Auto Accident Insurance Claim for
Bodily Injury or Wrongful Death

The following information on an auto accident insurance claim for bodily injury or wrongfuld death is provided by Pritzker Olsen law firm. Our lawyers have won millions for auto accident victims, including a $2,560,000 for victims of a semi truck vs. car accident. For a free consultation with one of our auto accident attorneys, please call 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE) or submit our online form for review by an attorney.

Auto Accident Insurance Claim for Money
Beyond No-Fault Insurance

According to no-fault laws in most states, insurance companies covering automobile accidents must provide for minimum coverage for loss arising out of the injury of any one person. The no-fault coverage usually includes minumum amounts for medical expenses, income loss, replacement services loss, survivor's economic loss and survivor's replacement services. In addition:

No-fault does not pay accident victims for pain and suffering
To get paid for pain and suffering, you must look to the at-fault driver's auto insurance company and sue, if necessary, to get fully and adequately compensated
No-fault is a minimum payment and does not cover expenses or losses beyond this amount unless your auto insurance policy provides for more (you paid an additional amount)
For expenses and losses that are not covered by no-fault insurance, you can sue the at-fault driver and possibly others

Auto Insurance Lawyers for Accident Claim for Bodily Injury

If you live in a no-fault insurance state, you will get some money from the no-fault policy due to the bodily injury. As discussed above, no-fault is a minumum amount of money. To get more compensation, you will need to sue the at-fault driver (and possibly others).

In addition to the at-fault driver, the following may also be responsible to compensate you:

If the at-fault driver was a commercial driver of a semi trailer, bus, etc., you may have claims against the driver's employer, the owner of the commercial vehicle, the owner of any freight and others.
If it was a construction site accident, you may have claims against the owner of the property on which the accident took place, the owner of the construction vehicle and others.
If the at-fault driver was drunk, you may have a dram shop claim against a bar

In all of these cases, it is insurance companies that pay the amounts you win. Because every insurance policy has limits on how much an accident victim can recover, it is best to have more than one party to sue.

When you do sue, you can ask for amounts for the following, depending on the facts: medical expenses, income loss, cost of care, pain and suffering, emotional distress, disability, disfigurement, loss of quality of life, and other applicable damages.

Serious bodily harm can include any of the following:

Auto Insurance Lawyers for Accident Claim for Wrongful Death

As discussed above, families can recover minimum amounts under no-fault laws, if applicable. To get adequate compensation, families must recover amounts available under the at-fault driver's auto insurance policy and amounts available under the insurance policies of other responsible parties. If necessary, families can sue under state wrongful death laws.

Wrongful death claims involve specific laws that outline the procedures a family must go through to file the claims and recover on them. In most states, a wrongful death trustee (or the equivalent) is appointed by the court. This trustee acts on behalf of the family.

In most states, the wrongful death laws allow next of kin to recover on a wrongful death claim. “Next of kin” as defined in most states includes a spouse, parents, children, grandparents, siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.

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