Car Accident Lawyer in Colorado

Although you might consider trying to handle your car accident claim on your own, especially if the insurance company has quickly offered you a settlement, you will almost always need a lawyer to help you following a car crash. Being represented by a car accident attorney will likely result in you recovering greater compensation than you might otherwise recover if you try to handle your case alone.

An experienced car accident lawyer at Earl & Earl, PLLC, can review the facts and circumstances of your case to determine the total extent of your losses, including your past and future expenses, and can pursue a case result that fairly and fully compensates you. Having a car accident attorney on your side can also prove critical if the other driver or party tries to argue that you were to blame for the accident or that you bear some fault for the crash. If you are found to have some responsibility for the accident, it can affect your compensation rights.

If you may have been partially to blame for the car accident you were involved in, it does not necessarily bar you from pursuing a compensation claim. Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence rule for car accident cases. Under this rule, you may still pursue a claim for compensation following a car accident so long as your share of fault for the accident is not as great or greater than the share of fault of the person you are seeking compensation from. For example, if you were involved in a car accident with one other driver, you may pursue a claim for compensation against the other at-fault driver if your share of fault for the crash was not more than 50 percent.

Even when you are still entitled to bring a claim despite your partial fault for the accident, your total financial recovery will be reduced in proportion to your share of responsibility under the modified comparative negligence rule. For example, suppose you suffered $100,000 in total losses in a car accident and are found to have been 25 percent at fault for the crash and your injuries and losses. In that case, the court will reduce your recovery by $25,000 to reflect your share of responsibility.

The Colorado car accident attorneys of Earl & Earl, PLLC, work on a contingency fee basis. Under this arrangement, you are not required to pay any fees upfront for our legal representation. We will not get paid in a contingency fee arrangement unless and until we secure compensation for you through a settlement or trial. We then receive a previously agreed-upon percentage of the total financial recovery that we have obtained for you in your case.

Estimating how long any car accident claim will take can be incredibly difficult. Many factors affect the length of any case, including:

• Whether the other driver or party contests liability for the accident
• How many parties are involved in the accident (including both drivers and passengers)
• The extent of injuries and whether you are still undergoing treatment when you bring your claim
• The amount of insurance coverage available to compensate you and other victims of the accident
• Whether your case ends with a settlement or ends up going to trial

The other driver’s insurance company may contact you shortly following a car accident. You should keep in mind that the insurance company is not serving your interests but rather trying to protect its interests by avoiding any liability or paying you as little compensation as possible. To achieve that goal, the insurance company will often try to get you to make a statement and say things that it can later use as proof that you were responsible for causing the accident.

If the other driver’s insurance company contacts you, you should decline to speak to the adjuster and instead request that they direct any communications and requests to your car accident attorney at Earl & Earl, PLLC. Your attorney can provide the insurance company with the information it needs while protecting your rights and interests.