Accepting the First Pedestrian Accident Settlement Offer

Answer:

Insurance companies are in the business of keeping their money. Most huge businesses that use research and big data approach you in ways designed to tilt the odds in their favor. One of the really insidious things insurance companies do is to make you a cash offer for your Utah pedestrian crash as soon as possible after the injury.

They know you’re scared. They know you’re out of work. They know you’re worried about money. That offer of money in your pocket right now seems so nice. But please don’t be fooled.

I have potential clients that ask all the time, “Should I accept the insurance company’s first offer if I’m seriously injured as a pedestrian when I get hit by a car?”

The answer is no. We deal with insurance companies every day, all day. It’s all we do. It’s almost never ever a good idea to accept that offer.

There are too many unknowns when they make that offer; they know that. They want you to sign away your case before we get all the facts, before we know all the injuries, before we know what the insurance coverages are. If an insurance company is trying to pressure you into accepting an early insurance settlement, call me, please, so I can help you decide whether it makes sense.