My Lawyer Dropped My #CAR ACCIDENT Case
The attorney made me seek medical advice, and have an MRI. I was scheduled to make a statement to my insurance company, but the lawyer cancelled it. He wanted more information. It is now six weeks later, I still am in a rental car, and the lawyer dropped the case. What do I do now? Why would my lawyer just drop the case like that?
Find and Hire a New Attorney. Don't delay. The longer you wait to find a new attorney, the less time the new attorney will have to prepare your case. FindLaw has a personal injury lawyer directory that you can browse for free to find an experienced injury attorney in your area. My attorney dropped my case, what can I do? Submitted By: Ernesto (Los Angeles, CA) Share: Send. I was in a car accident in Los Angeles. While I was heading east bound in busy traffic, there was another vehicle coming the opposite way.
I was the driver of a car that was struck behind the rear tire, by a commercial transportation bus while changing lanes, vehicle owner was the passenger, no fault issued by officers and no police report, attorney dropped case after 8 months stating couldn't try on contingency and that the bus comp insurance denied my claim,i went and found my own doctor and the insurance companies stopped contact with me because i had attorney representation.
You will want to interview a few different personal injury lawyers before you decide which attorney to hire. Don't be discouraged if the first lawyer turns down or refuses your case. Just as you are evaluating the attorney, he or she is also evaluating your personal injury case's potential, as well as their costs and ability to represent you well.
In order to understand why a lawyer might refuse to take your case, it is important to understand what a personal injury claim entails. Every personal injury case hinges on several key components: The defendant had a legal duty of care to the plaintiff in the specific case. I contacted a lawyer, who took my case and sent me to a chiropractor for several visits. Before going to the doctor, I asked what would happen with the medical bills if the case was dropped or settlement was not in my favor, I was told not to worry about the bills, that they work with the doctor.
Please help...can my accident attorney drop my case, and no further assist me...? i had a car accident in nov 28th 2006, and my lawyer chose my doctor, who later operated on my knee (arthroscopic part of the accident injury).... today, the other driver insurance called me, and told me that they got a letter from my lawyer telling them that he no longer represent me.
I was in a car accident on Halloween. I hired a law firm to take my case. Everything was good and was supposed to been a payout in April. After not hearing from them I made numerous attempts to get the lawyers to update me and let me know what was going on. If down the road, your car accident lawyer settles the case and recovers $25,000.00 for you, 1/3 of the money goes to lawyer 2 and he or she then has to deal with paying out to lawyer 1. It is not your problem. In summary, it does not cost anything extra to fire your first lawyer and hire a second one.
An attorney who has withdrawn from representation has a continuing professional obligation to maintain the confidentiality of all matters within the attorney-client relationship, so for example the attorney cannot become a witness for the client's opponent in the case on matters falling within the scope of the attorney-client privilege.
The percentage that a personal injury lawyer can receive in a contingency fee agreement varies, but typically ranges from 25 to 40 percent, and 33 percent (or one-third) is pretty standard. So, if you have a 33% contingency fee arrangement and you recover $90,000 in your car accident case, your attorney will receive around $30,000.A contingency fee percentage may vary depending on whether a personal injury lawsuit has to be filed against the other driver (the defendant).
Car accident lawyers will tell you this is one of the most common questions from prospective clients, but it’s also one of the hardest to answer, especially when important pieces of the car accident puzzle are missing. As the case progresses, a car accident attorney should be able to provide a ballpark estimate of what the plaintiff can expect to recover by way of settlement.
If the other side consents, you are free to drop your case without penalty. You may owe your attorney some money, depending on what your written fee agreement provides. If the other side does not consent to a dismissal of your lawsuit, you could be liable for some court costs and possibly some or all of the other side's attorney's fees.
My belief has always been that the benefit of an experienced attorney can bring to a case is proportionate to the severity of the injury. If you have a permanent injury, you are foolish if you don’t hire a lawyer. (I wouldn’t handle my own case, either. Because that is also an awful idea.) My lawyer isn't keeping me in the loop on what's going on with my criminal case. I'm getting nervous because I don't know if things are going well or if I might end up in jail. Is there anything in the law that I can use to make sure I'm kept informed on the details of my charge and my case?
