Injury Claim Lawyer

That depends on the specifics of your case, the severity of your injuries and the skill of your St. Louis injury claim lawyer. We can help you recover compensation for:

• Property damage, such as damage to your car
• Wage loss from time spent recovering
• Reduced earning capacity if your injuries result in disability
• Medical expenses, such as:
  • Emergency room visits
  • Follow up appointments
  • Assistive devices such as crutches or wheelchairs
  • Medications
  • Surgeries
• Pain and suffering
• Mental anguish

Your St. Louis injury claim lawyer at Halvorsen Klote Davis knows how to properly value claims and get you the full financial recovery you are entitled to.

In Missouri, the statute of limitations on most injury claims is five years, while it is two years in Illinois.

There are some exceptions in each state, but it is paramount to reach out to an injury claim lawyer in St. Louis and Southern Illinois immediately after an injury to avoid bringing complications to your case.

We've all heard the phrase "beyond a reasonable doubt." That's the burden of proof that juries and judges are held to in criminal cases to protect innocent people from jail. Personal injury claims are civil cases, and the burden of proof is called a preponderance of the evidence. That means that a jury or insurance adjuster must only find that the claim is more likely than not to be true.

That means that if a drunk driver gets out of their criminal case because of errors in police work, you can still hold them accountable in a civil case.

If your injury claim lawyer is helping you seek punitive damages, you must show clear and convincing evidence, which is a higher standard than preponderance of the evidence but lower than beyond a reasonable doubt.

Again, that depends on the specifics of your case. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that 96 percent of tort claims are settled out of court. A settlement may only take a few months, while a case that goes to trial in St. Louis can take up to two years. If your injuries do not result in permanent disability, your injury claim lawyer may advise waiting until you've reached maximum medical improvement so you can be compensated for your full medical expenses.

Typically, after you've been injured by somebody else's negligence in St. Louis, the order of events is as follows:

• You get medical treatment (and continue it as long as necessary).
• You consult with an injury claim lawyer.
• The lawyer investigates your case and gathers evidence, such as police reports and medical records.
• Your injury claim lawyer makes a settlement demand letter.
• If the settlement demand is not met, your injury claim lawyer may choose to negotiate or may go directly to filing a lawsuit.
• Your lawyer enters the discovery phase, where they gather evidence and collect expert opinions.
• Your injury claim lawyer and the insurance company negotiate in front of a neutral party in mediation.
• We take your case to trial if negotiations do not yield a fair settlement offer.

Yes. Missouri is a "pure comparative negligence" state, which means your compensation will be deducted by the percent of fault you share. So if a jury awards you $100,000 but finds you were 30 percent at fault, you will only receive $70,000. Illinois is similar, but is a "modified comparative negligence" state, which means you will not receive compensation if you are over 50 percent to blame.

You may be nervous about hiring a St. Louis lawyer to help with your injury claim because you're already paying for medical expenses and might not be able to work at the moment because of your injuries. The great thing about hiring an injury claim lawyer at Halvorsen Klote Davis is, as opposed to criminal defense lawyers or corporate lawyers in St. Louis, we work on a contingency fee basis. That means three things:

1. We charge no upfront fees. Instead of getting an hourly amount, we take a percentage of the compensation you are awarded — only after we win or settle your case.
2. You owe us nothing if we do not win your case. A Halvorsen Klote Davis injury claim lawyer only gets paid by using their knowledge, expertise and hard work to reach a successful resolution in your case.
3. We won't take on your case unless we genuinely believe we can add substantially more value to your claim. We assume the risk of using our resources to win your case, and we won't make promises we can't keep or mislead you.
   
   

Whatever your current financial situation may be, a St. Louis injury claim lawyer of Halvorsen Klote Davis will take on your case and fight with all of our resources to see you get the great results you deserve.