Does Having an Attorney Make a Difference?
As with doctors, choosing the right personal injury attorney makes a huge difference in the outcome of your case. Abeyta Nelson Injury Law has built a solid reputation over the past 33 years making sure that the interests of our clients are protected.

Insurance company claims adjusters often try to discourage an injured party from seeking the help of an experienced attorney. This happens in cases with the at-fault party's adjustor, as well as your own insurance company when you have an uninsured/underinsured motorist claim.

Are insurance companies interested in making sure you are treated fairly? No. Insurance companies know if an injured person comes to us they'll have to pay a fair settlement and they don't want to do that.

Below are just a few examples of why Abeyta Nelson Injury Law is considered the best in our field when it comes to improving our clients' outcomes:

A 46-year-old Yakima glass installer was injured when another driver failed to yield right of way and broadsided his pickup. He sustained a re-injury of a knee where he'd had knee replacement surgery a year before and aggravated arthritis in his shoulder. The insurance companies offered him $125,000. After working with his doctors to get proper medical documentation of the new injuries, Abeyta Nelson negotiated a settlement for him of $660,000.

An 18-year old Hispanic woman suffered a fractured leg in a four-car pileup on Interstate 90 near Seattle. All four defendants pointed their fingers at each other, none of them wanting to accept responsibility. Prior to trial, the four defendants offered a total of $68,000. After a seven-day trial, the jury awarded damages of $564,000.

A 62-year-old Yakima woman was injured in a rear-end automobile collision. She sustained an injury to her neck, low back, and hip. She'd had surgeries on both her low back and hip in the past but was doing well before the collision. The insurance company offered her $4,000. We recommended that she wait and see if her condition improved before settling. She eventually required surgery on her low back. Abeyta Nelson recovered $220,000 for her.

A 50-year-old Ellensburg woman was injured when another driver failed to yield right of way from a stop sign. She sustained a brain injury, fractured ribs, and fractures in her mid back, but appeared to have made a good recovery. The client was paid $40,000 by the other driver's insurance company and offered $40,000 by her own insurance company under her underinsured motorist coverage. After arranging additional medical evaluations to document her injuries, Abeyta Nelson recovered a total of $170,000 for her.

A man who had suffered back injuries in an automobile accident caused by an uninsured driver was offered $6,000 by his own insurance company to settle his claim. Because the driver responsible for the accident did not have any insurance, his own uninsured motorist coverage applied. He felt that the offer was insufficient and contacted our office for representation. We took his claim to arbitration and proved that his back injury had increased the cost of running his own trucking business and also significantly impaired his ability to actively participate in many of his pre-accident activities. Abeyta Nelson obtained a $75,000 arbitration award, more than 10 times what his own insurance company had offered him.