Hi all!
I was involved in an accident about a month ago in Georgia. I was driving through an intersection and had the green light, a drunk driver just pulled into the middle of the intersection and stopped and I T-boned him. Witness also verified this with the police and he was arrested with a D.U.I.
My car was totaled, and I broke my left pinky finger which required surgery and now rehab and therapy.
We have hired a personal injury attorney, and we have already had our insurance pay us out for our totaled car which was about $6,500.
Outside of the property damage, what kind of compensation can we expect to get from the at fault insurance outside of just covering our medical bills?
Personal Injury from D.U.I. Driver
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Posted by Studentloanclock
8 Comments
Ask the attorney you’re giving away 30% of your settlement to. No one here can give you a number without seeing your medical bills and records.
Make your attorney work for their money. Find out what the drunk’s policy limits were. He might not even have enough to cover your medical bills after your attorney takes their cut. No one here has seen your medical records, but don’t expect that you’ve hit the lottery for a pinky finger injury.
Punitive damages, it is a DUI case
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As we always say, that’s a question for your attorney you’re gonna be paying thousands to. Make them earn it.
You already got paid for the car. Which you didnt need an attorney for.
They should cover medical, within reason, what you dont need an attorney for.
There would normally be a “pain and suffering” offer which would come wjthiut an attorney. You can counger that without an attorney.
Something i wonder. Since you got ab attorney how does this.action affect future premiums?
The DUI driver that hit my kid only had state minimum insurance and no assets. Can’t get blood from a stone, and my kid has had well over a million dollars in medical treatments. Thankfully I have good health insurance.
There could be nothing for you to get.
A confirmed surgery? If he has GA state minimum (25k), and I were the adjuster I would be tendering you that full amount on day 1. Your attorney is going to demand full limits, and has a good shot getting there. DUI is a huge aggravator when evaluating injury claims, juries hate DUI drivers and it’s a huge risk to take that to trial vs settle.