If you’ve been in a minor car accident, with no injuries, clear fault and minimal damage you may be wondering if you should contact a car accident lawyer. While it’s not required, it may still be a good idea.
What Is a Minor Car Accident?
Small low speed collisions with little to no damage or injury are considered minor accidents. They include things like:
- Fender Benders: Common term for a low-speed collision where the front or rear bumper sustains minor damage.
- Parking Lot Incidents: Scrapes, dings, and minor bumps that occur at low speeds while parking.
- Contact with Stationary Objects: When vehicles make low-speed contact with curbs, mailboxes or other stationary objects.
- Slow-Traffic Rear-Enders: When one vehicle makes contact with the rear end of another at low speed, typically at a traffic light or stop sign.
Common Minor Car Accident Injuries
While these types of accidents are minor, they do still sometimes result in injuries and damages, such as:
- Whiplash: Neck strain due to the sudden snapping motion caused by abrupt acceleration or deceleration. It’s common in rear-end collisions and can lead to muscle, ligament and tendon strain, pain, stiffness and reduce mobility.
- Concussion: When the brain hits the inside of the skull and can result in headaches, dizziness and confusion.
- Soft Tissue Injuries: Such as muscle, tendon and ligament sprains and strains. These can be caused by flying objects in the car, the deployment of airbags or being jostled around in the vehicle and can sometimes worsen over time, causing pain and discomfort.
- Bruises & Scrapes: These are superficial injuries from contact with interior surfaces, objects or seat belts. Occasionally, what initially seems like a bruise or minor injury could be a sign of internal bleeding or organ damage, which can be serious and require medical attention.
- Property Damage: Minor dents, scratches, or damage to the vehicle’s exterior or other property.
- Psychological Injuries: Emotional stress, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur even in minor car accidents.
Why You Should Contact a Lawyer After a Minor Accident
Even minor car accidents can have surprising challenges. Having a lawyer on your side can help you understand your rights, navigate the personal injury process, and get the compensation you deserve.
1. You Have Access to Legal Expertise
Contacting a car accident lawyer takes the guesswork out of your case and provides you peace of mind. You’ll have access to their legal expertise and expert guidance from day one. We offer free case evaluations to evaluate the viability of your case and we can make sure you understand all your rights and options.
2. We Handle all the Paperwork
As your lawyer, we take care of the evidence, the paperwork, the medical records, the repair estimates, the police reports, the insurance claims, everything and pull it all together to build your case for you.
3. We Advocate for You
Insurance companies want to pay you as little as possible, but our job is to advocate for you and get you the compensation you deserve. We’ll handle all the communications and negotiations with the insurance company so you don’t have to deal with stressful phone calls, confusing emails or accidentally saying anything that could reduce your settlement. And if they try to deny your claim or minimize your coverage, we’ll step in and contest the decision immediately.
4. We’ll Fight for Maximum Compensation
Insurance companies typically only focus on obvious damages like basic car repairs and your immediate medical expenses. But we know that some injuries might not show up right away and that even minor injuries can require multiple doctor visits, therapy sessions and time to rest. We can make sure wage losses as well as current and future medical bills are accounted for in your settlement.
5. You Don’t Pay Unless We Win
We offer a free, no obligation case review and there’s no fee unless we win. So even if your car accident was minor and you decide that our legal services are not needed to help you in your car accident claim, you don’t have anything to lose by contacting us.
Experienced Car Accident Attorney Serving Minneapolis
If you’ve been the victim of an automobile accident, no matter how minor, the experienced personal injury car accident attorneys at Brazil Sweeney Law Group are here to help. We provide legal services for all types of car and automobile accidents and can help you navigate the legal process, advocate for you and get you the compensation you deserve. Contact us today for a free, no-obligation case review. There’s no fee unless we win.