Bus Accident Settlement Offers

Answer:

Occasionally I’m approached by a client who seeks legal representation for a bus accident injury claim asking if they should accept an offer that’s made early on in the case by the bus company. In those cases, I typically say it’s not a good idea to accept an early settlement offer from a bus company, simply because, at the early stages of recovery, you don’t know if you have identified all of the injuries or whether you will successfully recover from all of those injuries at the time you’re offered the settlement money.Ordinarily, it’s not a good idea to accept the first offer. Insurance companies make a living off of reducing the amount of claim payments they make as a general rule. The first offer is usually never the last offer. The last offer is the one I’d rather take because it will pay more for the injury claim to a fuller extent and a fairer extent under the law.