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GEICO (“Government Employees Insurance Company”) is the second-largest consumer auto insurer with over 15 million insured drivers.

Dealing with the GEICO claims adjuster can be challenging.  Our lawyers want to make it easier for you. This post provides top insider secrets for dealing effectively with GEICO on accident claims and looks at settlement amounts you can expect in GEICO claims.

GEICO SECRET #1: Be Wary of GEICO Claims Adjusters

Riding a motorcycle can be extremely dangerous because in the event of an accident with another vehicle (usually a car) the motorcycle rider is left completely unprotected and exposed. Even a relatively minor, low speed accident between a car and a motorcycle can have catastrophic consequences for anyone on the motorcycle.

This page will look at some of the most common causes of collisions between cars and motorcycles and how the motorcycle rider can get financial compensation for their injuries by filing a motorcycle accident lawsuit.

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This page is about spinal cord injuries in car accidents and their settlement value.  Our lawyers have handled over 1,000 spinal cord injury claims. We dig down in every one of those cases deeply to maximize the compensation for our clients. Through that process, our spinal cord injury attorneys have learned a lot about spinal cord injuries and their settlement amounts, and we pass that knowledge along to you on this page.

Our lawyers have had spinal cord injuries in low-impact collisions. They can happen. But they are rare.  Most injuries to the spinal cord are in more significant impact car and truck accident cases.  Spinal cord injuries are common in auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, and other serious accident cases. If a spinal cord injury has destroyed your life, the spinal cord injury lawyer you hire will impact how much money you recover.  There is no question about that. You need a skilled, experienced, and aggressive spinal cord injury lawyer to fight for the maximum level of compensation in your case.

The personal injury lawyers at Miller & Zois have spent the last few decades fighting for spinal cord accident victims. We are a nationally recognized personal injury firm that other law firms often turn to when they need someone to handle their most significant and complicated cases. If you want to talk to a spinal cord injury attorney about your claim and how to maximize your settlement payout, call today at 800-553-8082 or get a free online consultation.

This post examines the average settlement amount in back injury car accident claims. I last updated this page on December 14, 2021.

Let’s start with a few statistics.  A verdicts and settlements database found that the median plaintiff’s verdict award for motor vehicle cases that involved back injuries is $212,500.

For all car, truck, and motorcycle accident injury cases in the database that earned a plaintiff’s verdict, the median award is $300,000.

How fast am I driving?

The one thing defendants (and plaintiffs, for that matter) consistently screw up at deposition is time, speed, and distance calculations. They don’t know how fast they are driving and, if they do, they don’t screw it up with their time distance calculation.

• Learn more about crash speed calculations and how they are used in car accident cases

Our lawyers represent car accident victims throughout the country in herniated disc injury cases. We have settled or taken to trial hundreds of herniated disc car crash claims. We understand the science of these cases and the settlement amounts victims should receive in disc injury lawsuits.

Herniated Disc Injuries

Herniated disc injuries in car accidents are a common type of injury that can result from the impact of a collision. The spine is a complex structure that supports the body and allows for movement. It is composed of 33 individual vertebrae and numerous intervertebral discs, which act as cushions between the vertebrae. When a car accident occurs, the force of the impact can cause damage to these discs, leading to a herniated disc injury. You will hear people use terms like “slipped disc” or “ruptured disc” is often used to describe this condition. They all mean the same thing.