Little Known Ways to Seek Expert Advice on Personal Injury Claims

Experts may help you to maximize the case’s financial outcomes.

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(SALEM, Ore.) - If you or someone you love is injured, you have many questions. If the injury or harm occurred as the result of another party’s negligence, you want fair treatment and just compensation.

If you or a loved one has sustained a serious injury you may also ask about little known ways to seek expert advice on personal injury claims, as in Western Australia, for example.

Never attempt to negotiate a personal injury claim without an experienced personal injury lawyer in Perth, or where you are located. You need someone who will fight for your rights.

Case Evaluation

Each client’s injury claim is unique. You may be unaware of important factors that affect the ultimate outcome. An experienced team, such as ours, takes the time to fully understand your case in order to act as a better advocate for you.

Opposition Research and Strategy

• Assessment of the “other side.” The negligent party or insurance company is the opposition in a personal injury case.

  An experienced personal injury team understands how the opposition is likely to approach a case like yours. Your team understands the opposition’s likely strategies.

  By preventing the opponent from using these strategies, you have an important advantage.

• Analysis of the facts. Experts can offer information that may be used as leverage in negotiations with the negligent party.

  It often pays to hire an expert who understands the more nuanced or complex aspects of your personal injury case. Experts may help you to maximize the case’s financial outcomes.

  The best personal injury lawyers aren’t always medical, physics or property valuation experts. However, your experienced legal team offers guidance in the identification of the best expert witnesses for you.

When to Engage an Expert Witness

Experienced trial counsel knows that the preparation and selection process of experts can pay big dividends. To obtain the best results:

• Pick the right expert for your case. It’s important to pick an expert with a deep and diverse background in your type of case.

  Without a deep understanding of your matter, the expert cannot convince a judge or jury. He or she must also be able to explain the case in an easily understandable way.

  Your legal team will assess how often the expert has gone to trial, how many expert reports he or she has written, and how many cases have later settled in the client’s favor.

  While no expert witness can turn cases without merit into winners, the right expert for your case knows how to highlight the strength of your case with credibility to increase the likelihood of a favorable settlement.

• Avoid delays in hiring an expert: 1. Obtain an “early read” by a consultant or expert to determine the merits of the case. Your experienced personal injury team starts here to save you or your loved ones time, frustration and money.
  2. Frame the case issues. He or she immediately spots when and where practices or standards have been violated and explains why such departures are important. Because the expert is previously experienced in other similar cases, he or she also translates between any breaches and/or causes of auction. It’s often crucial to obtain the expert’s assistance before a legal complaint is filed.
  3. Engage the expert prior to the close of discovery. The expert witness can direct your personal injury team any and all files that support your case. Although it might not appear to be important at the start of the case, the experienced expert has the necessary foresight to win for you.
  
• Use of the expert at a deposition or trial can be extremely beneficial to the case. Your expert will hear and analyze opposing testimony and may suggest questions for the opposition. If a trial follows a deposition, the expert’s input can help to reverse impressions the other side intends to leave with the judge and jury.

When to Seek Expert Advice on a Personal Injury Claim

Your personal injury lawyer may recommend a case read with consultants or experts if the case involves:

• An accident involving three or more vehicles
• An accident involving a commercial vehicle
• A medical malpractice case

For instance, if your case involves a car crash, an accident reconstruction specialist may calculate the vehicle’s location, speed, momentum and distance at rest.

A health care expert may testify about the client’s severity of injuries and how these are connected to the accident.

Expert testimony can be especially helpful if the opposition argues that the injuries were the result of a pre-existing condition or injury.

If the matter involves a commercial vehicle crash, an expert witness on commercial vehicle regulations may testify on how a vehicle is properly maintained and/or interpret relevant data from the vehicle on-board recording device that may be present.

An Expert Can Strengthen Your Personal Injury Claim

• The expert provides clarity. The expert witness provides insight to clear any confusion about aspects of the case. He or she explains how you were injured and the severity of these injuries to the opposition in negotiation or at court.
• The expert establishes negligence. The expert explains how and why the opposing party is at fault, e.g. breaching the duty of care.
• The expert provides a neutral viewpoint. The expert’s testimony offers credibility to the claim. He or she is considered a neutral party who provides an objective and unbiased point of view.

Just Compensation for Your Injuries

Foyle Legal has helped clients to recover millions of dollars for injured victims in Western Australia. Our team brings extensive negotiation skills to the table and, when necessary, we’re prepared to go to trial to recover just compensation for you or your loved ones.

About the Author: Kim Hemphry is a passionate expert in the areas of Legal Matters, learning and education. She has been featured on over 50 leading Legal and education sites and is a modern thought leader in the field. More about her interests and articles on her site - http://kimhemphry.com/.

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