A personal injury claim is best handled through the help of a Personal injury lawyer, and not just any lawyer, but a competent and experienced personal injury lawyer. You need a lawyer who knows what he or she is doing, has a structured method in coming up with a strong case, has resources to help you gather evidence, get expert witnesses, and negotiate with the insurance company. However, there are instances when a person chooses to handle his or her own claim in order to avoid having to pay lawyer's fees. This may work, but not in all instances. There are cases when handling your own claim may work. The question is when should you handle your own personal injury claim?

Will you know how much you are owed if you handle the case yourself? Though there is no fixed formula that injury lawyers use to assess the amount that you may be owed in a personal injury case because each case has a different set of facts surrounding it. There are many factors lawyers may take into account in determining the value of your personal injury case. Ultimately, you should have a professional, who knows these factors, to handle your case.

It is generally difficult to say when you can handle your case on your own, but when the case is straightforward, the compensation claims process is simple, and you have the ability and the capacity to gather your resources and prove your own case, then you may handle your personal injury claim on your own. There are those kinds of cases where only basic principles and knowledge about personal injury, backed up by clear evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant are required in order to resolve the claim. Cases that also involve minor injuries on the soft tissue are commonly handled by the victim himself because the value of such a claim is more or less similar from case to case.Problems usually arise when you start proving your case against an insurance company. It may take you a lot of time and effort to gather evidences. There are times when an insurance company takes advantage of the fact that you do not have proper legal representation, that you end up accepting less than what you are actually entitled to simply because you do not want to deal with them anymore. There are also cases when you end up discounting incidental losses and damages to your property and health. When you begin to doubt, it is time for you to consult a personal injury lawyer before your chances of being properly compensated are jeopardized.