5 Steps to take when you are a victim of a personal injury. Personal Injury Lawyer Orange County
Step 1. You are injured, suffering a loss because of someone else’s negligence.
2. You immediately notify the negligent party, to let them know you’ve been injured
and to ask them to take responsibility for any losses you incur as a result.
3. The negligent party contacts their insurance company to find out if their policy covers
this type of incident and, if it does, what the policy’s dollar limits are.
4. The negligent party, their insurance company, or an insurance adjuster contacts you to learn the extent of your
losses.
If they believe your claim is reasonable for your type of injury, they may offer you a cash settlement.
5. They may not cooperate at all, refusing to communicate with you or to accept responsibility for your losses. If that’s the case, and if you feel you are entitled to compensation from them, it may be time to see an attorney.
Paul R. Jensen has been representing accident victims for close to 25 years. With an educational background that includes Duke University Law School and the University of California, Berkeley (where he did his undergraduate work) Jensen is an accomplished and successful advocate, having tried dozens of jury cases on behalf of injury victims, while obtaining settlements without trial in hundreds and hundreds of other cases. He also has served in government, most notably as Senior Counsel of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Jensen has also worked in senior positions for United States Senators Jeremiah Denton and Bob Smith. In 1990, Jensen worked in the chambers of the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces as a judicial research assistant to Chief Judge Robinson O. Everett.
Jensen believes that our judicial system is best served when accident victims are represented by talented advocates whose compensation is directly and exclusively tied to the recovery obtained by the victim. This incentivizes the lawyer to pull out every stop to insure the client has the maximum recovery possible in the shortest amount of time, and Jensen & Associates is second to none in supporting this concept. Jensen & Associates ONLY represents victims on such a merit-based system, called a contingency fee, and NEVER charges fees to victims except as a percentage of the actual recovery paid to the client. We advance all costs until recovery.
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