Should I Hire a Tampa Bay Attorney
when an Auto Accident Occurs outside the Tampa Bay, Florida
Area?
When you are out of town vacationing,
visiting family, or meeting clients, you never expect
that your trip will be derailed by an auto accident. Under
the best of conditions, an auto accident is one of the
most chaotic events you will experience. However, if you
are traveling outside of your comfort zone in the Tampa
Bay area, it amplifies the affects of an auto accident
significantly.
The first priority for any auto accident
is to seek medical care for your injuries. For an auto
accident that occurs out of town, it is likely you will
be taken to a hospital you have never even heard of. Amidst
the confusion, someone will have to notify your loved
ones back in the Tampa Bay area to let them know about
the accident. Later, there will be the difficult task
of getting you back home where you can heal and get your
life back together.
Somewhere in the pandemonium, you will
realize that you need an attorney to help you with the
mounting medical bills and insurance claims piling up
on your desk. The question then becomes, should you hire
an attorney in the area where the accident occurred, or
should you hire an attorney in the Tampa Bay area where
you live?
The answer to
your question depends on a number of factors including
the experience and capabilities of the attorney you hire.
For example, Tampa auto accident
attorney Dale Appell, P.A. employs the latest technology
and legal knowledge, enabling our law firm to handle auto
accident cases here in the Tampa Bay area and well beyond
our borders:
- Technology—We make full use of e-mail
and other electronic communication to get fast answers
from across the street and across the country.
- Knowledge—Our knowledge of the legal
system extends well past the city limits of our headquarters
in Tampa, Florida. We work with out-of-area insurance
companies, adjusters, and other attorneys to ensure
your case is handled properly within the court system
in which your accident claim is litigated.
- Determination—Just because our main
office is not located where your auto accident occurred,
this does not mean we are unwilling to do whatever it
takes to achieve justice in your case. While other attorneys
may encourage you to take a smaller settlement because
they want to avoid traveling, our law firm always puts
justice first.
In addition, while the accident may
have occurred outside Tampa Bay, your treatment (other
than a visit to the emergency room) will likely occur
here. That is an important reason to have an experienced
attorney in Tampa Bay handle your claim. For example,
it may be necessary to use Letters of Protection, known
as LOPs, during your medical treatment. LOPs are used
when you don't have insurance or the medical specialist
you need is not on your plan. With an LOP, the attorney
promises to pay the medical provider from proceeds of
any settlement. Because these are promises, it is rare
that a medical doctor will trust the "promise" of a law
firm outside the Tampa Bay, Florida area.
Also, if your
case is litigated, all the depositions of your doctors
will take place here, in Tampa Bay, where the doctors
are located and not where the accident occurred.
An attorney out of the area will not be as familiar with
the local doctors and would have to expend significant
monies to travel to this area for depositions.
Whether your auto accident occurred
in Tampa, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, or Panama City,
you deserve legal consultation and representation. Please
call Tampa auto accident attorney Dale Appell, P.A. for
advice about auto accident injuries you sustained outside
of the Tampa Bay, Florida area. Even if we feel we should
not take the case ourselves because of various factors
including where the accident occurred, we may be able
to refer you to one of our trusted legal associates located
in the jurisdiction of your auto accident.
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