Car accident lawyer in Southfield, MI

What to do first after a Southfield crash

Michigan's no-fault system pays your medical bills and lost wages first through your own policy, and the application must be filed within one year, so see a doctor promptly and keep every document. Get the report number from Southfield police or the State Police. Photograph the vehicles, the freeway ramp or intersection, ice or potholes and the signals. Collect witness details. Note whether the other driver was in a company or rideshare vehicle. Keep a log of missed work and household tasks you cannot manage. Any statement to the other driver's side can be deferred until you have spoken with an attorney.

Crash situations common in Southfield

M-10, the Lodge Freeway, ends in Southfield after running up from downtown Detroit, and its final interchanges with I-696 and Northwestern Highway form a tangle of short ramps and heavy merging. I-696 crosses the city east-west with constant congestion between the Telegraph Road and Greenfield Road exits. US 24, Telegraph Road, is a wide, fast commercial corridor with frequent left turns and serious intersection crashes, and Northwestern Highway and Twelve Mile Road serve the office towers and the civic center. Office parking structures empty at once at five o'clock. Michigan winters bring black ice on the elevated ramps, and spring potholes send drivers swerving across lanes.

What the free case review covers

Call (470) 600-0106 at any hour; a person answers in English, Spanish or Arabic, serving a city with large Arabic-speaking, Chaldean and other communities. The free consultation starts with the crash location, the report, your injuries and your medical care. Because Michigan is no-fault with a threshold for suing the other driver, we ask how serious your injuries are and whether your benefits application is in and being paid. Work, income and daily limitations are discussed. We then describe the usual course of an Oakland County case. You will not be asked to sign or pay anything.

Connecting you with a Michigan-licensed attorney

Car Accident Lawyers Agency does the matching; the attorney does the representing. We connect Southfield residents and workers with an independent personal injury attorney licensed in Michigan who handles both the first-party no-fault claim and, when injuries meet the serious impairment threshold, the claim against the other driver. Southfield is home to many law offices, and we look for one that fits your crash and your language, including Arabic and Spanish. We also tell you plainly when a case is not one to pursue, for example when injuries do not meet the threshold, and we explain the reasoning behind that answer.

How an Oakland County case usually proceeds

Your car accident attorney makes sure your no-fault application is filed on time and monitors that medical bills, wage loss and replacement services are paid. They notify the other side that you are represented and gather the police report, medical records and any video from office buildings, businesses or traffic cameras. If your injuries clear Michigan's threshold, they assemble the claim against the other driver, with evidence of how the crash occurred and how your life has changed, then send a demand and negotiate. Many Southfield cases resolve by agreement; others are filed in Oakland County Circuit Court. You decide on any offer.