Car accident claims and personal injury lawsuits are an unfortunate but frequent occurrence in Northern Virginia. Car accident cases usually involve litigation against a negligent party who caused an accident and injured one or more people, resulting in personal injuries, medical expenses, lost wages, and other damages. In Virginia, personal injury claims can sometimes be defeated by defenses of contributory negligence and/or “assumption of the risk.” BerlikLaw founder Lee Berlik knows how to position auto collision cases for maximum trial advantage and to argue the law persuasively, defeating these defenses where possible and increasing the likelihood of a high damages award.

When you are seriously injured in an auto collision or other accident as the result of someone else’s negligence, you are entitled to be compensated not only for your medical expenses, but for your physical pain and suffering, mental anguish, rehabilitative expenses, lost income (including income that you will lose in the future), permanent impairment and permanent disfigurement. If the victim’s injuries are so severe that they affect the victim’s marriage, the spouse can sometimes obtain compensation as well. Loss of a spouse’s love, companionship, comfort, affection, or moral support, loss of the ability to engage in sexual relations or have children, and loss of a spouse’s physical assistance in the operation of the household are all potentially compensable.

When you retain BerlikLaw to fight the insurance companies and prosecute your claim, your likelihood of obtaining fair compensation for your injuries increases dramatically compared to the results you would obtain trying to handle the claim on your own. Insurance companies know that “pro se” (unrepresented) victims are usually ill-equipped and unprepared to take their claim to court. Knowing that competent legal counsel is not involved, most insurance companies will offer you far less money than if you were represented by an attorney skilled in handling personal injury claims in Virginia or the District of Columbia.

When Lee Berlik accepts a car accident case, he treats the client as if he or she were his most important. Every case, large or small, deserves to be treated seriously and prosecuted aggressively to ensure that the negligent driver is held accountable and the victim receives monetary compensation appropriate to the harm. Know your rights. Schedule a free consultation today.