Longevity in Maryland personal injury law is valuable and important as judges, insurance defense lawyers and insurance adjusters know who is in it for the long haul.
It is very much in fashion for auto insurers to make grossly inadequate settlement offers which leave injured victims little or no compensation. Like all Maryland auto and truck accident attorneys, we hear ridiculous offers from adjusters who tell us " that is my top offer".
Some lawyers roll over and accept these settlement sums which is a great disservice to their clients and other crash victims as this encourages liability insurers to keep engaging in what we would describe as bad faith claims practices.
Two recent smaller cases are illustrative. Injured driver#1 was struck and put into a spin by a cement truck in Prince Georges County, Maryland. Because the truck driver never saw our client in his car before the collision, the at-fault insurer denied any liability whatsoever and made a zero offer for settlement.
Depositions and other discovery including police body-cam video proved our client's case and a healthy confidential settlement ensued.
Another recent case featured a multi-year Air Force veteran who was rear-ended in Talbot County, Maryland.. The insurer wouldn't budge over $29,000.00 despite the fact that paying the vets bills and his lawyer would have left $5000.00 in the way of pain and suffering compensation for the vet. A lawsuit and extensive negotiation by attorney Robert Clark more than doubled the last offer before litigation.
The bottom line: hire experienced lawyers like Clark and Steinhorn,LLC and better results will follow.
