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d to believe, you only need to file
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clim go
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ndho h
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n expeienced c
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t hving
lyeill be highly impot
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othemedic
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sho p
ovide sevices
nd then tke p
yment diectly f
om yousettlement. Once you p
y youttoney
nd theecommended p
ovide, you likely
ill hve nothing left ove
foyou
othelosses.
hen you cll one of these se
vices, you my feel like you lose cont
ol oveyou
cse
nd youfutu
e quickly. Mny p
ofessionls in these net
oks h
ve theio
n (nd e
ch othe’s) inte
ests in mind insted of the inte
ests of theic
ccident clients. It’s oftenbette
ideto do you
on
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lye—
nd youmedic
l povide
s—bsed on you
on instincts.
Ho Do I M
ke Su
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ccidenttto
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c
ccident lye>, you
ill le
n quickly just ho
mny options the
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lk to fiends o
conductGoogle se
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n find mny options fo
peson
l injuy l
fi
ms. Hodo you kno
you found the best one foyou
sitution?
Fi
st, don’t choosel
ye
bsed only on
billbod, TV, odio
dvetisements,
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ny genuine insight into the qulity of the l
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. You shouldn’t even choose bsed on the look of
ntto
ney’sebsite.
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y money fo pominent
d o flshy
ebsite, but this doesn’t tell youbout the l
ye
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ppo
ch, ov
lues. You nt detiled info
mtion
bout ho l fim
ill hndle you
clim, including
hethethey
ill push you to settle ely (i.e., they e“settlement mill”) o
hethe
you’ll be deling
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ve ittenevie
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mnd these
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list of questions you pep
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ideof
lye’s expe
ience, competence,nd mo
e.hile you c
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cent sue you h
ve the vey best l
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v
ilble fo
c
ccident clim, you should be confident in you
choice befoe you sign
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n be in
die situ
tion. You my h
ve seious inju
ies to del
iths you
tch you
bills pile up. You need help getting bck on you
feet, but you don’t knoht type of help
lyeillctu
lly povide. The follo
ing is onlys
mpling of things tht
cccident
ttoney c
n do foyou:
- Identify <
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losses (this cn be mo
e thn one p
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lculte the full v
lue of youlosses
- File
n insunce clim
ginst the
t-fult d
iveo
compny
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ndle evey step of you
insunce clim p
ocess, including tlking to
djustes
nd poviding necess
y documents
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te fothe settlement you dese
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- File
nd hndle
peson
l injuy l
suit
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in the leg
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te foyou
ights.
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ithn insu
nce
djusteo
in font of
juy in the cou
toom, you
lyeillo
k to stnd up fo
youightsnd m
ke sue you get the outcome you dese
ve in youc
se. You don’t hve to fight fo
youo
nights
hen you hve the
ighttto
ney on youside.
Ho Much Does it Cost to T
lk to
Cccident
ttoney?
The office of Ste
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neyt L
lys offes
FEE c
se evlu
tion to potentil clients.
eill listen to
ht h
ppened to you,ns
equestions,
nddvise you
hethee believe you hve
possible cse—
ll completely fee of ch
ge.
e knoyou don’t need
nyddition
l pessu
e—hethe
it’s emotionl p
essue o
finnci
l pessu
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hy you nevep
yDIME to spe
k to usnd ou
consulttions
e f
ee fom oblig
tion. You lenbout possible p
ths foyou
cse
ithout pying
nything out-of-pocket,nd then c
n mke you
decisionhethe
to hie
ntto
neyt ou
fim.
h
t if I Don’t H
ve Money to Py
Lye?
Most pe
sonl inju
ytto
neys, including Stet J. Guss
ndll of ou
tto
neys, hndle c
ses oncontingency fee b
sis. This mens th
tl
ye
ill not
eceiveny compens
tion fothei
sevices until they successfully <
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ecovecompens
tion foyou
>. Most peson
l injuy
ttoneys
ill not chgen upf
ontet
inefo
theise
vices,nd m
nyill even cove
the costs of youc
se indv
nce so you don’t hve to p
ynything until you
eceive yousettlement.
St
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lyec
n chge oncontingency fee b
sis. Inddition, the <
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tll fees, including contingency fees, must be
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contingency fee is genelly tken
spe
centge of the settlement you
eceive. If you don’t getny settlement o
d, the lyedoesn’t get
ny contingency fee. Diffeent l
ye
s chge diffeent pe
centges of
settlements thei
contingency fee. These pecent
ges e oftenny
hee f
om 30 to 45 pecent,
ith the industy st
ndd being ound 33 to 40 pecent. This me
ns tht if you get
settlement fo$30,000, the l
ye
my get $10,000
s theifee. Pe
centges m
y be loe
if youc
se getsesolved in the insu
nce cl
im stge,
ndill likely be highe
is youc
se goes to cout.
The
e e to m
in benefits foclients
hen it comes to contingency fees:- You don’t need to h
ve ext
money to hi
el
ye
to help you.fte
c
ccident, you my
le
dy be stessed
bout finnces,
nd this shouldn’t eveme
n you cn’t h
ve the legl help you need in you
cccident cl
im.<li>
-
contingency fee
ligns you
inteests
ith youl
ye
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doesn’t get pyment fo
you, they don’t get pyment eithe
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king togetheto
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My Inju ies e
Lot to De
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llL
ye
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?<h2>
Even if you kno
l
ye
, doing theese
ch
nd mking phone c
lls to tlk to diffe
ent l fims m
y seem liked
unting tsk.
ftell, you’e
le
dyttending medic
lppointments, physic
l thepy,nd picking up you
pesc
iptions on egul bsis. You
pin c
n bee
ing on you,
nd youinju
ies e so exhusting th
t you cn’t even
ok. You spend most of you
time tying to
ecovephysic
llynd t
ying to figue out ho
to py you
bills. The lst thing you
nt to do is
dd something else to youto-do list.
In
ddition, if you’ve neveoked
ithl
ye
befoe, c
llingl
office c
n seem intimidting. You should kno
tht c
ccident lyes th
ive by helping people just like you,nd you should neve
hesitte to c
lll
fi
m becuse you think they
ill beude o
condescending. If you get tht
ection f
oml
office, you should keep t
ying until you find theight fi
mho
ill te
t youith the
espect you deseve.
ll of this being sid, it c
n still be hd to mke the fi
st movend hi
en
ttoney. Ho
eve, you should
elize th
t time is of the essence in this sitution. This is bec
use thee
e time limits fo
filingleg
l clim
fte cccident set out by l
. E
ch stte h
s its on st
tute of limittions fo
peson
l injuy cl
ims,nd if you miss this de
dline, you likely miss youoppo
tunity fony compenstion. <
hef=”https://st
tutes.cpitol.tex
s.govDocs/CP/htm/CP.16.htm”>Tex
s hs
to-ye
st
tute of limittions fo
peson
l injuy l
suits
>,nd th
t is NOTlot of time. If you kno
you needl
ye
,ct now.