses on advocating for car accident victims, ensuring they receive fair compensation for their injuries. With extensive experience handling these cases, we understand the unique aspects of car accident claims and how to navigate the legal system to achieve the best outcomes for our clients.
Key Aspects of Car Accident Injury Cases:
- Proving Negligence
Most car accidents result from negligence—such as distracted driving, speeding, or driving under the influence. To secure compensation, we must demonstrate that the at-fault driver breached their duty of care and caused the accident.
- Gathering Evidence
Strong evidence is crucial to building a successful case. This includes police reports, witness statements, medical records, and photos or videos of the accident scene. In some cases, we work with accident reconstruction experts to strengthen claims.
- Dealing with Insurance Companies
Negotiating with insurance companies can be one of the most challenging aspects of a car accident case. Adjusters may attempt to minimize payouts or deny claims altogether. At Redstone Law, we handle all communication and negotiation, ensuring our clients are treated fairly.
- Maximizing Compensation
Injuries from car accidents can lead to costly medical bills, lost wages, property damage, and emotional distress. Our goal is to recover the full range of damages, including compensation for pain and suffering, future medical needs, and diminished quality of life.
- Navigating Tennessee and Kentucky Laws
Car accident laws vary by state, including statutes of limitations and comparative fault rules. We have deep knowledge of the laws in Tennessee and Kentucky and use this expertise to protect our clients’ rights.
6 Steps we take in a car crash case
- Review the police report and available insurance: We will explain to you how your insurance works to benefit you the most. We will review the police report to make sure key evidence is identified, and the report is accurate.
- Interview witnesses and law enforcement: Our retired police detective carefully interviews witnesses when needed. I often conduct interviews with key witnesses myself or secure a written statement from each witness.
- Secure photographs, video, and the “black box”: Closed circuit Tv and video monitoring are usually erased in a week. I need to get on top of this evidence quickly before it is lost forever. “Black box” computers inside the vehicles may need to be downloaded for serious injury or death cases.
- Preserve evidence known only to the at-fault driver or insurance company: It is important to identify "aggravating factors" that may need special preservation of evidence efforts. This can be expensive, so I do this on a case by case basis.
- Provide you a free Case Evaluation: The Case Evaluation addresses your concerns and helps you understand what your case is about. How much time will the case take? What compensation is recoverable? Questions like these are handled in the Case Evaluation.
- Provide you with a Plan of Action customized for your needs: When you hire me, I will take the Case Evaluation and write up a customized Plan of Action with easy-to-follow steps for a good start to your case. The Plan of Action is uploaded to your free Burman Law Client Portal (we’ll open the client portal on your smartphone). Or, if you don’t want to use the Client Portal, we can mail it to you. You need no money to hire me. My fees are in writing (I am cheaper than most competitors).
Why Choose RedStone Law?
With offices in Clarksville, Tennessee, and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, RedStone Law is dedicated to serving our community. We take pride in providing compassionate, personalized legal services for car accident victims. From the initial consultation to the resolution of your case, we are by your side every step of the way, fighting for the justice and compensation you deserve. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, don’t face the legal process alone. Contact Redstone Law today for a free consultation. Let us help you focus on healing while we handle the fight for your rights.
About RedStone Law
RedStone Law is about building relationships with clients for life. We provide affordable legal services in Tennessee & Kentucky with a focus in Auto Accidents. The team at RedStone law brings over 25 years of experience helping hundreds of accident victims against at-fault drivers and commercial operators of all types.
How DOES BURMAN LAW Determine fault for a car accident case?
Every driver has a duty to exercise ordinary care for the safety of other persons using the highway. We investigate and prove fault by motorists who:
- Fail to maintain a safe distance
- Fail to slow to a safe speed
- Fail to allow time for safe clearance
- Fail to obey traffic signals (i.e., red lights or stop signs)
- Fail to keep a proper lookout for pedestrian traffic
- Fail to pay attention, especially at night or during inclement weather
- Fail to perceive a dangerous condition or immediate hazard
- Fail to drive free of impairment by drugs or alcohol
- Fail to stop operating a cell phone while operating an automobile
WHAT DOES BURMAN LAW DO IN AN AUTOMOBILE CASE?
In every personal injury case, we investigate and preserve evidence. We locate and contact all available witnesses. We notify all necessary parties and insurance companies, notify all lien holders, gather and protect evidence and damages, prepare a settlement demand, negotiate a car accident settlement, resolve liens, and distribute a fair settlement to you. Automobile injury and death cases require quick attention from an experienced personal injury law firm. Mike Burman is a personal injury attorney with the staff and financial resources needed to take on any insurance company. As your automobile accident lawyer, Mike Burman and his law firm will work quickly to answer all your questions and learn about your injuries-including those hard-to-find injuries that are oftentimes overlooked, such as brain injuries or labral tears in the hip.
Once evidence from the scene is secure, we use information technologies to transform this evidence into a visual representation of your car crash to prove the harms and losses behind your injuries. Our in-house media service prepares professional digital charts, blowups, and videos while keeping costs under control. Our goal is to communicate your case so that anyone can “be sure” what happened and “understand” what should be done to right the wrong done to you. We work to provide the insurance adjuster with a thorough evaluation of your case so you achieve a full and fair out-of-court settlement. But if you must file suit, Burman Law will help prepare your case for trial. At trial, we will visualize your case to the jury, so the jury understands exactly what happened to you, and how your life changed. In this way, the jury has the power to right the wrong done to you.
Insurance Company Tactics
Insurance companies and insurance adjusters use several tactics to deny claims and pay less than the value of the claim. Some of the most common we see are:
- Blaming accident victims for their own injuries
- Reducing the value of the case by misinterpreting medical records
- Denying the injuries are related to the car crash
- Making low settlement offers for pre-existing or age-related factors
- Delaying claims as long as possible until you must take a low settlement offer
- Making lowball settlement offers to reduce the amount you think is reasonable
- Telling injury victims they do not need to hire a lawyer
HOW IS BURMAN LAW PAID?
You need no money to hire me. I am paid a reasonable fee out of the money paid to resolve your case. The decision to resolve your case is always yours to make. I work for you. All fees and costs will be transparent, upfront, and in writing. We are paid a percentage of the money recovered in your case. Many personal injury lawyers now charge a fee of 40% to begin your case. Our fee has been 1/3 for more than twenty-five plus years. We do not spend time or money on expensive Tv Ads, and we pass that savings on to you. There are no hidden disclaimers. We are transparent at all times.
With our free consultation and free case evaluation services, you can discuss your car accident case with Mike Burman in confidence. Mike will help you understand your rights and give you a plan of action based on real experience. There is never any pressure. We put all fees and case expenses in writing. As a Burman Law client, you will receive our free client portal so you can post anything you want 24/7/365. We respond to portal messages by the next business day, or sooner. And you can always contact Mike on his personal cell phone number which he will give you. Burman Law staff average ten years of paralegal experience. Mike has more than 25+ years of experience in personal injury and wrongful death involving car accidents and safety in Kentucky and Tennessee.
