Why the Right Expert Changes Everything in a Personal Injury Case

Video Transcript

If you’re wondering what experts your attorney should hire in a personal injury case and how much that costs to you, the answer depends on the facts of the case. But the universal truth across the board is that, yes, hiring a very good expert in a case to help bolster your position can be a make or break difference maker in your case. So we often do encourage that. Different cases call for different experts. In a car wreck case that might include an accident reconstruction expert, but in other cases it can involve treating physicians, medical specialists, economists who calculate lost income, or life care planners who project future medical needs.

The goal of an expert is to help explain complex issues in a clear, credible way so the insurance company, judge or jury can understand the full impact of the injury. As for costs, experts can be expensive. Many of them have MDs, PhDs or other doctorate degrees, and they often have decades of experience that they bring to bear in helping with your case, all of which helps drive value in your case. Your experience with a smaller law firm with less resources might be different, but in a properly handled personal injury case that’s done through a serious law firm like ours here at Goings Law Firm, clients are not expected to pay those costs upfront or out of pocket. As the case moves forward at Goings Law Firm, we advance the costs necessary to build your case, including expert fees, and those costs are typically reimbursed from the recovery at the conclusion of the case. Just as important, a good lawyer does not necessarily hire experts unnecessarily.

Part of our job when we’re helping you is to decide which experts are truly needed and when they’re needed, so that resources are used wisely and in the client’s best interest. We have extensive relationships with experts all over the country who are uniquely qualified for whatever the details of your case require, so that when you hire a lawyer, you’re really hiring all of those relationships and all of that experience, which is something very important when considering who you want to work with. And that’s one more of the many reasons the attorneys here at Goings Law Firm can be a great choice to partner with.