Did you sustain debilitating injuries or have a loved one pass away due to the negligence of an intoxicated driver in Amarillo? If so, you have options to get the financial recovery you need to get your life back on track. The drunk driving accident and injury lawyers at D. Miller & Associates, PLLC®, who serve Amarillo can assess your losses and pursue the maximum possible financial recovery.
We Help You Handle the Logistics of a Drunk Driving Accident Claim
The drunk driver shook your world literally and figuratively. With everything spinning, we know it is hard to know what to tackle first to set things right. So, instead of wondering, let us figure it out and put it in understandable language.
Our personal injury lawyers can explain the following:
- Insurance policies
- Filing deadlines
- Paperwork and forms
- Legal terms
- Settlement offers
- Financial recovery options
- Claim and lawsuit steps
- Preparing for court
Even with this information, the team at D. Miller & Associates, PLLC® knows you will have questions as we work on your case. Because of that, we prioritize accessibility. We will come to you if you can not make it to our office. We can visit you at home, work, or the hospital. In addition, you can reach us via phone, email, or even Facebook—we host live streams to provide information.
We Help You Handle Insurance Adjusters After a Drunk Driving Collision
Whether it is your insurer or the driver’s, we can talk to adjusters for you. Once you have reported the accident, we’ll take over all communication, including fielding calls and providing information about your accident.
Our drunk driving attorneys can recognize common tricks and help you avoid them. For instance, an adjuster may pressure you into accepting an early settlement offer. They may even make it seem like you need to respond at that moment, or the deal is off. In reality, you always have the right to consider and read an offer.
We can identify these tactics and hold an insurance company to its promises.
We Help You Handle a Drunk Driving Hit-and-Run
If the authorities cannot find the driver who hit you, you might face more difficulty obtaining financial recovery. However, that does not mean you are out of luck. You have other options, including pursuing another driver or a government entity or product manufacturer if their actions contributed to the accident.
Do not assume you have no options after a hit-and-run. An attorney from our team can discuss other options with you.
We Help You Get Medical Care and Repairs for Your Drunk Driving Accident Injuries
Our drunk driving accident and injury attorneys also focus on your injuries. For example, we can help you set up doctor’s appointments in Amarillo. Also, do not let lack of health insurance stop you—we can still get you the care you need.
Since damage to your vehicle is another concern for you, it’s also a concern for us. Thus, our team can help coordinate estimates and repairs so you can get back behind the wheel as soon as possible.
Types of Financial Recovery for Amarillo Drunk Driving Injury Victims
Following your accident, we take stock of your losses and pursue coverage for the following:
- Past and future medical costs
- Past and future lost income
- Reduced earning ability
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Diminished quality of life
We include future costs and losses because insurers might not. Instead, adjusters look to settle claims quickly. Thus, future considerations are sometimes left out. So, we work with your healthcare team and economic analysts to identify future medical and career challenges that require financial recovery.
Recourse After Fatal Drunk Driving Accidents
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reported that Amarillo had 260 crashes involving intoxicated drivers in 2021, including nine fatalities. Was your loved one involved in a fatal drunk driving collision in Amarillo? Together, we can pursue financial recovery for your family to help with these damages:
- End-of-life medical care
- Funeral and burial expenses
- Loss of future income
- Loss of parental guidance
- Loss of spousal support
- Loss of companionship
- Pain and suffering
Our Lawyers Gather Evidence of Drunk Driving to Build Your Amarillo Injury Case
Your drunk driving personal injury case does not require that the driver who hit you have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above the legal limit. Although a below-limit BAC could mean the driver is off the hook regarding criminal charges, they can still face the consequences with a civil case. Therefore, we will investigate the driver’s BAC when the accident occurred and use this information to highlight the driver’s negligence.
Evidence Used to Bolster Your Case
The driver’s BAC is just one of many pieces of evidence we can use to build a case that their negligence caused your injuries. We will also gather:
- Your medical records
- Doctor’s notes
- Treatment plans
- Therapist testimony
- Eyewitness testimony
- Traffic camera footage
- Bystander photos and video
- Physical debris
- Accident reconstruction
- Car expert analysis
- Financial expert testimony
You will notice several types of expert testimony—we acknowledge we do not know everything about cars, medicine, or other specialized areas. Instead, we rely on experts to analyze and testify about your case, such as:
- Therapists verifying a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis
- Accident scene experts highlighting how the collision occurred
- Actuaries projecting your financial losses over time
We use any tool in our arsenal that helps prove your right to financial recovery.
Deadlines for Filing a Drunk Driving Accident Injury Lawsuit
You typically have two years to file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit per Texas law. If it takes time for law enforcement to locate the drunk driver, we could look into tolling the deadline. Do not assume anything!
Learn More About Your Rights Following a Drunk Driving Injury
The staff at D. Miller & Associates, PLLC® offers free, no-obligation evaluations. Thus, if an intoxicated driver left you hurting and shaken in Amarillo, our drunk driving accident and injury lawyers could pursue financial recovery that recognizes the harm they have caused and covers your mounting medical bills and other expenses.
Ready for the world to make sense again? Contact us today!
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