
You might not realize the difficulties of a serious car accident often doesn't end at the scene of the wreck. Even after you are released from the hospital and your car is towed away, you could face days, months, and years of physical, emotional, and financial challenges. A collision with a drunk diver could leave you with severe spinal injuries that make it impossible to continue your job. A bike accident on I-77 leaves you with a head injury that causes memory problems and concentration problems. Your family van is hit head-on US Route 74, leaving your with a shoebox of medical bills that you can't afford to pay.
This is why you need legal representation. The insurance companies are not your friend and will try to take advantage of you if you lack adequate counsel. We have handled car accident injury lawsuits and claims throughout North Carolina (NC). We help people hurt in vehicles or on motorcycles all over Northeast NC including folks from Moyock, Elizabeth City, Ahoskie, Manteo, Nags Head, Edenton, Kinston, Greenville, Rocky Mount, the Outer Banks (OBX), and Roanoke Rapids. If you live in the Counties of Currituck, Dare, Camden, Gates, Chowan, or Hertford, really anywhere in coastal Carolina, we would love to provide free, initial law advice for new clients about personal injury. Our attorneys will work tirelessly on your behalf and ensure you have a strong advocate throughout the litigation process.
Our legal team lives and breathes injury law. Check out our in-depth library articles on car/motorcycle wrecks, auto crash video library, and results of car/motorcycle accident cases we've handled. We've also written consumer guides focused on auto accident law including "The Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in North Carolina: What You Need to Know if Hurt in a Car."
We represent the victims of the following types of vehicle and traffic accidents in North Carolina (NC) and South Carolina (SC):
• Car accidents and rental car accidents
• Limo accidents, taxi accidents, and hired car wrecks
• Scooter crashes and moped crashes
• Motorcycle accidents, Harley crashes, dirt bike accidents, and chopper wrecks
• ATV accidents, three-wheeler accidents, and four-wheeler accidents
• Uninsured motorist claims
• Hit and run accidents, pedestrian accidents, and crosswalk accidents
• Drunk driving wrecks, driving under the influence (DUI) accidents
• Truck and 18-wheeler accidents, pickup truck crashes, tractor-trailer wrecks
• Bus and van crashes
• Train crashes and railroad crossing accidents
• Bicycle crashes and cyclist accidents
These accidents may involve any number of vehicles, but they can all result in the same serious injuries. Serious injuries can be extremely expensive to treat, and some may lead to permanent disability, chronic health problems, multiple surgeries, ongoing physical therapy, loss of wages, and lowered quality of life.
• Head injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and brain damage
• Back injuries and herniated discs
• Neck injuries and ruptured discs, bulged disc, and nerve damage
• Spinal cord injuries, paralysis, quadriplegic injuries, and paraplegic injuries
• Broken bones, fractured bones, and hairline fractures
• Shoulder injuries, knee injuries, and other joint injuries
• Burns, scarring, and disfigurement
• Amputation injuries
Even if you have insurance, you may very well have trouble convincing your insurance company to live up to their contractual obligation with you. They deal with car accident injury claims every day, and are skilled at denying payment, offering insufficient payment, or delaying payment. Chances are that you have never before been seriously injured in a car accident – and your insurance company knows this. They have constructed a needlessly complicated process for you to endure as well as a number of strategies meant to deter you from seeking your just funds.
Shapiro, Lewis, Cooper & Appleton will help you with this fight so that you can concentrate on what is truly important: your recovery, your family, your career, and your financial security. We will help you collect the following types of damages:
• Medical bills and the ongoing cost of care. Medical bills are often more than the initial cost of patching you up after the accident – you could need ongoing physical therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, special medication, reconstructive surgery, or the need for ongoing, around-the-clock care.
• Loss of wages and loss of future earnings. Often, injuries prevent you from returning to work during your recovery, and sometimes your injuries are so serious that you are no longer able to continue in your field of work or work at all. In these cases, you are compensated for what you would have earned if not for the accident.
• Loss of consortium and emotional distress. How do you put a price on losing a loved one, or having your loved on changed forever due to a catastrophic injury? What about if an accident takes away specific joys from your life, such as playing the piano, engaging in sports, or even walking down the street? Damages from emotional distress seek to make up for these serious matters that some insurance companies think are frivolous.
Being seriously injured in a car accident or other vehicle wreck can be stressful, overwhelming, shocking, and life changing. Don’t try to handle everything yourself. With the help of a skilled, knowledgeable attorney, you can battle the insurance companies and fight for what you need and deserve.
About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and accident law. Our law firm has an office in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC) on East Elizabeth Street. Our attorneys have handled thousands of automobile negligence cases involving cars, trucks, trains, and motorcycles. We serve all areas of North Carolina including the Outer Banks, Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo, Corolla, Currituck, Dare, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Raleigh, Durham, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, Greensboro, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Halifax, Northampton, Greenville, Goldsboro, Havelock, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, Wilson, Ahoskie, Currituck, Camden and any other county.
While not every injury case meets our criteria, we off a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at 1-800-752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call promptly.
Rick Shapiro and James Lewis were included among the "Best Lawyers in America" 2010 Edition, and selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2009). In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical, respected law firms.
We also offer free special reports on distracted driving and The Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in North Carolina. In addition, our lawyers proudly edit the Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard, as well as the Virginia Beach Injuryboard and Norfolk Injuryboard as a pro bono public information service. Our injury attorneys also host an extensive injury law video library on Youtube.



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