{"id":561,"date":"2013-02-22T15:34:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=561"},"modified":"2013-03-06T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T10:45:47","slug":"do-i-really-need-a-personal-injury-lawyer-to-handle-my-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/do-i-really-need-a-personal-injury-lawyer-to-handle-my-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Really Need a Personal Injury Lawyer to Handle My Claim?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The short answer is, \u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s a big surprise coming from a personal injury lawyer, but it really is TRUE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Consider this. Without the help of an experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Massachusetts personal injury attorney<\/a>, you likely will only be able to recover a fraction of the monetary damages that our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\">expert Massachusetts attorneys<\/a>\u00a0would be able to obtain for you, or you may be unable to recover at all. And, you need a personal injury lawyer to even know what your case is fairly worth.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/obmhzMb0dz4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Every so often, a person will disregard our advice and attempt to settle their Massachusetts personal injury claim on their own. What almost\u00a0invariably happens is that the person ends up asking us to represent them anyway, before they are able to settle their claim. This happens, in part, because they are not taken seriously by insurance companies, who see unrepresented people as posing no threat of legal action and being easy targets for low settlement offers. For instance, a person representing\u00a0her or himself\u00a0against an insurance company may believe that a $10,000.00 settlement offer from a <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-boston-personal-injury-mass-insur-co-tactics.php\">Massachusetts insurance company<\/a> is a good one, and they may leap to accept the first offer they receive. If you choose this route, you will almost for sure be cheating yourself out of the fair and just compensation that you deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, insurance companies are well aware that our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyers<\/a> know the law and have a good understanding of what your personal injury claim is worth. The insurance companies are also aware that our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\">Boston, MA lawyers<\/a> know how to make them fairly compensate you for your claim. That $10,000.00 settlement offer from the insurance company, discussed above, was most likely a low-ball offer to someone who was unrepresented by a lawyer. The true value of your claim likely will be well above the initial offer that you received from the insurance company. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-types-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Massachusetts personal injury lawyers<\/a> know how to get you the fair and just compensation to which you are entitled.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to discuss the merits of your personal injury claim in a <strong>free and confidential consultation<\/strong> with an <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\">expert Massachusetts attorney<\/a>, please call our <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\">Boston, MA car accident lawyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\">Boston personal injury lawyers<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death attorneys<\/a> today at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\">Massachusetts car accident lawyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-types-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Massachusetts personal injury lawyers<\/a> and Boston, Massachusetts wrongful death accident attorneys have been selected as <em>Massachusetts Super Lawyers<\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-awards-best-lawyers-attorneys.php\">New England Super Lawyers<\/a><\/em> by Boston Magazine, as <em>Boston&#8217;s Best Lawyers <\/em>and <em>Lawyer of the Year<\/em> <em>by the Boston Globe<\/em>, and for inclusion in <em>The Best Lawyers in America, <\/em>a national publication.<\/p>\n<p>Please call <strong>617-787-3700, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week<\/strong>, as you may be entitled to significant <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-damages.php\">personal injury damages<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-damages-wrongful-death.php\">wrongful death damages<\/a>. You can also contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-about-gil-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, Massachusetts law office<\/a> by sending an email to <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">info@gilhoylaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call 617-787-3700 or email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">info@gilhoylaw.com<\/a> today. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let our Boston injury lawyers get started helping you today. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer is, \u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s a big surprise coming from a personal injury lawyer, but it really is TRUE. Consider this. Without the help of an experienced Massachusetts personal injury attorney, you likely will only be able &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/do-i-really-need-a-personal-injury-lawyer-to-handle-my-claim\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,7,8,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}