Tag: law

Reading Time: 4 minutesThree red lights. That’s roughly how long the guy who hit me spent not looking at the road before he plowed into my back bumper on Atlantic Avenue. I’m making the number up, but you get it. One second you’re fine. Next second you’ve got a neck that won’t turn and a voicemail from an adjuster who’s weirdly cheerful. So. Do you need a lawyer or not. Honest answer first, because everyone else buries it: if nobody got hurt and the car’s barely scratched, no. Skip it. Handle it yourself,…

Reading Time: 4 minutesYou think filing a claim means you’re almost done. You’re not. You just started. That’s the part nobody tells you. You sign the forms, you hand everything over, and in your head there’s a check coming in a few weeks. Then weeks turn into months and you start wondering if anyone’s even looking at your file. Someone is. Just probably not the way you’d hope. Within a couple days an adjuster gets your claim. Write that word down and remember it, because this person is going to be the voice…