Water Damage Claim Lawyer
This post was last updated on September 24th, 2021
Property owners experience water damage quite frequently. All it takes is a leaky roof or pipe for water to damage the internal structure of a property. Sometimes you can prevent water damage if you keep your roof and plumbing well-maintained, but there are no guarantees. Tough situations can happen at any moment.
Water can cause thousands of dollars in damages to your property. It can ruin your flooring, drywall, ceiling, and the overall stability of your structure. What’s worse is that water can increase mold growth inside of your property. Mold brings a whole series of other problems to your environment. Not only does mold weaken your building materials, but it can also inflict damage to the respiratory health of people in that environment.
For this reason, you’ll need to resolve the water damage situation as soon as you can. This means cleaning up the water and stopping the source of the water from adding any more of it to your property. You might need to fix a burst pipe or patch up a leaky roof. Whatever it takes, you must stop any additional water from entering your property.
Your insurance company will want to know that you did everything possible to prevent the water damage. If you willingly let the water damage continue to get worse for weeks when you could have stopped it sooner, then your insurance company may deny your claim. You must prove that you didn’t make the damage any worse by the actions that you took.
Do not make any repairs to your property just yet. You must file a claim and wait for approval of that claim before you can begin making the necessary repairs. The insurance company will investigate your claim by sending a claims adjuster to evaluate the damage firsthand. They will take pictures and make their own assessments as to the validity and seriousness of your claim.
Check Your Insurance Policy
Insurance policies have strict language and provisions about water damage coverage. Do not assume that any water-related situation will be covered by your insurance policy. For instance, if a backed-up sewer or water pump caused the water damage to your property, then your insurance company will probably deny your claim. The only exception is if you elected to include sewer or sump pump backup coverage as an option. Most property owners don’t elect to have this coverage, which is why their claims get denied.
It is best to seek help from a lawyer to better understand your insurance policy.
Hire a Water Damage Claim Lawyer
Insurance companies do not like to pay compensation for water damage property claims. If your insurance company denied your water damage claim, then you need to contact the law offices of the Louis Law Group immediately. We have a team of trained water damage claim lawyers that can evaluate your case and figure out a way to fight for a reversal of the claim denial.
If you have not filed your water damage claim yet, then let us do it for you. Our water damage claim lawyers can increase the odds of your claim getting approved if we’re the ones to file it for you. Insurance companies do not like to deal with lawyers because they know that we know the law. We’ll be watching their actions every step of the way to ensure they are not violating your legal rights in the matter.
In most cases, insurance companies will approve a water damage claim if the policyholder has legal representation from the beginning. As long as you were honest in your claim and did everything you could to stop the water damage, then you have legal grounds to receive a fair settlement. We’ll work hard to make sure you receive every penny of that settlement.
About the Louis Law Group
The Louis Law Group has handled countless numbers of water damage claim cases in Florida. For over 20 years, local Floridians have trusted our expert team of water damage claim lawyers to assist them in several types of water damage cases. We’ve handled water damage cases that resulted from hurricanes, heavy rains, bad plumbing, leaky roofs, floods, and plumbing accidents.
If any of these situations caused water damage on your property, then we’re here to help. We represent commercial and residential property owners that suffer water damage. The sooner you get your insurance claim approved, the sooner you can make the necessary repairs to your property. Then you can get your home or business back working order again.
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