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telyfte
theccident. You c
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t might diminish youhole clim.
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nccident
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ith l enfocement. Victims c
n mke some
ccidentlly e
o
s eithehile communicting
ith othes in the
ccident, ohile tlking
ith l enfocement.
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in thing toemembe
is, nevegive
ny indiction you
e in
ny yesponsible fo
theccident. This me
ns you should not stte you neve
s the othed
ive, o
somethings simple
s sying you
e so
y.
hile these my seem like innocent comments, they could ultim
telyeduce you
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e looking to use
ny sttements to diminish the v
lue of youcl
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ke<> to pese
ve youights include:ong>G the ong> - Obtinfo
mtion
in the n
me, dive
’s license infom
tion,nd insu
nce info
mtion f
omnyone else involved in the
ccident. You need this infom
tion to filecl
ims
ells to file the
ccidentepo
t.itness info
mtion, if
pplicble,
illlso be helpful.
ong>Photogph evidence< st
ong> - Tke photos
t the scene if you eble. Photog
phs of the involved vehicles, ne
by t
ffic signs o
signls,
nd lndm
ks m
ylso be helpful.
emembe, if the
e e neby businesses, they my h
ve suveill
nce cme
s th
t cptu
ed theccident. Photog
phs
lso help document thee
theconditions. Photog
ph
ny obstuctions to vision.
ong>See docto
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ong> - One of the biggest mistkes c
ccident victims mke is
efusing medicl
ttention. Even if you think youinju
ies e mino, you must see
docto. Gene
lly, it is best to seek c
e
tn eme
gencyoom
nd folloup
ith youo
n physicin
fted. Even if you suffeht only seems like
ches op
ins, mke su
e yousk the docto
to thooughly document you
condition.<li>
ong> epo
ting to youinsu
eong> - Even
hen
nccident is not you
fult you
ill likely need to infom you
on insu
nce comp
nybout the
ccident. Mke no mist
kebout it ho
eve, c
ution is impot
nt.emembe
, stickith the f
cts. Povide them only the info
mtion
bout theccident, the n
me of the othed
ive,
nd the bdge numbe
of the officeho took theccident
epot if kno
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dless of the seve
ity of theccident, c
lln expe
ienced cccident l
ye
fo fee consult
tion.n
ttoney c
n help explin you
ights, outline you
options,nd p
ovide youith v
luble info
mtion th
t cn help you decide
ht steps to t
ke going fod. You hve nothing to lose,
nd eveything to g
in!<li>
The l
st thing you nt to do is mke
ny mistke th
till dev
lue youcl
im. Using common sensend seeking leg
l help is impot
nthen you
e
victim ofc
ccident.Li
bility M
ttes:
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ultnd Ho
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bility insunce.<>hen you
e in
cccident, est
blishing libility
ill ply
ole in you
e
chingn
geement on compens
tion foyou
injuies.
egdless of homuch insu
nce
dive
cies, if you c
nnot pove they
e li
ble foyou
injuies, the insu
nce comp
nyill not p
y foyou
losses. Some of the potentilly li
ble ptiesfte
c
ccident include:ong>D ive ong> - In some insts ope
ting
ecklessly<st
ong> -hen
dive
fils to obey t
ffic sign
ls including speed limit signsnd c
usesn
ccident, they cn be held li
ble fony injuies th
t occubec
use of thei<
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eckless behvio
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ong>Employe of the d
ivences, the d
ivem
y dive
compny vehicle o
o
k foidesh
e se
vice. Depending on the fcts su
ounding the
ccident, the employem
y be ptil li
bility fothe losses suffe
ed byvictim.
ong>Gove nment
gency<st
ong> - Ifo
d conditionse
e ptilly to bl
me fo cccident, it m
y be necessy to filecl
img
instgove
nment entity. These clims h
ve specil
equiements
nd my be mo
e complicted th
n simply notifyingn insu
nce
gency.<li>
ong>Othe p
ties ong> - You might hold othe
p
ties li
ble foinju
ies you suffeed in
cccident. Spe
kith you
cccident
ttoney to m
ke sue you kno
h
t documents youill need to p
ovide to shoothe
pties my be p
ti
lly lible fo
youinju
ies.<li>
The fi
st step inc
ccident clim is est
blishing fult. The
ccidentill
equie
full investigtion,
nd the best y to do this is too
kith
lyeho hs expe
ience hndling complic
tedccident c
ses. It’sl
ys
good ideto choose someone
ho hs
poven t
ck
ecod of successful c
ccident settlements.hile
ntto
ney’s tckeco
dill not
lys men they c
n obtin
settlement on youbeh
lf,st
ong tckeco
d does indicte they
dvocte on beh
lf of theiclients effectively to m
ke sue they get the compens
tion they deseve fo
theiinju
ies.Documenting Losses Befo
e Filing
Clim nothe
impo
tnt step in getting the compens
tion you deseve is m
king sue you h
ve kept goodeco
ds. Evey insu
nce comp
ny nts to mke su
e they py
s littles possible in cl
ims becuse it helps keep thei
bottom line in the blck. Insu
es get income f
om pemiums. The mo
e pemiums they collect, the bette
. The otheside is th
t the less they cn settle cl
ims fo, the he
lthiethei
bottom lineem
ins. Insue
sill t
keh
teveleg
l steps they cn to minimize the
mount they py fo
compenstion follo
ingn
ccident. Hee
e some of the losses you c
n incu,
nd hoto document them:
ong>Documenting medic l expenses ong>- You
medic
l bills stt mounting the minute you see the fist docto
folloing
cccident. The longe
it tkes you to
ecove, the highe
those billsill be. Be su
e you keep tck of ech docto
’s visit, including visits fophysic
l thepynd
ehbilit
tion thepy. If you hve h
dsu
gicl p
ocedue, m
ke sue you h
ve copies of the bills foll the pties involved—emembe
this usully involves bills f
om the hospitl
hee you h
d the suge
y, the sugeon,
nnesthesiologist,
nd lbo
to
y fony pe-
nd post-opetive lb
ok. Document
ny medicl expenses
ssocited
ith the injuies you sust
ined inc
ccident.<li>
ong>Lost ges follo ing
nccident ong> - Do not
ssume the only compens
tion you e entitled to folloing
nccident is you
houly
ges o
sl
y. The
e e othetypes of compens
tion you could be losing becuse you
e
t homeecove
ing fom you
injuy. This m
y include holidy p
y, sick py, m
tching deposits to youetiement fund,
nd moe. T
lk to youttoney
bout yout
ue ge lossesnd they c
n explin
ht options you h
ve fofiling
lost ge clim.
ong>Othe losses ong> - If they e un
ble to complete d
ily tsks due to thei
injuies, some victims find it necess
y to hi
e help. Tlk to you
lyebout this. If you cn document these losses, you c
n include them in the demnd fo
the settlement of youccident injuy cl
im.<li>
You m
y pusue othe
compenstion follo
ingc
ccident, including dm
ge to youvehicle
nd othed
mged pe
sonl p
opety. You
tto
neyill discuss
ll possible souces of compens
tionith you befo
e filingdem
nd clim
ith the insunce compny.
Steps to T ke
hen
n Insunce Compny Offe
sSettlement
Being out of
ok me
ns you hve less money coming in, but you
billsem
in the sme—
nd in someespects, they
e highe
becuse you must no
del
ith othecosts like p
esciption d
ugsnd docto
visits. This mkes it tempting to listen e
gely
henn insu
econt
cts yound offe
s yousettlement.
Do not get fooled!
Insu
nce comp
nies knofull
ell you e fcing mounting medic
l billsnd
loss of income. Becuse of this, they m
keh
tppe
s to be
good offend hope youill
ccept it immeditely. In some c
ses, theyill t
y to tell you this is the mximum
mount theyill offe
. They my even tell you the
e is no need to involvel
ye
. Do notccept
ny settlementithout fi
st tlking to
n expeienced
ttoney.
henn insu
eoffe
ssettlement, the
e e “hidden” stings
ttched. Let’s s
y, foex
mple, you suffen injuy th
till
equie futu
e sugic
l pocedu
es. Youill be out of
ok fo
t le
st six monthss you
ecove.
hile you my t
ust the insunce compny to do the
ight thing, the fct is they
e
ttempting to minimize theili
bility. By offeing you
fst settlement, they
e t
ying to get themselves fee of the possibility of needing to p
y moe money l
te.
ll settlementg
eements hve l
nguge th
t sttes th
t once youccept them, the insu
nce comp
ny hs no futu
e libility. Th
t could be bd fo
you in the longun, especi
lly if youinju
yequi
es ongoing ce oesults in long-tem sep
tion fom employment.
Filing Settlement Dem
nd fo
YouLosses
Once you
cccident inju
y lyeh
s detemined the full
mount of youlosses
nd you e on theo
d toecove
y, theyill send
demnd notice to the insu
nce comp
ny. Onlyfte
this stepill negoti
tions begin. The demnd to the insu
eill include thee
son fothe cl
immount
nd specifytime f
me fo
them toespond. The insu
eillespond
ithcounte
offe.
insend
epet.
You
emin in full cont
ol of this pocess. You
lyeill keep you infomed of
ny offes m
de on youbeh
lfnd give you thei
bestdvice
s toh
t options e stillv
ilble to you.
henl
ye
tells you they believe the insunce compny is not negoti
ting in good fith, you
ill need to decidehethe
onot to file
cccident l
suit.
Keep in mind, you
tto
neyill only get p
id fothei
legl se
vicesfte
they hve secu
edsettlement o
d on youbeh
lf. The gol is
lys to fully compenste you fo
youlosses,
ndheneve
possible, to compenste you fo
the pin
nd suffeing
esulting fom you
injuies.
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