Personal Injury & Accident Lawyer Albuquerque, New Mexico
At the Caruso Law Firm
we have over 29 years of experience and have built a reputation in
successfully representing personal injury cases in
Albuquerque and throughout the entire state of New Mexico. Our firm
focuses on a select group of common accident cases. We take pride in
establishing a personal relationship with each client and specialist
that we work with.
How Can We Help You?
We are solely a personal injury law firm and do an excellent job
helping our clients claim damages against the people who have caused
them harm due to their careless behavior. Personal
injuries are any sort of emotional, mental or physical injury,
however serious, that somebody has sustained as a result of somebody
else’s negligence, whether it was premeditated or not.
In many cases, the law surrounding personal injury matters is
quite complex and may involve a number of different interpretations.
Trying to claim compensation by yourself is difficult. At the same
time you’re at risk of playing straight into the hands of the
unscrupulous insurance agencies whose intention is to offer nothing
when one of their policy holders has inflicted harm on another.
What we do is to take the worry and strain off your shoulders in
dealing with the aftermath of an accident and let you focus on
recovering – emotionally and physically. You have enough to deal
with in life without having to worry about fighting to get
compensation from the very people who were responsible for your
injuries.
A Legal Right to File a Personal Injury Lawsuit
Here in New Mexico, and throughout the Unites States, it is a
legal right to claim compensation for injuries that an accident
victim has sustained that were caused by a negligent party. It is
usually a requirement by state law that the claimant must prove
liability, i.e. prove that the injuries they have experienced were
caused by the person they are claiming damages from and that the
person was acting negligently.
Not all personal injury lawsuits are straightforward, as each case
depends on the particular circumstances. The most important factor is
the amount of clear evidence which links the cause of the accident to
a particular person, company, organization or government body.
In most of the accident cases we handle, the person at fault has
taken out third party insurance to cover themselves for such
incidents as collisions. When liability is evident, we negotiate
directly with the insurance company and do not have to take the claim
to trial. In a some situations, when the third party or their
insurance companies are being more difficult, we have to file a
lawsuit, but only if there is a good chance of success.
What should you do if you have had an accident
which was not your fault?
The first priority is to make sure that you get good medical
treatment. You may find that you are taken to hospital
immediately anyway if your injuries are severe. It is important that
you get your doctors and anybody else who treat you to give you
copies of the medical records so that these can be used to document
the extent of your injuries later on when the claim is being
processed.
If you have any chance to do so, it will really help your case for
compensation if you can collect any sort of evidence at the time of
the accident or immediately afterwards. This should not be done if it
is going to mean you delay treatment, but things like contact details
of witnesses, name and details of any police officers who have
arrived at the scene, details of the person at fault, photos taken of
wreckage or the accident scene, even if they are taken with your cell
phone, can be extremely valuable later on.
When you have had a chance to recover you should contact the
Caruso Law Offices as soon as possible. If you have problems with
medical insurance, we have contacts who can help you out. We have a
list of medical professionals who will not bill you until you reach a
settlement and will not charge interest.
Our firm offers a free initial consultation to discuss
your situation. If you cannot make it out to any of our Albuquerque
city offices, then we can make arrangements to come and see you in
your own home, if necessary.
We do not charge anything unless we win the case for you
and, in the event of success, we offer a discount on the contingency
fee which makes us more affordable than any other attorney in
Albuquerque.
Avoid Contact with Insurance Companies
Mark Caruso used to work as an attorney for insurance companies
for many years and knows how they operate. They are not interested in
their client’s own fault and even less in compensating you for
injuries or damages you have sustained. The more serious the
injuries, the more they have to pay out and that is the last thing
they want to do. They will try anything so that they either pay out
nothing at all or as little as possible.
The best answer to this is to have absolutely no dealings with the
insurance company or companies representing the person you are
claiming damages from. Let us deal handle this for you. We know
exactly what we’re doing and assure you that if your case is sound,
you will always get significantly more back using our services than
if you went alone.