- Traffic Accident
Our Office's Traffic Accident Response-Three Strengths?
Bargaining power over insurance companies
We understand that traffic accidents can be a stressful time for both the victim and his/her relatives. However, in order to receive appropriate payment for your injury, you will have to undertake complicated calculations to submit an appropriate assessment of damages.
When you submit the extent of your damage to the insurance company, they will most likely assess your damage and offer you a meager sum of money. However in many cases, Insurance companies try to withhold payments, so you may not receive the full sum of money of which you should be entitled to. In such a situation you will have to calculate the damage yourself and negotiate with the insurance company to receive the appropriate amount from them. However, this is a bad idea since without the necessary technical knowledge, you are likely to leave negotiations empty handed.
We therefore recommend that you consult with us so that you can use our wealth of experience and understanding of the field to handle negotiations with the insurance company on your behalf.
We will provide you with an accurate assessment of damages
In order to complete an assessment of damages, you will have a checkup from the doctors who will make a review of the extent of your injuries. However, since doctors are only medical professionals, they may not be familiar with the legal technical procedures and thus they may make assessments that undervalue the sum of compensation that you are entitled to. At our firm we have lawyers with a strong background in medicine who can assess your injuries who can give you an accurate assessment of damages.
We will provide you with all round support
In order to minimize the psychological burden of traffic accident victims and their families, we have put in place a comprehensive support system that covers everything from negotiations with insurance companies to the continuation of medical expense payments, support for damage assessments, settlements with the insurance companies, and the settlement of lawsuits (should they occur).
We have a system in place to provide total support to clients until they negotiate to prevent the discontinuation of treatment costs, provide grade support for disability, negotiate settlements with insurance companies and claim damages, and settle lawsuits.
If the lawyer does not negotiate, will the amount of compensation not be increased?
There are many people who try to negotiate with an insurance company on their own with an awareness of the costs of attorneys.
But lawyers can offer Court standards-conscious compensation because there is a lot of chance that they will go through the process of actually challenging the case.
Therefore, it is very difficult for an insurance company to increase the amount of compensation offered by the insurance company even if the general public, who does not have knowledge of legal procedures, negotiates directly with the insurance company.
Three compensation standards for traffic accidents
Automobile liability insurance standards
Automobile liability insurance is a compulsory insurance policy that requires drivers to purchase.
Automobile liability insurance standards compensation is based on the amount paid by the automobile liability insurance and is set at the lowest level as imagined. Many insurers try to talk about the Automobile liability insurance standards's compensation as a settlement.
If you settle the settlement without knowing anything about the insurance company, you will be able to reduce the amount of compensation that you would otherwise receive.
Voluntary insurance standards
Voluntary insurance standards sets the amount of compensation based on its own payment standards.
As an image, it would be good to think that the amount is increased somewhat by the amount approaching the Automobile liability insurance standards.
In other words, even if an insurer has offered to pay damages at the upper limit of its Voluntary insurance standards, it is still generally lower than the amount of damages that can be awarded in court.
Therefore, even in Voluntary insurance standards cases, settlement should not be easily reached.
Court standards
Court standards is based on the expected amount of the trial.
This is an objective amount of compensation that can be derived by a court decision, so it is considered to be the most reasonable and fair standard amount.
Incidentally, the amount of this Court standards is not binding on the courts, and there are cases in which the amount of compensation is increased.
Proposed out-of-court settlements of insurers are usually made in Automobile liability insurance standards or Voluntary insurance standards
The insurance company is trying to reduce the payment of damages as much as possible.
For this reason, we first present the amount to be paid based on the automobile liability insurance standard, and if it is difficult to do so, we will present the compensation at the Voluntary insurance standards and try to summarize the discussion.
However, in some cases, a trial may result in more than twice as much compensation as the Voluntary insurance standards.
So, simply, can the general public say, "Then we will fight in court?" Unfortunately, this is not very effective.Therefore, even if you do not currently entrust your case to an attorney, there is a high probability that the insurance company will offer you an amount close to the court standard because they fear that you might bring it to a "trial by failure to settle" in the future if you have an attorney. In other words, it may be possible to approach the court standard amount without a trial simply by hiring an attorney.
Benefits of asking lawyers for traffic accidents
Increase in the amount of compensation
We are a specialized in dealing with the resolution of accidents and are capable of responding to all circumstances.
Many perpetrators have voluntary insurance, so the negotiation with the victim is conducted with the insurance company. If you consult with our lawyers, you will come out of negotiations with a larger sum of compensation, thus improving the quality of your post-accident life. There are many accident consultation services, but depending on the amount of compensation and the situation, there are projects that cannot be handled by such companies, hence we recommend you consult a qualified firm such as ours.
Strong bargaining power with insurance companies
It is a bad idea to negotiate with the insurance company on your own since without the necessary technical knowledge, you are likely to leave negotiations empty handed.
We therefore recommend that you consult with us so that you can use our wealth of experience and understanding of the field to handle negotiations with the insurance company on your behalf.
Negotiations to prevent the discontinuation of treatment
In order to minimize the psychological burden of traffic accident victims and their families, we have put in place a comprehensive support system that covers everything from negotiations with insurance companies to the continuation of medical expense payments, support for damage assessments, settlements with the insurance companies, and the settlement of lawsuits (should they occur).
Acquisition of appropriate aftereffects grade certification
In order to obtain an appropriate aftereffects grade certification, not only medical knowledge but also strict judgment about the accident and complicated procedural work must be done.
Providing that you are supported by attorneys familiar with the procedures, you can smoothly obtain an appropriate aftereffects grade.
If you have a Attorneys' Fees Special Clause, you will be free of attorneys' fees!
Please confirm the details of the insurance you have taken out.
Please check the insurance you are enrolling to to see whether your attorney fees could be covered by your insurance company. The attorney's fee may be covered by your plan depending on the type of insurance you are enrolled in.
If the insurance of the victim of a traffic accident or the insurance of the family of the victim of a traffic accident has an Attorney's fee rider, the insurance will cover up to 3 million yen as attorney's fee.
In some cases, the Attorneys' Fees Special Clause may be applied to the automobile insurance in which your family is enrolled. If applicable, please consult with the insurance company, etc. in which you are enrolled.
In addition to automobile insurance, there may also be Attorneys' Fees Special Clause in fire and damage insurance.
Improving the cost system to prevent victims from losing money
Our legal fees are very clear. First of all, the consultation fee is zero yen. And the initiation fee is zero yen. The fee is 200,000 yen plus 10% of the amount recovered. The fee is paid after the insurance or compensation is paid.
Furthermore, we make sure that the amount of compensation remaining in your hands (the face value after payment to us) will not be less than the amount presented by the insurance company prior to the client's request to our firm.
In the event that the special clause on attorney's fees is used, attorney's fees will be based on the old Japan Federation of Bar Associations fee standard.
For people living in the vicinity of Nagano City and suffering from traffic accidents
The Legal Profession Corporation for Traffic Accidents has a large number of lawyers with proven track records in traffic accidents, providing prompt and full support to clients.
We have established a system that enables all branches to share information on the contents and results of each project, so we always maintain the best level of support.
Please feel free to consult with us first, as there is no charge for consulting.