Many car accident cases in Tennessee will settle within nine months. Most will be resolved within two years from the date of the wreck. However, no two cases are the same. Injury severity and the length of medical treatment will impact how long it takes to settle a Tennessee car wreck case. Negotiating a personal injury settlement while not knowing the full extent of your damages is a bad idea. The short one year statute of limitations does not terminate your case, it is merely a time when a lawsuit must be filed.
If you want to settle fast, the insurance company will likely make an early offer. They hope you will accept because it is typically low. If you accept the offer, your case can be resolved in weeks. Car accident injury victims want their case settled quickly and for the most amount of money. This is understandable and is not greedy. In Tennessee we get, ‘one bite at the apple’. This means one lump sum payment will compensate for all losses. Settlement means the claim is released forever. It takes time to accurately compute damages. Once a case is released and settled there will be no future payment.
We tell our Tennessee car accident injury clients, ‘This is not a fast process.’ Most want to collect their settlement and put the crash in the past ASAP. Personal injury cases take time to resolve correctly. If you, or a loved one, were injured and have questions contact Car Accident Lawyer George Angelopoulos today at 615-422-7171 to start a free consultation.
The number one reason car accident settlements take so long is because of the length of medical treatment needed to make a full recovery. However, this is not the case conclusion. At the end of treatment or Maximum Medical Improvement is declared the following must happen before injury clients are paid:
Stop playing insurance games. Call Tennessee Personal Injury Attorney George Angelopoulos at 615-422-7171. We handle the stress and allow you to focus on returning to health. We will dot the I’s, cross the T’s and enforce your rights.
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