Bad Faith Insurance Practices

You are driving home from work one evening. You stop at a gas station to fill up before heading to the grocery store to shop for dinner. Suddenly you remember it’s your anniversary. At the flower shop, you pick out the most glamorous bouquet before getting back on the road. You can’t wait to get home to share the flowers with the love of your life. A flash of light and then silence. You wake up in a Los Angeles County Hospital in excruciating pain. Your family is sitting around your bed in a somber mood. Many of them start to cry as you open your eyes. They were afraid you would not survive the ordeal. Your car was totaled in a horrific auto accident. The responsible party was a negligent driver with a total disregard for the rules of the road. After several weeks in recovery, with months of physical therapy still ahead, you are released from the hospital. It’s time to collect damages for your pain and suffering.

The next morning, bright and early, you meet with the claim’s adjuster representing the negligent driver’s insurance company. After speaking with you very briefly, and taking a few notes, the sneaky adjuster seems eager to make you an offer. “Ten thousand dollars is what you’re entitled to” the adjuster says with a sheepish grin. Your heart races with fear as your head are ready to explode. Your hospital bills alone topped one hundred thousand dollars, not to mention your pain and suffering, along with damages to your car. Something is wrong with this picture. After discussing the situation with family members, and conducting your own independent research, you become aware of terms like “evil adjuster” and “sneaky Insurance companies.” You realize that the insurance adjuster was making a quick lowball settlement offer, counting on the fact that you are too confused to contact a personal injury attorney. You are not going to risk your family’s future on this ridiculous offer.

As luck would have it, your next-door neighbor is a top personal injury attorney in Southern California. He informs you that you are dealing with a bad insurance company. “I will not let the insurance company trick me” you promise yourself as you retain his services. When your attorney calls the insurance company, they tell him you had already settled for ten thousand dollars. Your attorney is a professional and he is not buying their bullshit. Since the sneaky insurance company refuses to make a good faith offer, your attorney takes the case to trial. Their bad faith settlement offer was meant to resolve a case they knew they could not win. When it’s all said and done, your attorney wins a judgment for eight million dollars. That’s right, eight million dollars. It doesn’t erase your pain and suffering, but it does put your finances back in order.

The Prestige Law Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyers wants you to know that if you or a loved one have been injured through no fault of your own and an evil insurance company has offered you a lowball settlement, we are ready to fight for you. Having the right team on your side after a devastating tragedy is important because we know what questions to ask in order to put your life back on track swiftly and with the least amount of pain. Please call the Prestige Law Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyers to speak with one of our expert liability attorneys.