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A car accident can turn an ordinary day into months of medical appointments, insurance calls, and missed work. Car accident claims are a type of personal injury case built around proving that another driver’s negligence, whether that’s distracted driving, speeding, impaired driving, or simply failing to pay attention, caused your crash and your injuries. In Indiana, that means showing the other driver owed you a duty to drive safely, breached that duty, and caused damages you can document.
Indiana requires drivers to carry minimum liability coverage of 25,000 dollars per person and 50,000 dollars per accident for bodily injury, along with 25,000 dollars for property damage. Those minimums are often too low to cover a serious crash, which is why uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage matters so much here. If the at-fault driver doesn’t carry enough insurance to cover your losses, your own policy may need to fill the gap, and an experienced car accident lawyer can help you figure out where that additional recovery comes from.
Indiana’s modified comparative fault rule also applies to car accident claims specifically. You can recover damages as long as you’re found less than 51 percent at fault for the crash, though your award gets reduced by your share of the blame. Insurance adjusters know this rule well and sometimes try to pin extra fault on an injured driver to shrink what they owe, which is one reason it helps to have an attorney reviewing the police report, witness statements, and any available video before you say anything to the other side.
At RileyCate, we investigate car accidents the way we’d prepare for trial, even in cases that eventually settle. We pull police reports, gather medical records, and when needed, bring in accident reconstruction and medical experts to establish exactly what happened and what your injuries are actually worth. Whether you were hit by a distracted driver on the interstate, rear-ended at an intersection, or involved in a multi-vehicle pileup, we build your case from the ground up rather than accepting the insurance company’s version of events.
Car accident claims often look straightforward until the insurance company starts looking for reasons to pay less. Having attorneys who are known and respected in Indiana courtrooms changes how the other side approaches your case from the start. Will Riley carries Super Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and AV Preeminent recognition, credentials built on decades of courtroom work. Our team has extensive trial experience in personal injury matters, led by Will Riley and Russell Cate, who have both argued before the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indiana Supreme Court, so if your car accident case runs into a dispute that needs to go up on appeal, you already have that experience on your team rather than needing to bring in outside counsel.
Will and Russell personally oversee every car accident case we take, staffing it with the attorneys and associates the matter calls for based on its size and complexity, which means you’re not handed off to a case manager you’ve never spoken with. You always work with someone who knows the facts of your crash, not just a summary in a database. We also don’t rush clients toward a quick settlement just to close a file faster. If a fair number is on the table, we’ll tell you. If it isn’t, we’re prepared to litigate and try your case in front of a jury.
Nobody plans to need a lawyer. When something goes wrong, what you need first is someone who will listen, tell you honestly where you stand, and take the next steps off your plate. That is how every case at RileyCate, LLC begins.
We represent individuals, families, and small businesses across Fishers, Indianapolis, and surrounding counties in personal injury and complex litigation, business and real estate disputes, criminal defense, and appeals.
Will Riley and Russell Cate personally oversee every matter, staffing each case to its size and complexity. Both are recognized as Super Lawyers and have argued before the Indiana Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Will also holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and a Top 100 Trial Lawyer designation.
We are trial-tested, not just settlement-focused. We have tried hundreds of cases, because insurance companies, opposing businesses, and prosecutors negotiate differently with a firm willing to go the distance.
If you were hurt in a car accident, don’t wait to talk with an attorney, especially with Indiana’s two year filing deadline running from the date of your crash. We offer free consultations for car accident claims and can start reviewing your case right away. Reach out to RileyCate today to speak with a car accident lawyer about what happened and what your options are.
