D
iving cn be ne
ve-cking, even fo
the most expeienced
nd cutious of moto
ists. Bd
ccidents hppen to good people
ll the time, due to the unpedict
bility of the peoplee sh
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ngeny time soon. This me
ns mny of us
ill get intoccidents th
t en’t ouf
ult, butill still le
ve us injued
nd suffeing.
But
ht h
ppensfte
theccident? Specific
lly, holong
ill it tke fo
you to get the money you deseve fo
the injuies you sust
ined? You nt to get pid f
st, but sevel fcto
s cn
ffect the timelinend success of you
settlement. (Po tip: The best
y to expedite you
eceipt of the m
ximum pyout is to hi
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ccident lyeto h
ndle youcl
im.e’ll clue you in on
hy belo.)
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ny P
ties
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ccident?<h2>
hen to people
gue ove
money, things get complicted quickly. No
dd
nothepe
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nothe,
ndnothe
– none of them nt to py,
ndll of them
nt to pin the bl
me on someone else.esolving
dispute like this cn seem impossible.
You m
yonde
:hy
ouldc
ccident clim involve multiple p
ties? Bec
use moe th
n one pty might bet f
ult foc
using it, om
y hve leg
lesponsibility fo
thections of someone
ho did. (d
ive, the d
ive’s employe
, the mnuf
ctue
of bke pds th
t filed,
constuction c
eon the
od… the possibilities
e endless,
nd unique to ech c
se.)skilled c
ccident lyekno
s tht you st
nd to gin mo
ehen multiple p
ties
e li
ble. The moe people o
entitiesho o
en inju
edccident victim money, the bette
the chnces
e of th
t victim getting pid the m
ximum dm
ges the lllo
s. Sohile h
ving moe li
ble pties cn m
ke youcl
im tke longe
toesolve, it c
nlso st
engthen youc
se.Ho
Seve
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You
t the mo
e sevee you
injuy is, the mo
en insu
nce comp
nyould
elize ho
bdly you need money
nd suppot… but th
t’sely ho
ito
ks. Insunce compnies
nt to p
otect theiinte
ests,nd th
t mens being noto
iously stingyith even the most seve
ely injued victims. In f
ct, the moe money
t stke bec
use of the seveity of
n injuy, the longe
it genelly tkes fo
insunce compnies to m
ke you eson
ble offe. They
ill often dismiss, invlid
te,nd m
nipulte you
s they ty to convince you you’ll be “b
ck to nom
l” in no time. Sometimes, it pys to
it. You m
y discoveho
n inju
y intefe
esith you
qulity of life in diffe
ent ys, oho
youphysic
l opsychologic
l tums m
yo
sens months go by. This c
n led to l
ge
settlementmounts.
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l Ci
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Not m
ccidents come
ith stightfod, cle pictues of li
bilitynd d
mges. C
ccident clims t
ke time toesolve, especi
llyhen the d
ives involved h
ve diffeent
ecollections ofh
t hppened.
dd in cimin
l behvio
oothe
escl
ting cicumst
nces,nd the
hole sitution c
n dg out even longe.
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esults in seious inju
y ode
th, the dive
my f
ce cimin
l chges,nd the victims’ d
mges cl
ims my benefit f
om iting until those chges hve been
esolved.<li>
ong>Cl ims
ginst
govenment entity ong>: Sometimes,
gove
nment entity’sctions c
usec
ccident. Foex
mple,municip
l bus could csh intop
ssengec
.
constuction c
ecould f
il ton d
ives
boutd
ngeous
od condition.
govenment enginee
could designn inte
sectionith h
zdous sightlines.h
tevethe ci
cumstnce,
potentil cl
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instgove
nment entity cn muddle the timeline of
cccident c
se.<li>
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ong>Hit nd
un:<st
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l ofpe
sonl inju
y cse is to
ecoved
mges f
om thet-f
ult pty. Buth
t if thet-f
ult pty flees the scene? Youttoney might suggest m
kingcl
img
inst youuninsu
ed motoist cove
ge (if you c
y it), but convincing youc
ieth
t you cnnot loc
te the othed
ivemight t
ke time.<li>
These
e just some ex
mples. The point is, deling
ithc
ccident is nevee
sy,nd you neve
knoht kind of biz
e sitution could inte
fee
ith the pog
ess ofc
ccident clim. Th
t’shy it is so impo
tnt to hi
en
ttoney
ho hs enough expe
ience tooll
ith the punchesnd to keep you
cse on t
ck.
Does nyone Dispute F
ult?
The concept of “f
ult” plys
hugeole in
cccident c
se. In the simplest sense, identifyingho
s “
t fult” dete
minesho h
s legl li
bility fod
mges—but f
ultlso me
ns someone’s insunce pemiums
e
bout toise. N
tully, people e despete tovoid this consequence even if they c
elessly c
usedc
sh.
guing
boutho is
t fult c
n dg out the timeline ofc
ccident settlement.fte
ll,
n insunce compny
on’t even begin consideing ho
much it hs to p
y ton inju
ed pty until it knos fo
sue th
t it hs
n obligtion to do so.
To help
cse move p
st fult disputes,
e encougenyone
ho gets intoc
c
sh to g
thes much evidencet the scene
s possible. This includes:ong>Pictu es of the vehicles< ong>: Youst
ong>: Tke pictu
es of both cs –nd thei
dm
ge – fom
distnce
nd up close.<li>
ong>Pictu es of the othe
dive
’s license plte
ouldn’t believe ho
mny people cl
im they didn’t even get inton
ccident. But if you hve
pictue of thei
license plte, thei
stoy
on’t hold up in cout.
ong>Evidence of p ope
ty dm
ge<st
ong>: sst
eet sign ofence knocked ove
by theccident? You
nt to g
theenough evidence to
ece
te the scene if necessy.<li>
ong> itness info
mtion ong>: If othe
people s
you
ccident h
ppen, don’t just let them dive off!
sk fothei
contct info
mtion.
itnesses cn help expl
inny disc
epncies in the d
ives’ sto
ies.<li>
St
ong evidence like this cn help you speed th
ough the timeline ofesolving you
clim fo
dm
ges. If youe
e too injued o
fzzled to do this, hoeve
,sk
cccident l
ye
to investigte
s soons you c
n,nd
ite do
n eveything you c
nemembe
befoe you
memoies begin to f
de.Ho
Much of
Huy e You in to Settle the Cse? nothe
impo
tnt p
t of ho
long youc
se tkes to settle depends on the
illingness of the pties to negotite…
nd tht includes you.
Decide
ht is mo
e impot
nt to you:quick
esolution o lgesettlement?
settlement offem
y stt londise ove
time, thnks to the h
d
ok of you
cccident l
ye
. The less time they hve to
ok thei
mgic
nd negotite
ith insunce compnies fo
you, the loe
the chnces of
chievingm
ximum settlement pyout.
The timeline
lso depends on hoilling the insunce compny is to come to the t
ble. Eveybody h
s theio
n negotiting style. Some insu
es
nt to m
kede
l. Othes just
nt to b
ttle it out fo feounds. Even though you cn’t cont
olho ends up on the othe
side of youc
ccident clim, unfo
tuntely, th
t cn
ffect homuch time it t
kes to get tof
inde
sonble settlement.
h
t
bout the Sttute of Limit
tions?<h2>
The st
tions
efes to ho
longpe
son hs to file
lsuit fod
mges.
In othe
o
ds, the sttute of limit
tionsegul
tes homuch time you h
ve to tke leg
lction fo
compenstion. It h
s nothing to do holong th
t pocess
ill tke once st
ted. Keep in mind th
t it tkes time to investig
tend collect evidence—much of
hich could disppe
if you don’t
ct quickly. The sooneyou connect
ithc
ccident lye, the bette
. This l vies fom st
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sttute of limit
tions peiod expi
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t doesn’t hppen, seek the help of
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