Monroe Car Accident Lawyers

When clients come to us for the first time, they often tell us they hesitated to call us because they were not sure they had a legitimate claim. This happens more often than you may expect. After all, victims in accidents like this often are going through the process for the first time. On the other hand, our team at Sumwalt Anderson deals with cases like this every day, so our experience can be a significant benefit to you.

We will seek benefits for you in a few different areas, always working to maximize the amount we attempt to win for you. Trust our Monroe car accident lawyers to present facts that show the insurance company why you should have the amount we are requesting for an award.

Pain and Suffering

The pain and suffering award is one of the most important aspects of a settlement after a car crash with injuries. This amount is highly variable, depending on the circumstances of the crash and the severity of your injuries. Someone with life-altering injuries can seek a larger settlement – maybe even something as large as six or seven figures – versus someone who has injuries that allow them to return to a normal life after a couple of weeks. Lesser injuries potentially could result in a four- or five-figure settlement.

Compensation for pain and suffering could include things like:

• A reduction in your quality of life
• Ongoing pain
• Inability to sleep
• Nightmares
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Anxiety about driving again
• Inconveniences in your life related to the accident
• Disabilities
• Disfigurement.

Our team’s experience with cases like this can be invaluable to you. Relying on how we handled past cases, we can develop and request a pain and suffering settlement amount that truly reflects the way your life is different because of the injuries. It’s important to get this number right, and you can trust us to do our homework and find facts that back up the claims we are making.

Medical Bills

You deserve reimbursement for any medical costs you accumulated through treatment for your injuries after the accident. You should not have to pay these costs when you did nothing wrong.

Our car accident attorneys in Monroe will take account of the medical bills you accumulated up to the date of the settlement. Should we believe you will need additional medical care after the date of the settlement, we will estimate that amount and make it part of the amount we request for the award.

Lost Wages

If you could not work because of your injuries, you deserve reimbursement for this amount of money, too. You should not have to suffer financial hardship from your reduced salary, which is why this is an important aspect of receiving reimbursement.

Should we reach a settlement before you are able to fully return to work, we would estimate the amount of wages you cannot earn in the future and include that amount as part of the award that we request.

Why Choose Our Monroe Car Accident Lawyers to Represent You

Our Car Accident Lawyers in Monroe, NC, Have Several Decades of Experience

When you are in the midst of a case where you need a car accident attorney, don’t assume just any lawyer can help. Your hopes for receiving a financial settlement that compensates you fully for the hardships you are now facing depend on hiring the right car accident lawyers. Yes, you need a dedicated personal injury lawyer, but you need one that has experience and proven success with car accident cases.

At Sumwalt Anderson, our team of Monroe car accident lawyers will treat your case with the individual attention it deserves, focusing on the aspects of your accident that make it unique. At the same time, we will draw on the experience and strategies we used to win large settlements in car accident cases in the past – including winning several cases with seven-figure judgments – to have the best chance at earning a successful award for you.

Attorney Mark Sumwalt

Few Monroe car accident attorneys can match the level of experience that Mark T. Sumwalt brings to these cases. He has four decades of experience as an attorney in North Carolina. He knows the importance of preparation in every case, whether he is meeting with the insurance company on your behalf as part of the negotiation process or whether he is representing you in a personal injury trial.

Attorney Richard Anderson

With about three decades of experience representing victims of injury accidents, attorney Richard L. Anderson fully understands the circumstances in any kind of car accident case that results in injuries. He knows that the key to success for our Monroe car accident lawyers is to listen to our clients. When we fully understand what you want to accomplish with the case and about your hopes and concerns for the future, we can better represent your interests.

How We Can Help

Trust the Skills of Our Monroe Car Accident Attorneys

As an accident victim, you may initially wonder whether you actually need the services of our car accident lawyers in Monroe, NC. After all, the insurance company’s representatives are promising to take care of you. This is a misleading sentiment, though. In reality, the primary goal of any insurance company is to maximize its profits by paying settlements that are as small as possible. No insurance company is going to put your interests ahead of its profits, no matter what its representatives tell you.

When you hire Sumwalt Anderson, we provide a number of benefits for you. The most important benefit is that we are working only for you. We don’t care about the insurance company’s profit margin. We only care about trying to win a settlement that represents an amount that compensates you fairly for your pain, suffering, emotional trauma, medical bills, and lost wages. Some of the other skills our Monroe car accident lawyers bring to the negotiating table on your behalf include:

• Using our experience to help you determine whether a settlement offer amount is fair.
• Making sure all your injuries have documentation, so you can receive compensation for your related medical bills.
• Investigating the accident from all angles, so we can prove that the other driver is completely at fault.
• Interviewing anyone who witnessed or investigated the accident, as well as interviewing your doctors, to gather all the facts.
• Hitting all required deadlines for filing documents in the case.
• Helping you decide whether to solve the case through negotiations or to take the case to court.

Reach out to learn how Sumwalt Anderson can help with your Monroe car accident injury claim.

Our Monroe Car Accident Lawyers Will Work to Find Facts That Prove Your Side of the Story

In North Carolina, state law requires that any victim of a car crash can only collect compensation for injuries and hardships if the other driver is completely at fault for the accident, as shown in North Carolina statute § 1-139.

If you are trying to represent yourself against the other driver’s insurer, you may find that the insurance company is trying to convince you to admit that you glanced at your phone or were adjusting the radio at the time of the crash. If you admit something even as minor as this, the insurer may be able to claim that the accident involves contributory negligence on your part. This means you contributed in some way to the crash, no matter how minor, leaving you unable to win a settlement.

Our Monroe car accident lawyers will defend you against these claims of contributory negligence.

Our Monroe, NC, Car Accident Lawyers Know How to Deal With Uninsured Motorist Cases

When the driver who hit you and caused your injuries does not have enough insurance coverage or has no insurance, your case becomes more complex. In this situation, you would call on the uninsured and underinsured motorists’ coverage on your own auto policy, as defined in North Carolina statute § 20-279.21. In essence, you may have to bring a claim against your own insurer to receive the full amount of compensation you deserve.

Although this may seem strange, trust that our Monroe car accident lawyers have experience with these types of cases and can help you. What you may find is that your own insurance company begins treating you in a hostile manner, doubting the severity of your injuries. This is extremely frustrating, especially when you always pay your premiums on time. Sumwalt Anderson will not let any insurance company treat our clients unfairly. We fight hard for you every step of the way, no matter how many twists and turns the case takes.