Boat Accident Attorney Fees
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Have you experienced an injury in Southwest Florida and have questions about boat accident attorney fees? Watch this video, then give our attorneys a call today.
Question:
How much does it cost to hire a boat accident attorney in Southwest Florida?
Answer:
For your boat accident injury claim, hiring us at Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz costs you absolutely nothing. We are happy to evaluate your claim, talk to you first, and then hopefully sign you up as our client to pursue justice for you without any cost to you initially. You will never see a bill from us. We will never ask you to write us a check. What we do, and what we’re certainly happy to do, is work your case, develop your case, put together a comprehensive damages packet analysis for the insurance companies and try to get your case resolved, otherwise we go try your case. We’re happy to do that as well, but you do not owe us anything unless we are successful for you.
We work on what’s called a contingency fee basis, which means a certain percentage of what we recover as a result of your injuries and damages would come to us for the work that we performed on your case. You also do not owe us anything for the costs associated with the case. That’s not something we would ask you to write us a check for up front. We incur those costs on your behalf, and later based upon the amount of the settlement or the judgment, we can recoup those costs based upon money that we have secure and achieved for you, so ultimately the idea is if we are not successful for you in your case, you will not owe us a dime.
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The valuation first starts with trying to really understand how this incident occurs. Was there alcohol involved, who was operating the vessel, how was that operation of the vessel different than it should have been under normal circumstances, and many other things that go into that first layer of analysis in the value of a boating accident case, but then it starts to turn on the nature and extent of your injuries and your damages. What are your medical expenses? What have you incurred as a result of this terrible accident that happened out at sea? What are you going to need in the future in the form of medical care and expenses? What have you lost in regard to wages and working time? How is it going to affect your ability to make money into the future? Then all these intangible damages loosely termed pain and suffering. How has this accident affected you, who you are? This, again, is a personal injury case. It’s all about you. At Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz, we work very hard to put all these elements together, hopefully from the very early stages of the case, to work with you to increase the value of your case to find for you, the client, what is justice in your eyes.
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Have you or a loved one recently been injured in a boat accident in Florida and have questions about boat accident attorney fees? Contact our experienced Southwest Florida boat accident lawyers today for a free consultation and case evaluation.
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