It depends. Most times, after you’re injured in a car accident that was the fault of someone else, you will file a claim with the at-fault party’s insurance company. In some cases where there is no dispute that their policyholder was responsible for the accident, insurance companies may settle fairly quickly, offering an accident victim fair compensation for their injuries within a reasonable time frame.
Insurance companies may still try to delay negotiations and use excuses to not pay an accident victim what they’re owed in cases where the at-fault party was fully responsible for the accident. In cases where accident victims were partly to blame for the accident but were still owed compensation, insurance companies may try to arbitrarily reduce the compensation they’re entitled to.
When insurance companies are unwilling to pay our client fair compensation, with our client's approval, we will file a lawsuit to try to get them the compensation they are owed. This can significantly delay any resolution in the case and would delay our client's compensation.
Unfortunately, we can’t give you an exact timeline for when you’ll be compensated. We can promise you that, as our client, we’ll prioritize your needs and your case. We’ll work as hard as we can to reach a favorable outcome for you.