Our St. Louis Law Firm can help you recover compensation from a driver who caused an accident due to speeding.
Responsible drivers know that speed limits are in place to help protect drivers from the serious harm that will be caused by a car accident. If you have recently been injured by a speeding driver, our law firm can help. Injuries from these types of accidents can be severe with long hospital stays and expensive doctor bills.
This legal professional has shown exceptional competence and dedication in their field. I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking legal representation that is committed to unwavering advocacy and support throughout the entirety of their case.
I would describe this lawyer as highly educated, sharp, and top of his game. Explains the car accident process and treatment options well. The lawyer said if they don’t pay you, we will have the jury take it from the insurance company. Great lawyer. Dynamic person.
Interviewed all the TV car accident lawyers and decided to call this law firm that had great reviews. So happy I did. What a difference!
Response from the owner: TV car accident lawyers are just mass production. This is not a good fit for litigated cases. Paralegals instead of lawyers. Monthly quotas for settlements. Car accident victims end up in a cattle call with the lawyers on TV.
Love my car accident lawyer. This law firm is a step above.
Response from the owner: Our lawyers train and track the best approaches on cases. Whether litigation in cases or the practicalities of certain treatment, the growth of our lawyers over time is paramount. Always staying ahead of and setting practice trends. Thank you.
Serious family member have a car accident injury? Look no further. This litigator is for real. Always two steps ahead of the other lawyer.
Response from the owner: This is a sad reality for car accident lawyers. The #1 passenger in an auto accident is a relative. Helping a family make it through this and putting the family back together is one of the most rewarding things I do as an automobile accident attorney.
This lawyer handles really big accident cases in St Louis. He is a lawyer, accountant and has his masters in tax so he gets the injury cases for individuals that can never go back to work or individuals own a business and cannot run it due to injury. He specializes in valuations of massive loss. Thank goodness a firm like this exists.
Response from the owner: Thank you. When accident are severe and you lose the ability to work or to continue a business, having an accounting and tax background is key. Valuing large losses are second nature for us.
Asked a trauma surgeon who operates on car accident victims who are the best injury lawyers that have taken his deposition. He said “by far” it was Mr Hoffmann. Interviewed several attorneys and this was a correct assessment. In a league of his own!
Response from the owner: Our attorney have deposed nearly all the trauma surgeons at every Level 1 Trauma Center in Saint Louis. These doctors save lives after a car accident. Whether controlling bleeding or reestablishing blood flow or bone structures, they are life savers.
Few lawyers in St. Louis can handle the biggest injury cases! This is one of them!
Response from the owner: Our law firm has made great efforts in terms of training to handle life changing injury cases. Whether in depth knowledge of the medical, loss of income and earning capacity, or lifetime medical care plans, our clients feel confident and know their case is in good hands. Thank you for the compliment.
Cannot say enough about this lawyer. Call if in an accident. This attorney handles the biggest car accidents in St Louis.
Response from the owner: Thanks Ash! Our biggest source of cases is our clients. Our second biggest referral source is defense lawyers telling their relatives to call us. Few lawyers can handle the largest cases. Our law firm welcomes and has trained for this. We don’t do mass production settlement like the lawyers on TV. Our clients can never go back to work. Their cases need massive focus and effort and often long fought litigation.
So glad I called attorney Hoffmann. This time I got it right! So glad I hired the Hoffmann Law Firm - professional, reliable and available.
Response from the owner: Thanks Taylor. Our lawyers answer the phone day, night, weekends and even during lunch. Being professional means training to beat the best defense lawyers. Client rely on us to get results and we do.
Great lawyer. Cares about his clients, knows his stuff and goes the extra mile. I recommend this lawyer for car wreck injury claim. Every other lawyer on TV would not even help with my property claim. This attorney did.
Response from the owner: Thank you for the kind words. Every case starts with a great client. You are correct the car accident lawyers on TV are mass production settlement mills. When injury clients fire them, we get their files and the cases are not worked up at all. Appreciate your confidence in us!
Major car accident injury in St Louis area for a family member. Four different lawyers we know said the same thing - call Chris Hoffmann. On another level.
Response from the owner: This is such a great compliment. Most of our cases come from prior client or lawyers that also do car accidents cases but the particular case is too large or too difficult. Being a lawyer and an accountant, we specialize in cases with total lost of income, earning capacity and/or often the inability to continue a family business. Evaluations such as these are second nature for our lawyers. Thanks.
Best in St Louis for auto accident cases. Nobody else is even close.
Response from the owner: So kind of you to leave this review. Whether our lawyers are going after big insurance or their lawyers, skill and experience are essential and win the day for our auto accident clients. Thanks!
This attorney is very smart, very experienced, returns phone calls and knows the answers when asked. One call and I knew this was a great law firm for auto accidents.
Response from the owner: Our law firm appreciates this. This is a comment we get from so many people who call…”none of the lawyers we called told me all the things that you did.” Whether we take a car accident case or not, helping people is a good thing.
5 Star Lawyer for sure! Best you will find in Saint Louis.
Response from the owner: Thanks for the 5 Star Rating. Reviews like this are great. Injury victims quickly figure out the TV advertisers are not good. We work hard at being the best we can be and it reflects in our representation of car accident victims.
Watch this lawyer in action. Was way better than all the others. Get this lawyer for an automobile accident for sure.
Response from the owner: Thanks for the recommendation. Besides doing cases, our attorneys train for this. Hard work, case knowledge and technique is key to success in car accident litigation.
Very pleased with The Hoffmann Law Firm. Lawyers are attentive, friendly and go the distance to force the settlement you want. The TV lawyers recommend low offers. This law firm gets the maximum.
Response from the owner: We get calls from car accident victims that had to fire the TV lawyers that they hired. They give the same two reasons: 1) they never spoke to a lawyer at the Big TV law firms, only a paralegal, and 2) the paralegal recommended they accept a low offer. At our law firm, you only talk to the lawyer and if an offer is low we tell you to sue. Thanks!
Several lawyers said to call this lawyer because he is the best. You will appreciate this law firm. Helped with the injury and property claims. Attentive and knowledgeable. Great reputation in St Louis.
Response from the owner: Thanks Lexi. Our #1 source of cases is other lawyers referring us cases that are too big for them to handle.
Would use this accident law firm. Best in Saint Louis. Highly rated and it shows. After one phone call, you just know this attorney is better. 5 Stars!!
Response from the owner: Thanks for recommending our lawyers in St Louis. There is a major difference in lawyers as you well know.
Car accident lawyers on tv are not good . Get this attorney ! He is a pro !!
Response from the owner: Thanks Nathan. TV lawyers market for car accidents, use paralegals instead of lawyers and give their employees settlement quotas hence forcing cheap settlements. At our law firm, you get a lawyer who keeps pushing forward for more.
Quality lawyer. Best law firm for a car accident. Advice was way better than other lawyers I called in St. Louis. Helped with property and injury.
Response from the owner: Thanks. The TV lawyer advertisers are just car accident settlement mills. As soon as people call a real attorney, they always tell us how much better and more helpful we were. Appreciate this.
This lawyer is big time. Smooth. The other lawyers on the other side were not nearly as good as this attorney. I recommend friends in St Louis to him for accident injuries and they all say the same thing…”that lawyer is great.”
Response from the owner: Very nice of you to say. Our lawyers work hard on auto accident cases.
Family used this car accident attorney after a crash. Located in St Louis. This lawyer answers the phone and will walk you through the process. Knows his stuff!
Response from the owner: Taking calls, going over the car accident injury and property process is important. Clients that call always say we are the only lawyers that explained everything. Much appreciated.
Tried the lawyers on TV. They were not good. Hired this car accident lawyer instead because he had great reviews. The reviews are correct. This attorney is as good as they get. He does big injury cases that need to be litigated.
Response from the owner: Car accident lawyers on TV do not litigate cases. It is mass production. They have quotas. Local attorneys are best on auto accidents.
Used this attorney for an auto accident. Highly recommend this lawyer in St. Louis. Communicates well.
Response from the owner: Communicating with clients is essential. Taking the client though the car accident claims process is important otherwise major mistakes can occur. It is an effort that we make. Thanks!
Fantastic law firm, I would recommend! Received free consultation related to an auto accident when my parked car was damaged by a baseball. Very supportive advice, these guys are good!
I was in a car accident in St.Louis and hired Chris as my lawyer. He was amazing!!! He helped me every step of the way and was able to get me a great settlement!!!Highly, highly, highly recommend him!
Response from the owner: Each step is important in a car accident. Thanks for recommending us for car accidents injury claims.
Our group of experienced attorneys will assist you in pursuing compensation for those economic losses as well as the pain and suffering you are now enduring.
The Dangers of Speeding
While it may be obvious to you that the faster a car is moving the less time there is to react, many other drivers choose to ignore this fact. This coupled with the increased force a speeding car creates, results in injuries that are more severe than in other types of car accidents. Broken bones, spinal injury, and traumatic brain injury are all associated with high-speed car crashes.
The injuries that you are now suffering from due to your car accident are most likely exacerbated due to the increased speed of the negligent driver.
Our law firm has the resources and experience to recreate the accident and show how the speeding car led to the seriousness of your injuries.
How Speed Limits are Determined
Traffic engineers put a lot of time and energy into placing speed limits for good reason. Excessively driving over them is reckless, but even driving 5 miles per hour over the speed limit could be dangerous to other drivers. Curves and hills that cause blind spots are taken under careful consideration when determining the speed limit as well as the traffic patterns and nearby shopping centers or schools.
The speed limit is in place because the engineers who designed the road know how much time a driver will need to react if there is a sudden obstruction in the road in front of them or if a child were to inadvertently step out into the road. When a driver disobeys these limits they are putting everyone else on the road at serious risk of injury.
Even low-speed limit crashes can cause long-lasting medical problems for an accident victim. One of the most common of these types of accidents is the low speed rear-end collisions that occur at stop signs or traffic lights. Even if there is nothing more than a scratch on your bumper from the crash, you could still suffer from whiplash.
Our law firm will help you recover all damages from a whiplash injury or any other injury that occurs from this type of low-speed collision.
What
Does the Law Say?
When it comes to basic speed limits, the Missouri law requires drivers to
remain within a rate of speed so as not to endanger pedestrians, other drivers,
or property.
The limits are as follows:
70 mph on rural interstates and freeways;
65 mph on rural expressways;
60 mph on urban interstate highways, expressways, freeways, and other roads except state two-lane lettered roads outside urban areas;
55 mph on two-lane state roads.
However, these speeding limits apply under
normal circumstance. Other factors such as poor weather conditions may lower
the basic speed limit.
Failing to comply with these speed limits will
get you an automatic fine, and, in some case, license revocation or even years
of imprisonment if the driver also caused harm to a pedestrian or other driver.
But generally, speeding is a non-negotiable offense, and perpetrators shouldn’t
expect to go free with just a warning.
Do
Speed Limits Make the Road Safer?
The answer here depends on how you look at the
question. First of all, studies show that lower
speed limits don’t do much for crash prevention or
lowering the number of car accidents on the roads. However, they do reduce the
number of fatal or very severe accidents.
Secondly, numerous other factors can cause a
car crash than just driving over the speed limit. Driver fatigue, faulty
vehicles, poor weather conditions, previous medical condition, distracted
driving, and more – all these factors can influence a driver and be the leading
cause of an accident, regardless if the vehicle was within the state speed
limit or not.
So, it could be a case of misunderstanding
what the purpose of a law is. Speed limits cannot guarantee a safer road;
nothing can. What they can do is, however, prevent fatal accidents by
restricting the force of a moving car in case of impact.
What
Does That Mean?
The law is the law. Though some research shows that in certain circumstances speed limits can be a bit more relaxed, current Missouri legislation is clear. If a driver is caught speeding, they are breaking the law. And if you’ve been the victim of a car accident, and the other driver was speeding, you are entitled to compensation.
St. Louis Whiplash Attorneys
Whiplash is often associated with speeding. Whiplash is a type of neck injury that occurs from the sudden jolting of your head forward and then backward when your vehicle is struck from behind. The muscles and tendons stretch past their normal capacity causing sharp pains in the area. Severe headaches and back pain are often secondary symptoms of whiplash to which the only treatment is time and pain management.
It is imperative that you see a physician immediately following an accident that involved speeding, no matter how minor your pain may seem. Whiplash can take days to present any painful symptoms, giving the defense cause to refute its connection to the car accident. As they may linger to appear, painful whiplash symptoms may stay with an accident victim for months, necessitating frequent therapy and pain management medications.
St. Louis Car Accident Law Firm
Our firm recognizes both the major and minor injuries that are the result of speeding car accidents and can assist in recovering your rightful damages in both scenarios. Talk to a Lawyer for Free 24/7 at (314) 361-4242!
