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Common inju

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Cuts
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pes
Contusions
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B
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Spin
l co
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T

um
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ies

P
lysis<
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mput
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Neck inju
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Soft tissue inju
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In the immedi
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ccident, some of these inju
ies e mo
e obvious th
n othe
s. Some c
n go undetected foeeks, o
the p
in c
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ushes of
d
en
line. If not t
e
ted co

ectly
nd quickly, these unde
lying inju
ies might c
use
ddition
l
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m
nent d
m
ge. This is
hy you should be ex
mined by
docto

s soon
s possible
fte
youccident,
hethe
you think you need to be o
not.

Initi
l Settlement Offe
s

Soon
fte
you
c
ccident, the insu

nce comp
ny of the
t-f
ult d
ive

ill often cont
ct you
nd offe
you
quick settlement.But don’t jump fo
joy just yet. The settlement the insunce comp
ny offe
s you
ill be lo
. In f
ct, it p
ob
bly
on’t even covell of those medic
l bills you h
ve sitting on you
kitchen t
ble. Insunce comp
nies t
ke
dv
nt
ge of un
ep
esented individu
ls. Don’t let them pull the
ool ove
you
eyes.
fte
you
c
ccident, you might be out of
o
k tempo
ily o
pe
m
nently. The insu

nce comp
ny kno
s this,
nd it kno
s you m
y be despete fo
f
st c
sh, so it st

tegic
lly offe
s you
lo
b
ll settlement. Neveccept this settlement
ithout
t
usted c
ccident lye
by you
side, m
king su
e the insunce comp
ny doesn’t t
ke
dv
nt
ge of you.

To obt
in p
ope
compens
tion, fi
st you need to estim
te ho
much you
medic
l bills
ill be – including the ones you h
ven’t
eceived yet. Depending on the type of inju
ies you’ve suffe
ed, you’ll need to budget fo
:

Hospit
l st
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Su
ge
ies

eh
bilit
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Tests, X-

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Is,
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ns

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nspo
t
tion

By
ccounting foll of you
futu
e medic
l expenses, you get
bette
ide
of ho
much money you’ll need to fully
ecove
. If you
ccept the initi
l lo
b
ll settlement f
om the insunce comp
ny, you could miss out on
ll the ext money you need
nd dese
ve.
hen you sign
settlement, you ive youight to b
ing
ny futu
e cl
ims
g
inst the insunce comp
ny fo
this
ccident. It’s t

gic,
nd
e’ve seen it h
ppen to people
ho didn’t

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n
tto
ney to help them. They
ish they did!
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The
mount of time it t
kes to get you
settlement money vies g
e
tly. In genel, you’
e looking to
ecove
compens
tion fo
the follo
ing:

Medic
l expenses

eh
bilit
tion costs<
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Dis
bility<
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Disfigu
ement<
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P
in
nd suffe
ing<
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Emotion
l dist
ess

Lost

ges

Loss of comp
nionship<
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Loss of enjoyment of life

Negoti
ting these te
ms c
n t
ke time, but
o
king
ith
l

fi
m th
t h
s the
esou
ces to b
ttle
big insunce comp
ny is impo
t
nt.
e kno
you need the money, but
e
on’t settle unless it’s
ight fo
you. Once
settlement is
g
eed to, ho
eve
, you should
eceive you
money
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feeeks.
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ith most leg
l p
ocesses, settling out of cou
t c
n be
good option - unde
the
ight ci
cumst
nces. If you
nd you
c
ccident
tto
ney dete
mine th
t’s the best cou
se of
ction fo
you
cl
im, he
e’s ho
it
ould go:

ong>File
fo
m
l cl
im.<
st
ong>
fte
you
c
ccident, you must file
fo
m
l cl
im
ith the negligent d
ive
’s insu

nce comp
ny. You should file
s quickly
s possible
fte
you
c
ccident.<
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ong>Insu
e
’s investig
tion. ong>
fte
you file you
cl
im, the insunce comp
ny
ill conduct its o
n investig
tion. This includes t
king st
tements f
om
ll d
ive
s
nd
itnesses, including you. Insunce comp
nies

e t
icky
nd sometimes do
n
ight m
nipul
tive – you need
n
tto
ney counseling
nd
ep
esenting you to m
ke su
e you
void s
ying
nything th
t might get you into t
ouble.<
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ong>You
investig
tion.<
st
ong>
hen you
o
k
ith
skilled
nd se
soned c
ccident inju
y l

ye
, they
ill conduct
sep
te investig
tion.
hy? Bec
use the insunce comp
ny’s investig
tion is done
ith
focus on finding you
t f
ult.<
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ong>
pp
ov
l o
deni
l. ong>
hen the negligent d
ive
’s insu

nce comp
ny
pp
oves you
cl
im, th
t me
ns it is
ccepting th
t its insu
ed d
ive
s
t f
ult. This sm
ll victo
y does not necess

ily me
n th
t you’ll be compens
ted fully fo
you
inju
ies – the
e’s mo
e
o
k to be done.
nd if the insunce comp
ny denies the cl
im, it must p
ovide you
ith
v
lid itten
e
son
hy.

ong>Settlement offe
s. ong> You e neveequi
ed to
ccept
settlement offe
. You o
e it to you
self to h
ve
t
usted c
ccident settlement lye
by you
side m
king su
e th
t
ny settlement offe
you
eceive is f
i
.<
li>

ong>Lsuit.<
st
ong>
o
st c
se scen

io, if the insu

nce comp
ny
efuses to offe

f
i
settlement
mount, you m
y h
ve to t
ke you
c
se to cou
t to ensu
e
dequ
te compens
tion.<
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h
t to Do
fte C
ccident

The steps you t
ke immedi
tely
fte
you
c
ccident c
n imp
ct you

bility to
ecove
d
m
ges f
om the
t-f
ult d
ive
. Follo
these guidelines to help m
ximize youecove
y:

ong>C
ll 911: ong> Immedi
tely
fte
you
c
ccident, you need to c
ll 911. (Yes, even fo
seemingly mino

ccidents
he
e you don’t h
ve
ny obvious inju
ies.)
hen the police
ive, they
ill c
e
te
n
ccident
epo
t. They most likely
ill not
ssign f
ult in this
epo
t; th
t’s fo
the insunce comp
nies to bicke
ove
. Ho
eve
, the police
epo
t
ill p
ovide
di
g

m of the
ccident,
hich is impo
t
nt to you
cl
im.

ong>Seek medic
l
ssist
nce: ong> C
lling 911
lso h
s the benefit of p
oviding eme
gency medic
l se
vices. Do not
efuse these se
vices. You

d
en
line is
unning high,
nd you m
y not even
e
lize th
t you

e inju
ed. Some inju
ies m
y be inte
n
l
nd difficult to detect. You

e putting you
o
n life
t
isk if you
efuse to be seen by
medic
l p
ofession
l.<
li>

ong>T
ke pictu
es:<
st
ong> T
ke close-ups
nd
ide shots of the
ccident scene,
nd
ny d
m
ge to you
vehicle, othe
vehicles, o
you
suoundings.
ddition
lly, t
ke photos of you
inju
ies. (If the
e e b
uises o
s
elling, they m
y not
ppe
ight
y
nd you should t
ke photos of the developments
t home ove
the next fe
d
ys.)
ll of this is vit
l evidence to ensu
e the most successful outcome fo
you
c
se. Depending on the seve
ity of the
ccident in
hich you
e
e involved, you m
y not be in
condition to t
ke pictu
es. If this is the c
se, h
ve
t
usted f
mily membe
, loved one, oitness t
ke the pictu
es fo
you.
emembe
,
pictu
e is
o
th
thous
nd
o
ds!

ong>Do not
dmit f
ult:<
st
ong>
hen the police

e filling out thei

epo
t, they
ill spe
k
ith
itnesses,
s
ell
s
ith
ll of the d
ive
s involved in the
ccident,
hich includes you. Seemingly innocent st
tements like, “I looked do
n fo

second” o
“m
ybe I

s going too f
st” h
ve the potenti
l to neg
tively imp
ct you
c
se o
pin bl
me on you. The insunce comp
ny c
n use these st
tements
s
dmissions of guilt,
nd the insunce comp
ny c
n use them to deny you
cl
im o
to
educe the
mount it o
es you.
emembe
:
nything you s
y c
n
nd
ill be used
g
inst you!

ong>Keep
pe
son
l inju
y jou
n
l:<
st
ong> Ove
time, you
condition
ill hopefully imp
ove,
nd you
on’t
emembe
the d
ily st
uggles you f
ced to get the
e. Keeping
pe
son
l inju
y jou
n
l
he
e you ite e
ch d
y ho
you’
e feeling,
h
t p
og
ess o
setb
cks you’
e m
king,
nd you
level of p
in,
ill help to keep you
p
in
nd suffe
ing f
esh in you
mind if you need to
ecount it fo
you
c
se. This
ill
lso help you
c
ccident lye
m
ximize you
settlement.

ong>C
ll
c
ccident l

ye
:<
st
ong> You dese
ve
n expe
ienced, dedic
ted c
ccident l

ye
to stee
you th
ough this difficult p
ocess. You need
n
dvoc
te
nd
n
lly. . M
ke su
e to
sk if
l

ye
offe
s f
ee consult
tions immedi
tely
hen you c
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t you don’t need
l

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to h
ndle you
leg
l issues, o
th
t if you do use one, it’ll be inc
edibly expensive. This couldn’t be fu
the
f
om the t
uth!
e’ve seen too m
ny lost, sced, confused individu
ls t
y to h
ndle thei
o
n c
ses in
n
ttempt
t s
ving money, only to get t
ken
dv
nt
ge of by insunce comp
nies
nd st
y st
uggling. Don’t let it h
ppen to you. Don’t

lk
y f
om this unfo
tun
te situ
tion
ith mo
e
eg
ets th
n you st

ted
ith.
eceive the leg
l counsel
nd p
ofession
l expe
tise th
t you dese
ve,
nd come out on top.

Finding the
ight
tto
ney fo
you
c
se c
n be
ch
llenge. You p
ob
bly don’t spend much time do
n
t the cou
thouse,
nd those TV
nd

dio
ds fo
inju
y lye
s c
n seem so sens
tion
l
nd impe
son
l. . So you end up online, on this ve
y p
ge! Online
esech is the best y to find the
ight
tto
ney fo
you
c
se.
hen you fin
lly c
ll thei
numbe
,you

nt to
sk ce
t
in questions
bout thei
expe
ience, uch
s:

Ho
m
ny c
ses like mine h
ve you h
ndled?

Ho
m
ny c
ses h
ve you settled?

ill you<
em> be my
tto
ney, o

ill someone else h
ndle my c
se?

o
king
ith
l

fi
m me
ns you
ill de
l
ith mo
e th
n one pe
son, but you need to feel comfo
t
ble pl
cing you
t
ust in the le
d
tto
ney on you
c
se.
ftell, you
futu
e is in thei
h
nds. You
lso

nt to m
ke su
e th
t they’ve h
ndled c
ses like you
s befo
e. The mo
e complex you

ccident
nd inju
ies, the mo
e complex the leg
l p
ocess
ill be. Expe
ience counts. No m
tte
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good thei
intentions e, you don’t nt someone f
esh out of l

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ndling you
c
se.
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nd leg
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eve
y penny you dese
ve
nd do
h
teve
it t
kes to m
ximize you

ecove
y. You dese
ve to
est
ssu
ed th
t someone
ill competently investig
te you

ccident,
eviell medic
l
nd police
eco
ds, spe
k
ith
itnesses, negoti
te
ith insu

nce comp
nies,
nd t
ke you
c
se
ll the

y to t
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l if necess

y.

If you still h
ve questions
bout
c
ccident settlement o
you
o
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c
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ovide
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s
nd help pl
n you
next steps, to
d the compens
tion you deserve!

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