Christian Hill - Your Houston Auto Accident Lawyer
Houston auto accident rates are on the rise. With the increase in all traffic, especially SUV's and large trucks, there is growing concern about auto safety issues, and the personal injury suffered by innocent, law abiding citizens in auto accident situations. Don't be an auto accident victim of negligent drivers or auto manufacturers making defective products. If you have suffered from an auto accident, consult an experienced auto accident lawyer to protect your rights.
Have You Suffered a Personal Injury from an Auto Accident?
An auto accident can cause serious personal and even result in wrongful death. Every personal injury lawyer at Houston personal injury law firm Christian Hill and Associates has extensive experience in auto accident personal injury cases. We are prepared to fight for your rights after an auto accident
Auto Accident Personal Injury And Death Rate Statistics on the Rise
Over 40,000 people died in an auto accident in 2000. In these same accidents over 3,000,000 people suffered personal injury. That's over three million injuries resulting from an auto accident. These auto accident statistics are startling. An average of 115 persons died each day in an auto accident in 2000, resulting in one auto accident fatality every 13 minutes. The leading cause of death for every age from 4 through 33 years old is an automobile accident. In almost 90% of traffic fatalities, vehicle occupants were the auto accident victims. Thirteen percent of auto accident fatalities were pedestrians, bicyclists and other nonoccupants.
Large Truck and SUV Accident Statistics
Large trucks are only three percent of all registered vehicles, but collisions involving large trucks accounted for nine percent of all 1997 traffic fatalities. While the auto accident statistics show that accident rates have fallen since 1991, the auto accident fatality rate has increased. It is small wonder that concern about auto accidents involving trucks, buses and SUV's on our roads is increasing.
Statistics of Alcohol Related Auto Accidents
The 2000 statistics show there were over 16,000 fatalities in alcohol related auto accidents that year, amounting to a 4 percent increase in alcohol related auto accidents compared to 1999. On average, there is one alcohol-related auto accident fatality every 32 minutes. In fact, the 16,653 alcohol-related fatalities in 2000 amounted to 40 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year. NHTSA estimates that alcohol was involved in 40 percent of fatal auto accidents and in 8 percent of all auto accidents in 2000. In 2000, 31 percent of all auto accident fatalities occurred in crashes in which at least one driver or nonoccupant had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.10 grams per deciliter (g/dl) or greater.
Drunk drivers must be stopped! If you suffer personal injury resulting from an auto accident because of the carelessness and negligence of a drunk driver, contact a Houston personal injury lawyer experienced in drunk driving cases today!
Don't Be An Auto Accident Victim
If you have suffered a personal injury in an auto accident, it's important to protect your rights. Contact a personal injury lawyer at Christian Hill and Associates as soon as possible. A personal injury lawyer at Houston, Texas law firm Christian Hill and Associates can evaluate your personal injury case at no cost to you. If we determine you have a personal injury claim, we will handle your case aggressively, and You pay absolutely nothing unless we win your personal injury case.
Anatomy of an Auto Accident Case:
1. After an auto accident, you will have an initial consultation with an attorney to obtain relevant information; identify target defendant(s); verification of insurance coverage; notice letters sent to target defendant and their insurance company; further investigation initiated; and property damage issues resolved.
2. Client begins medical treatment while Christian Hill Case Manager diligently obtains medical and loss of earnings data.
3. Christian Hill Case Manager obtains relevant information concerning insurance policy limits; reviews the auto accident investigation results and gets status report on medical care and further diagnostics needed, if any.
4. Once medical treatment has been concluded, Christian Hill Case Manager gathers all medical reports, billing records and narrative reports from attending physician(s) in order to ascertain amount of demand that should be made to the insurance company.
5. Managing Attorney meets with client to discuss amount of demand to be made to insurance company. Christian Hill and Managing Attorney meet and prepare demand letter for transmission to insurance company.
6. Insurance company is given two weeks to respond to initial demand. Managing Attorney begins negotiation process in effort to have case settled expeditiously but with a goal of maximizing recovery for client.
7. If client is not agreeable to settlement offer from insurance company, then case is presented to the Litigation Review Committee at Christian Hill & Associates. Mr. Hill reviews the file and meets with the Case Manager and Managing Attorney to discuss litigation strategy, if necessary. If no resolution/settlement is forthcoming, then Client and Managing Attorney meet to discuss possible pending litigation.If you have been injured in an automobile collision, please let us know the details of your case by calling or contacting us as soon as possible.
Call the Houston lawyer that's been widely recognized as one of Houston's top personal injury lawyers, Christian Hill. The phone call to Houston lawyers Christian Hill & Associates is free, and you pay nothing until you win.
Act Fast to Protect Your Legal Rights
If you have been injured, you may be entitled to compensation, but time is running out, you must act fast. Your case could be subject to the statute of limitations, so act now!. Call or contact us as soon as possible, or submit your case today for a free personal injury consultation.
