Auto Accidents

If you’ve been recently injured in an auto accident and because of another party’s negligence you have suffered personal injury of any kind, you may be able to file a personal injury lawsuit to collect the money you need to help pay your medical and hospital costs. You should know that not every injury is grounds for a lawsuit. To find out if your case is eligible for a lawsuit, the best thing to do is to contact Attorney, Sonyia Byrd.

Auto Accident Attorney

Sonyia Byrd as your personal injury attorney will listen to your account of what happened, review your case carefully, and help you determine whether or not you have grounds to file a claim. If you decide to go ahead with a lawsuit, she will handle all the legal proceedings and keep you informed every step of the way. Of course, having a personal injury attorney is highly advisable, because trying to navigate the legal system and fight the insurance company lawyers without any expertise is very difficult.

Who is eligible to file a personal injury lawsuit?

Well, first of all your injury must be relatively recent. There is a statute of limitations that is different in every state in the country, which determines the length of time you have to file a lawsuit after sustaining an injury. In some states it is as short as 30 days, and in other states you have up to several years. However, the bottom line is that you should file a suit as close to the date of your injury as possible. This makes your case more credible in the judge’s eyes.

Additionally, for Sonyia Byrd to file a suit on your behalf, you have to have both a valid claim and legal standing. A valid claim is one that can be settled through the legal process. In other words, the suit that you’re bringing must be a reasonable grievance and be addressing an incident which was the clear fault of another person or party.

What is a True Injury?

To have standing in a personal injury suit means, in layman’s terms, that you must have sustained a true injury. For example, you would have standing if you slipped on a wet building lobby and broke a hip. You would not have standing if your hair was messed up from a leaking ceiling. Sonyia Byrd can easily determine whether you have a valid claim and the standing to merit personal injury a lawsuit.