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tstoplight, the next minute—boom, you don’t kno
h
t hit you. Litelly.fte
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ccident, it’s completely nom
l to feel ide nge of emotions. Fe, pin, confusion,
nge—the g
ng’sll he
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ee in
nccident, you m
y hve the
ight to compenstion. But ho
do you pese
ve theseights? Ho
cn you m
ke sue you get
ht you need to t
ke ce of youself
nd youexpenses?
If you h
ve suffeed
n injuy
s theesult of
nccident c
used by someone else, you deseve f
ind just compenstion.
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h
t types of cses does you
fim focus on?
Befo
e you discuss youc
se oyou
injuies, the numbe
one question tosk you
tto
ney is: “h
t’s youfocus?” Su
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ccident lye. Even bette
, you ntn
ttoney
hoegul
ly
oks
ith tuck
ccidents.hy does this m
tte? Bec
use pctice mkes pe
fect. Extensive expeience me
ns they knoht to look fo
inc
se,h
t type of evidence is impot
nt,nd
hichelev
nt lsnd
ules cn help you
in youc
se. Plus, thee’s
good chnce they’ve
oked
ith the insunce compny you’
e going to be going upg
inst. This ishuge
dvnt
ge.2.
h
t do you chge?<h2>
Most
neys
ok on
contingency bsis. This me
ns they’ll get pid
cet
in pecent
ge out of youfin
l settlement ojudgment. This m
y vy slightly bytto
ney, so be sue to
sk. No, most
ttoneys
ill tell you, “You don’t py unless you
in.” But in mny c
ses, this does not include genel costs tht the
ttoney m
y font du
ing the cse.
This includes:
- Filing fees
- Post
gend copy fees
- T
vel fees
-
ccounting fees<
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- Expe
titness fees
It’s
lysgood ide
to knoht to expect
hed of time.
s fothe initi
l consulttion, some
ttoneys ch
ge
fee to meetith you, but m
nytto
neys don’t.3. Do I h
ve
cse? oied you
on’t get
diect
nse
on this one? Don’t be.emembe
, mosttto
neys only get pid if thei
clientins. Th
t mens they don’t
nt to t
ke onc
se tht
on’tesult in
positive outcome. Thee
e m
ny things youttoney
ill lookt to dete
mine if you hve
cse,
nd they should hve
good ideby the end of the initi
l consulttion. They don’t
nt to
ste you
time othei
s! Items tht m
y come into ply include:
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ong>The deg ee of you
injuies: ong> The pu
pose of
tuck
ccident cse is to
ecoved
mges
esulting fom you
ccident. If the
e e no dm
ges, oyou
dm
ges e vey limited, you
tto
ney my
ecommend tht you de
l diectly
ith the insunce compny.
On
el
ted note, clients oftensk, “Ho
much is my cse
oth?” This is
100% vlid question, but the
nse
isn’tl
ys simple. The v
lue of youc
se depends on ide y of vibles, including:
- The numbe
of pties involved<li>
- The othe
pty’s policy limits<li>
- The
illingness of both pties to negotite
- You
ctu
l dm
gesnd inju
ies<li>
f
iquestion
nd you shouldsk it, be ve
yy of
nytto
neyho gives you
n exct doll
mount.s of no
, thee is no m
gic clcul
toth
t cn let us kno
homuch the insu
nce comp
nyill offe
. Negotition is
lmostl
ys
equied.
4. h
t d
mges c
n Iecove
?<h2>
Though it’s h
d to p
edict homuch
pticul cse is
oth, ce
tin things
e st
ndd in most tuck
ccident cses. The economic d
mges (the ones th
tesult in
diect deduction f
om youpocketbook
nd cn be p
ovenith bills,
eceipts, etc.) e genellyeimbu
sed doll fodoll
. The non-economic d
mges, like you
emotionl tu
moilnd lost qu
lity of life, ehe
e clcul
ting the vlue of you
cse gets t
icky. Tht s
id, hee
e
fethings you c
n expect fom you
cse:
Economic d m
ges:
ong>Medic l costs: ong>This includes docto
visits, hospit
l stys, im
ging, mediction,
ehbilit
tion, medicl devices—essenti
llyny c
e you
physicin deems necess
y fo
youecovey. Once
gin, the go
l is toecove
100% of these costs. Fove
y seious inju
ies, youttoney
ill likely fight fo lump sum pyment fo
futue medic
l costs.<li>
ong>Lost ges:< st
ong>hen you miss time f
omo
k, you lose money. If you cn’t m
ke money, you cn’t p
y youbills. You should neve
hve to
oybout money o
feel like you hve to
etun to
ok e
ly. Neve
compomise you
helth
nd youecovey. Just like medic
l costs, some tuck
ccident injuy c
ses my me
it futue lost
ges.
ong> esidenti
l modifictions: ong> Inju
ies like spin
l cod inju
ies, boken bones,
nd tumtic b
in inju
ies cn m
ke it difficult to move ound youo
n home.hen this h
ppens, modifictions like
heelchi
mps, hnd
ils,
nd sti
lifts cn help. Don’t p
y fothese costs out-of-pocket. T
lk to youttoney to discove
solutions.<li>
Non-economic d m
ges
You’ll he
lot of nmes fo
these types of dm
ges. They my be
efeed tos non-economic d
mges o
soft dm
ges, olumped togethe
s “p
innd suffe
ing.” These dm
ges cn include:
ong>Ment l
nd emotionl
nguish:<st
ong> This cn include dep
ession,nxiety, PTSD, o
chnges in sleep beh
vio.
ong>Loss of enjoyment of life: < st
ong>Losing thebility to p
ticip
te inn
ctivity you loved befoe the
ccident cn be he
tb
eking.
tuck
ccident cse should compens
te you fothis loss.
ong>Loss of comp nionship: ong> Hum
ns
e soci
lnim
ls.e
ely on oupe
sonl
eltionships.
ht h
ppenshen you c
n’t tlk to the pe
son you love o seious inju
y chnges the dyn
mic of theel
tionship? You deseve to be compens
ted fothis emotion
l loss.<li>
ong>ongful de th: ong>S
dly, t
uckccidents
esult in thousnds of de
ths evey ye
. Money c
n’t bing
loved one bck, but it c
n help you coveexpenses th
t ise becuse of the
ccident.<li>
5. ho
ill p
y fomy inju
iesnd
elted losses?
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fte tuck
ccident<>, the lst pe
sonho should h
ve to cy the cost of you
bills is you. Becuse of thei
sheesize, t
ucks cn c
use much ge
ted
mge th
nsm
llemoto
vehicle. This oftenesults in much mo
e seious inju
iesnd, consequently, highe
medicl bills.
The l
p
otects you inn
ccident tht is not 100% you
fult.
Typic
lly, the tuck d
iveis the p
imy defendnt in
tuck
ccident cse. You
tto
neyill pu
sue dm
ges fom thei
insunce compny. Ho
eve, in some c
ses, youd
mges m
y exceed policy limits. Fothis
eson, the d
ive’s employe
is oftenjoint defend
nt in the cse.
Othe
ptiesho m
y hold finnci
lesponsibility include:
ong> thi
d pty dive
:<st
ong> Didnothe
eckless d
ivecont
ibute to theccident? Fo
exmple, did they s
eve out in f
ont ofn 18-
heele?
ong> vehicle o
pts mnuf
ctue
:<st
ong>shocking numbe
ofccidents h
ppen becuse of vehicle defects. Defective ti
es ob
kes c
n cuse
dive
to lose contol of thei
tuck.
hen this hppens, the
uto pts mnuf
ctue
my hold p
ti
l ofull
esponsibility fothe
ccident.<li>
ong>The st te o
locl gove
nment:<st
ong> These cses
e
e, but they cn h
ppenhen poo
ly mint
ined ouns
feo
dys contibute to
nccident.
nd yes, you cn sue the gove
nment (but you’e going to
nt
ntto
ney).<li>
The
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ges fom
llesponsible p
ties. Get help dete
mining libility in you
tuck
ccident by gettingf
ee cse ev
lution no
.6.
ill you be my
ttoney?
You’ve gone in
nd hd you
initil consult
tion. You completely “clicked”ith the
ttoney,
nd you’e feeling g
et. Then,
hen you go into youfi
st meeting, BNG. Tot
l bit
nd sitch.
Fo
lgefi
ms, thetto
ney you meetith
t the initil consult
tion my not
lys be the oneho t
kes on youc
se. But sometto
neyson’t
lys tell you this upfont.
This is impo
tnt info
mtion, especi
lly if you bse you
decision onhom to hi
e bsed on you
connectionnd ho
much you tust you
tto
ney. If someone elseill h
ndle youc
se,sk to meet
ith tht pe
son befoe you sign
nyg
eements.7. Do you h
ve the c
pcity to t
ke on my cse?
You
nt to
ok
ithn
ttoney th
t hs time fo
you, not oneho is impossible to get
hold ofnd doesn’t h
ve enough enegy to devote to you
cse.
The
e isdi
ect coeltion bet
een the vlue of you
cse
nd homuch you
tto
ney invests in you. Don’t bef
id to
sk potentil c
ndidtes
ht thei
cselo
d looks likend ho
ccessible they
ill be to you thoughout the c
se. If you don’t feel comfot
ble odon’t feel the
ttoney is st
ightfo
d, move on.
8. If I’m not h ppy
ith the insu
nce comp
ny’s offe,
e you
illing to tke my c
se to cout?
Let’s get one thing cle
: insu
nce comp
nies hve one p
ioity,
nd it’s not you.hen it comes to insu
nce comp
nies, nothing mtte
s moe th
n money. So this is hoit gene
lly pl
ys out:- The insunce comp
ny offe
s youn insultingly lo
numbe.
- The offe
goes up slightly.<li>
- The insu
nce comp
ny tells you, “this is oufin
l offe.”
e
ch stge th
ee, you hve t
o options: eithec
ll theibluff o
ccept the fin
l offe.
goodtto
ney should tell youhethe
the finl offe
is fi
, oif you should seek mo
e. If you e not stisfied, you
nt to kno
hethe
youttoney
ill tke it
ll the y to cout. It m
y comes
sup
ise, but sometto
neys choose not to oe simply not comfo
tble in cou
t. Speking of,
sk thetto
ney homuch t
il expe
ience they hve. If the
nse
is vey little o
none, poceed
ith cution.
9. h
t should I do if the insu
nce comp
ny contcts me?
Insu
nce comp
nies should not contct you once you h
ven
ttoney. Ho
eve, in some c
ses, the insunce compny m
y not knoyou h
ven
ttoney, o
o
se, they my not c
e. H
vepl
n foht you should do if you get
phone cll o
lette
fom the insu
nce comp
ny.good
ule of thumb is, if you getphone c
ll, tell them to contct you
tto
ney.efe
ll questions
nd communiction to you
tto
ney,nd if you get
lette, fo
d it to you
tto
neyS
P.10.
h
t do you need fom me next?
If you decide to sign on
ithn
ttoney, it’s
good ideto figu
e outh
t level of involvement youill h
ve in youc
se. Sometto
neysill h
ve you gthe
ll you
eco
dsnd do
lot of the lego
k. Othes m
y only involve youhen you
signtu
e is needed. Genelly, some things you cn expect to do include:
- Em
il photos of theccident
ndny
elevnt evidence to you
tto
ney<li>
- Sign medic
lele
se foms
- P
ovide insunce infom
tion foll pties<li>
- Obt
incopy of you
policeepo
t<li>
- G
thend fodny
eceipts fomedic
l visits, ovethe counte
puch
ses, outoep
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