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What Is My Baltimore Personal Injury Case Worth?

Assessing the value of a personal injury case is one of the most critical roles of an attorney. For clients in Baltimore, Eric T. Kirk, a dedicated personal injury lawyer, in an effort to answer that vital question, unique to each cases, “What Is My Personal Injury Case Worth?” frequently uses a thorough evaluation of what a case could achieve at trial. This involves analyzing key factors such as medical expenses, lost wages, available insurance coverage, and the jurisdiction where the case would be tried.

Contrary to outdated beliefs, like the “three times medical expenses” rule, determining case value is far more nuanced. By carefully weighing all relevant details, an experienced attorney offers clients a realistic range of what they might recover. Having a reasonable sense of the value is just the start—the true goal is securing fair compensation. With Eric T. Kirk, Baltimore residents receive not only an accurate case valuation but also an attorney committed to delivering results

 Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you.

There are numerous factors that a personal injury attorney uses to intelligently value a case.

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It’s a very important question and one that’s very difficult to answer. It also can’t be answered in a vacuum. It’s probably the key role of a personal injury attorney to give a client an intelligent assessment of the value of their case, and the value of their case is really what could we expect on this case if we went to trial? There’s a variety of considerations that go into this analysis. What is the amount of the economic damages, medical expenses, lost wages in the case? Where would the case be tried if it went to trial? How much is the applicable insurance coverage? A variety of other factors. When all of that information is known to an attorney, he or she should be able to give an intelligent range of value to the client. Now, the old adage that a claim is worth three times whatever the medical expenses are simply isn’t a valid tool for judging the value of a personal injury case.

Putting an appropriate value on a case is one of the most important things a personal injury attorney does. The most important thing is actually recovering that money for you.I hope this addressed your question. Over the course of 25 years, I’ve found that fully addressing a legal question is best handled in a one-on-one, in person strategy and case analysis conference. I offer these to potential clients on a complimentary basis. Please use any of the methods under the contact tab at the top of the page to arrange yours.