Auto accidents  ·  Lafayette, LA

Car accident intake for Lafayette firms.

Car crash inquiries arrive at all hours, often from a phone at the roadside, the urgent care or the body shop. Casestead answers every car accident inquiry to your firm in about a minute, day or night, and books qualified people with your intake team in Lafayette.

What the reply desk asks

Qualifying questions come from your firm's written criteria. For car accident inquiries, firms usually ask for:

• Date and place of the crash
• Whether police came and a report number exists
• Injuries and where they were treated
• The other driver's insurer, if known
• Whether the person already has a lawyer
• Best time and channel to reach them

Why the first minute matters

People in a crash often contact several firms the same day, usually from a phone and often in the evening. The firm that answers about the person's own crash first, and books a time with intake, is usually the one that gets the consult.

Follow-up

When a consult was booked but the person did not sign, the follow-up draft refers to their crash and their treatment, and your intake lead approves it before it goes out.

Louisiana context for intake

The general limitation period for personal-injury negligence claims in Louisiana is 2 years (2 years for injuries on or after July 1, 2024 (Act 423 of 2024); 1 year (former art. 3492) for earlier injuries). Inquiries about older incidents are flagged for a lawyer instead of being booked like a new case.

General rules for context only, not legal advice. Exceptions apply (minors, government defendants, discovery rules, recent amendments). Your firm's lawyers decide.

Questions

Other case types in Lafayette

• Truck accidents
• Motorcycle crashes
• Slip and fall
• Dog bites
• Workplace injuries
• Premises liability
• Rideshare accidents
• Pedestrian injuries
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