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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s the thing about getting an attorney. If you are competent to gather all of your bills and submit them you will save yourself a lot of money by not. You will pay an attorney 33-40% of your recovery. And for an accident where fault is undisputed and injuries are minor, there isn’t much to recover. Plus attorneys drag things out.

Signed, an attorney[/quote]

1. personal injuries will not touch cases where liability is disputed unless there is a death or massive medical bills, so that's a non-issue. 
2. lawyers will get pain and suffering damages that are generally big enough to cover their fees. 
3. once treatment is finished, lawyers will settle as fast practical. They know what a case is worth and so do the insurers, neither side opens with that number. You may be able to get a faster settlement on your own, but only by leaving money on the table.

Signed, some who has done personal injury work [/quote]

PP here. I’ve done tons of PI work - more than 30 years. OP will get her property damage and medicals there is no lost time. There will be minimal pain and suffering. There won’t be much more, if any more with an attorney. The insurance limits could be as low as $30k which won’t cover the cost of a new vehicle. The thought of giving 1/3 to an attorney in these circumstances is absurd.

As for shifting the effort of gathering documents to the attorney, it doesn’t work that way.

In this case the biggest chunk of recovery is the property damage and you don’t want to be giving that away to someone who will spend almost no time on your case. [/quote]

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