What If There Are Multiple People Injured in the Accident?
State law requires drivers to carry auto liability insurance with coverage of $!5,000 per person and $30,000 per accident. These minimums might sound like a lot of money, but it goes quickly - especially if there are multiple injury victims from the same accident. When several injury victims are trying to get compensation from one small insurance policy, each of them needs to have their own lawyer because each victim’s right to compensation could be limited.
Sometimes the insurance company accepts liability and agrees that all the injury claims will exceed $30,000. In this case, the company might simply deposit the full $30,000 with the court, then let the court decide how to apportion these limited funds among all the injury victims.
Because the injury claims' total has exceeded this amount, it is unlikely that any single injury victim will receive full compensation for their pain and suffering. Situations like this are why each injury victim is so important to have their own lawyer to fight for as much compensation as possible.