Personal Injury

Auto Accident Lawyers Serving Southeastern Missouri

If you have suffered a neck injury, back injury, or traumatic brain injury in an auto accident in Southeast Missouri, contact the attorneys at Little, Schellhammer & Richardson Law Offices, P.C. in Poplar Bluff.

After an auto accident, there are some important issues to consider when deciding whether to bring a lawsuit. We will explain and discuss the following considerations with you during a consultation:

You may recover compensation for the injury even if you were partially at fault. Although your compensation may be reduced because of your own negligence, you may still be entitled to recover a substantial sum from the other party.

If you were injured as a passenger, you can recover from the insurance company that insured the vehicle that you were riding in, if the driver was at fault. This is true even if the driver of the vehicle at fault is your parent or other family member. You may also recover from the driver of another vehicle if that driver was at fault.

You may be able to recover compensation even if the police report states that you are at fault. Police reports are not always correct in their assessment of fault. The officer seldom witnesses the auto accident, and usually does not know the speeds or positions of the vehicles as they approached the point of collision. Little, Schellhammer & Richardson Law Offices, P.C., conducts independent investigations which often result in a different account of the events leading up to an auto accident.

Your injuries may be compensable through the uninsured or underinsured motorist provisions of your own automobile insurance policy. If you live in Missouri and have liability insurance, your policy must include uninsured motorist coverage. If you are injured by an uninsured motorist and do not have an automobile that is insured, but live with a family member who does, you may be able to recover compensation under the uninsured motorist provisions of that family member's policy. If you were a passenger in a friend's car, that friend's uninsured or underinsured motorist insurance may cover you.

You must bring claims within the applicable statute of limitations. In Missouri, claims for injury resulting from negligence must be filed within five years. If the injury caused death, the family has only three years to file the claim. Time is of the essence if you have suffered a neck, back, or traumatic brain injury in a Southeast Missouri auto accident, truck accident, or railroad accident.

Contact an attorney to schedule a free initial consultation and learn how we can help you obtain the compensation you are entitled to from insurers, negligent motorists, or car manufacturers.