Car Accident Legal Advice - Stewart J. Guss, Attorney At Law

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much compens
tion do I dese
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my inju
ies?

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tment in the eme
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ccident victims get
ushed into eme
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single d
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n cost thous
nds of doll

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ocedu
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nd t
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tment you need. Need to st
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costs could inc
e
se even mo
e. M
ny of the seve
e inju
ies th
t
esult f
om se
ious c
ccidents m
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equi
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ssing d
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ed, you m
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ble medic
l equipment
nd mobility
ids to help you get ound
fte
the
ccident. These include p
osthetic devices, heelch
i
, o
c
utches, fo
ex
mple. The qu
lity of th
t duble medic
l equipment c
n h
ve
huge influence on you
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lity of life
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n
ccident, but its cost c
n
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mo
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pists c
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esto
e you
qu
lity of life
nd
ssist you
s you le

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ith the limit
tions stemming f
om youccident. This is not
step you should eve
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time.
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home to cope
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iden you
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y
ithout compens
tion fo
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inju
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eve
, these
enov
tions

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uto
ccident,
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eless d
iveho hu
t you should be
esponsible fo
them.

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blishing lost ges

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k fo

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inju

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it becomes to get you

life –

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fin

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ccident? Did you

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to qu

ntify you

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the compens

tion you dese

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ble p

ty.

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ccident?

t type of insu

nce do they c

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uto insunce policy c

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mine ho

much compens

tion you c

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ccident, especi

lly if the othe

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s full leg

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bility fo

the

ccident.

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ccident?

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tion fo

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ccident

ill let you kno

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ush off thei
conce
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ienced
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ils
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ted
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ccident
nd dete
mine ho
much li
bility the d
ive
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bes fo
the
ccident.
hen the d
ive
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n g
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tly inc
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se the compens
tion you c
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eceive fo
you
inju
ies, since
n employe
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ies much highe
insunce covege th
n the
vege d
ive
.
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ci
l d
ive
m
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lso h
ve
n insu

nce policy
ith highe
limits fo
bodily inju
y cove

ge,
hich c
n inc
e
se you
ovell compens
tion.
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nuf
ctu
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nuf
ctu
e
s must p
oduce vehicles th
t
dhe
e to ce
t
in s
fety st
ndds. Ide
lly, they should p
otect the d
ive
s of those vehicles
nd othe
s
ho sh

e the
o
d
ith them.
hen vehicles m
lfunction, ho
eve
, they c
n le
d to
ccidents th
t c
use seve
e inju
ies. If the vehicle m
nuf
ctu
e
c
e
ted
vehicle outo pt th
t m
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nuf
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m
y sh

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bility fo
you

ccident.
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mech
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ecently
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ked on the vehicle.<
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hen
mech
nic
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ks on
vehicle, he must t
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it
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use fu
the
d
m
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lly d
m
ge th
t
ende
s the vehicle no longe
s
fe to opete. If
mech
nic ce
tifies
vehicle
s
o
d
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thy
hen it isn’t, th
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eflect
h
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ve fo
you
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dship. If you
ccept
settlement offe
too soon, you not only lose the money th
t is o
ed to you, you
emove the insu

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ny f
om futu
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to p
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ny insu

nce comp
nies seek to limit thei
fin
nci
l li
bility
s much
s possible
fte

n
ccident, especi
lly
n
ccident
ith signific
nt p
ope
ty d
m
ge o
seve
e inju
ies. Neveccept
settlement offe
until you h
ve discussed it
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ienced pe
son
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ll you c
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se the odds of getting full compens
tion you dese
ve fo
you
inju
ies.
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ouldn’t you?

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ll the othe
expenses they’
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lity, ho
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hile not even the best
tto
ney c
n gu
ntee the compens
tion you
ill
eceive
fte

c
ccident,
n expe
ienced pe
son
l inju
y
tto
ney
ill often inc
e
se the compens
tion you
eceive, even
fte
you p
y you
leg
l fees. In f
ct, m
ny insu

nce comp
nies
ill issue
bette
settlement offe
just bec
use they kno
you h
ve
pe
son
l inju
y
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o
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king e

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s th
t could
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tion. <
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th
t
h
t you post on soci
l medi

bout you

ccident m
tte
s? H
ve you conside
ed ho
the
ctivities you eng
ge in could imp
ct the compens
tion you
eceive? Do you kno
the t
icks
nd tps insunce
djuste
s
ill use on you? Not only c
n
n expe
ienced
tto
ney p
event you f
om m
king e

o
s, they c
n p
ovide v
lu
ble leg
l
dvice
bout ho
to h
ndle questions f
om the othe
d
ive
’s insu

nce comp
ny. This includes ho
to
void
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bility fo
the
ccident.<
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ovide you
ith o
d m
p of
h
t to expect
s you file you
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pe
son
l inju
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im c
n seem d
unting.
hile
n
tto
ney c
nnot tell you ex
ctly ho
the p
ocess
ill go, they c
n p
ovide you
ith
n ide
of
h
t to expect
s you file you
cl
im
nd negoti
te fo
the compens
tion you dese
ve.
n
tto
ney
ill

lk you th
ough e
ch step of the p
ocess, f
om putting togethe

dem
nd lette
th
t includes
ll you
fin
nci
l losses
el
ted to the
ccident to the negoti
tion ph
se
nd
h
t
ill h
ppen if you c
nnot
e
ch
n
g
eement th
ough negoti
tion. If you
cl
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tion o
needs to go to cou
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ienced pe
son
l inju
y
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ney is p
ep

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ough th
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ocess, too.<
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tions fo
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ve enough to de
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ndle you

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y.
n expe
ienced pe
son
l inju
y
tto
ney c
n st
e
mline the negoti
tion p
ocess, keeping you
st
ess levels do
n
hen you
l
e
dy h
ve mo
e th
n enough
esponsibilities to juggle.
n
tto
ney
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ndle c
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son
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ssu
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If you suffe
ed inju
ies in
n
uto
ccident, don’t t
y to h
ndle
cl
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o
n. You need c
ccident leg
l
dvice… so it only m
kes sense to c
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c
ccident l

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fo
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s.

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much compens
tion do I dese
ve fo
my inju
ies?

ho h
s to p
y my bills
fte c
ccident?