What Do Car Repair Estimates Have to Do With Las Vegas Car Accident Cases?

When you are involved an auto accident, through no fault of your own, having your car repaired is second only to getting immediate medical care for the injuries you may have suffered. Your Las Vegas Personal Injury Lawyer will tell you that when you are selecting a company to repair you car, you have many options to choose from. 

After an accident, the ‘at fault’ driver’s insurance company may attempt to contact you and have you get your car or truck repaired at one of their facilities. This may seem like an easy option, but remember that the insurance company has only one person’s interests at heart: theirs. 

Based upon how most insurance companies operate, they will usually send you to a car repair facility that uses used car parts and non-certified repair personnel. The insurance company’s car repair shop will also just repair visible damage and typically not try to locate any hidden damage to the car’s frame or other latent parts of your vehicle. Since the insurance company’s car repair facility will likely put used parts on your car, the actual car repair bill will be much lower, saving the insurance company money.

The lower car repair estimate also has a second, added bonus for the insurance companies. Namely, that if the case goes to court, the insurance company will argue that damage to your car was so low, pointing to their low car repair estimate, that you could not have possibly injured in the car accident. Although this a false argument, some juries fall for this cause and effect story.

Do not let the insurance company fool you. Your Las Vegas Car Accident Lawyer will tell you not to take your car to the insurance companies’ car repair shop. Instead, you can take your vehicle to the dealership or a car repair shop who will conduct a full inspection on your vehicle. They will replace damaged car parts with new parts and will not try to artificially deflate your car repair bill.

Next time we will discuss special issues in slip and fall cases in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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