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ying to negotite
cccident settlement.
hee do you st
t? Do you
elly need
lye, o
cn you h
ndle the insunce clim by you
self?hile you
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ble toep
esent youself in settlement negoti
tions o cccident inju
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e beneficil to hi
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ye
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ccident settlement pocess so you kno
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t to expectnd ho
to <h
ef="https:/c
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yvictims.comsettle-ne
-ole
ns-peson
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se-timeline“>settle
cse in Ne
Ole
ns<>. Let’s sttith some b
sics.T ble of Contents<
h2>
- <
hef=”#dete
mining-libility”>Dete
mining Cccident Li
bility<><li>
- <
hef=”#five-mist
kes-void”>5 Mist
kes tovoid
fte Cccident
><li>
- <
hef=”#d
mges”>Ne
Ole
ns Cccident D
mges
><li>
- <
hef=”#th
ee-ys-settle-clim”>3
ys to Settle
Cccident Cl
im<><li>
- <
hef=”#leg
l-help">h
tNe
Ole
ns Cccident L
ye
Cn Do fo
You<><li>
- <
hef=”#f
ee-evlu
tion-ne-you">Fee C
se Evlu
tions fom L
ye
s Ne You<><li>
< id="dete
mining-li
bility"><>Detemining C
ccident Libility
In o
deto pu
sue compenstion
fteyou get hu
t inn
ccident, you hve to p
ove tht the othe
dive
st f
ult.hen dete
mining libility in
cccident c
se, thee
e fou
min f
cts you must pove:
- i
-level="1">
ong>Duty of c ong>: The othee
d
iveo
edduty of c
e to eve
yoneith
hom they shed theo
d. This mens they
ee expected to beh
vee
sonbly
nd tionlly behind the
heel in ode
to potect the
ellbeing of those ound them.<li>
- i
-level="1">
ong>B e ong>: Thech of duty
t-f
ult pty violted the duty of c
e by beh
vingecklessly o
negligently (foex
mple, speeding od
ivinghile d
unk odist
cted.)
- i
-level="1">
ong>C us ong>: The negligent behtion
vio
cused someone else to get hu
t.<li>
- i
-level="1">
ong>D m ong>: The injuges
ed victim(s) suffe
ed lossess
esult of the b
ech of the duty of c
e.
st den of p ed victim, n intiff. This me nd thei ) to p ll fou esenting suppo ke ccident
The m c essful otic, but the t ke in o to p nd inc se you nces of collecting compens e’s t ou O ns c s ll 911 l ys p itize he nd s fte y f ll d s ssenge inju nd c gency c e, you still nt to c nd h e n epo ddition h /c inju hit- -o ns-c – s/”>Louisi l
equi epo ny t y, de mo n $500 of p ty d ge.5 Steps to T
m
tion<st
ong>. Tke note of the d
te, time, loction, d
ives’ n
mes, dive
s license info, c insunce info, license plte numbe
s,nd m
kend model of
ll vehicles involved.<li>
t
nt step! Use youphone to t
ke photos ofll vehicles, d
mge, st
eet signs, lights,o
d debis, ti
e mks, injuies, etc. If the
e eitnesses, get thei
contct info. Thei
testimony could help you lte
.<li>
c
insu
nce comp
ny<st
ong>. Tell them you've been inn
ccidentnd p
ovide themith the info
mtion you collected. Give them nothing but the f
cts. Don't ty to guess o
speculte.
l c
ccident lyemed
bout youleg
l options, set upf
ee cse ev
lution f
omNe
Ole
ns cccident l
ye
.hethe
you hie them o
not, theiinput du
ing this consulttion c
n beg
et help
s you pln you
next steps!<li>
< id="five-mist
kes-
void"><>5 Mistkes to
voidfte
C
ccident<h2>
hen hndling
cccident insu
nce cl
im, one ong move could pevent you f
om collecting compenstion. He
e’sh
t you need tovoid:
- i
-level="1">
ong>Neve filing cl
im<st
ong>. Mybe you don’t
nt to de
lith
ll the ppe
o
k, om
ybe you’e just
vey fo
giving peson
nd don’t nt the othed
iveto get in t
ouble.e get it. Ho
eve, you should
lys cll you
c insunce compny
nd the othed
ive’s c
insu
nce comp
ny toepo
tn
ccidentnd st
t
clim. If you don’t, you could miss out on thous
nds of dolls yound you
fmily need.
- i
-level="1">
ong>Missing de dlines< st
ong>. Did you knothe
e e dedlines fo
filing cccident l
suits?
ccoding to <
hef=”http://legis.l
.govLegis/L
.
spx?d=110515">Louisin
Civil Code t. 3492<>, the <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comlouisi
n-pe
sonl-inju
y-sttute-of-limit
tions“>Louisi
nst
tute of limittions
> foc
ccidents is one ye fom the d
te of theccident. If you miss this de
dline, youc
se my be dismissed enti
ely.<li>
- i -level="1">
ong>Missing evidence ong>.e kno
it’s esy to ove
look the little things in the chos th
t follos
c csh, but you need to suppot you
clims
ith stong evidence f
om multiple souces.
side fom photos, you need to keep t
ck of medic
leco
ds,eceipts, lost income,
ccidentepo
ts,nd mo
e.<li>
- i -level="1">
ong>Giving ong>. Neveeco
ded sttement
give
eco
ded sttement to the insu
nce comp
ny! You e undeno leg
l obligtion to p
ovide ecoded st
tementbout you
cccident o
youinju
ies,nd they’
e onlysking bec
use they’e hoping to
eponize you
o
dsg
inst you in ode
toeduce you
settlement. They ‘ll even ty to bl
me you foyou
on inju
ies! tchh
t you sy in othe
spces, too.
hen doctos, the
pists, l
ye
s, oinsu
nce
djustes
sk youbout you
pin levels, be t
nsp
ent. Don’t vent on soci
l medio
othepublic fo
umsbout you
ccident.
- i -level="1">
ong>Going ithout leg l
epesent
tion<st
ong>.fte
eck, the othe
dive
othei
insunce compny m
y ty convincing you th
t involvingl
ye
isb
d move. They’ll clim
lyeis too expensive o
ill only complic
te the pocess. Don’t get t
kendv
ntge of! St
ong legl
dvoccy is
ht you need,
nde
e he
e to povide it. Even if you don’t hi
el
ye
, you shouldt le
st getf
ee cse ev
lution to le
n
bout the optionsv
ilble to you.
- i -level="1">
< id="d
m
ges"><>NeO
lens C
ccident Dm
ges<h2>
Eve
h
ef="http:/d
tepots.lsu.edu/
epots.
spx?y=2021&
mp;pt=
28∓p=ci” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”noopene
nofollo“>Louisi
nc
ccident injuies
> cost hundeds of thous
nds of dolls. Mny inju
ed victims elso feeling st
essed out, deling
ithuto
epi
snd missing time f
omo
k.ll of these losses
nd expenses e knon
s “dm
ges,”nd c
ccident settlements exist to compenste victims fo
theid
mges.
ht expenses c
n you include inc
ccident clim?
n clss=”o
nge”>Economic D
mges
n><
ss=”o
nge”>Economic D
mges
h2>
Economic d
ges,
lsoefe
ed to
s monety dm
ges, e expenses you cn e
sily quntify
nd pove
ith copies of bills,eceipts, invoices, etc.
Typic
l cccident settlement
mounts include some oll of these economic dm
ges:- -level=”1″>
ong>Medic ong> including sul expenses
ge
y, physicl the
py, medic
tion, x-ys,nd much mo
e.<li>
- i
-level="1">
ong>Lost ong> if you missed time fges
om
ok going to docto
ppointments o
ecove
ing fom you
ccident inju
ies.<li>
- i
-level="1">
ong>Lost e ong> if you’ning c
pcity
e no longe
ble to pe
fom the s
me job.<li>
- i
-level="1"><
h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comoth-getting-l
ye
-fo-mino
-c-ccident-louisi
n/”>
ong>P ope
ty dm
ge<st
ong><> to youc
o
othebelongings.
- i
-level="1">
ong>Fune l
nd bui
l costs<st
ong> in the event of<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.coml
ne
-ole
nsongful-de
th-lye/”>f
tl Ne
Ole
ns cccident
>nd
ongful deth cl
im.<li>
n clss=”o
nge”>Non-Economic D
mges
n><
ss=”o
nge”>Non-Economic D
mges
h2>
In
ccident settlement, p
innd suffe
ing mtte
s, too.hile these h
dships
e mo
e “bst
ct”
nd difficult to document, they cn still be included in you
finl c
ccident settlement. Exmples of non-economic d
mges include:
ong>P in
nd suffeing
li>
tium ong><
li>
st
ong><li>
bility, sc
ing,nd disfigu
ement<st
ong><li>
ess, dep
ession,nxiety,
nd othe<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comc
–
ccident-ptsd“>PTSD symptoms
><st
ong><li>
The
e efe
diffeent methods used to <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comp
in-suffeing-c
lculted-louisi
n/”>c
lculte p
innd suffe
ing fo cccident
>. In Louisin
, the “dily
te method” is most popul
.
n clss=”o
nge”>Punitive D
mges
n><
ss=”o
nge”>Punitive D
mges
h2>
lso knon
s exemply dm
ges, punitive dm
ges e ment to punish
nd penlize the
eckless dive
ho c
used youccident. Think of thems
fine. Punitive dm
ges en’tv
ilble in eve
y cse. They
ill onlypply to c
ses involving exteme negligence
ndillful end
ngement. Fo
exmple, in
ccod
nceith <
hef=”https://l
.justi
.comcodes/louisi
n/2011/cc/cc2315-4/” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”noopene
nofollo“>Louisi
nCivil Code
ticle 2315.4
>, Louisin
dunk d
ivingccident victims m
y be eligible to collect punitive dm
ges. Once they’e
lldded up, these d
mges
illep
esenth
t isf
isettlement fo
c
ccident clim.
Keep in mind eve
y cse
ill be diffeent. Fo
exmple, the
eill be
big diffeence in the settlement fo
hipl
sh fom
cccident ve
sust
um
tic bin injuy o
mput
tion.n cl
ss="onge">Cn P
ssenges Collect C
ccident Dm
ges?<sp
n><h2>
bsolutely. Pssenge
s e often eligible to collect compenstion
fte c ccident, even if the d
ive of the vehicle they
ee
iding in s t f
ult.
<
id=”th
ee-ys-settle-clim”>
>3 ys to Settle C
ccident Clim
n P
ssenges Collect C
ccident Dm
ges?<sp
n><h2>
bsolutely. Pssenge
s e often eligible to collect compenstion
fte cccident, even if the d
iveof the vehicle they
ee
iding in st f
ult.<
id=”th
ee-ys-settle-clim”>
>3 ys to SettleC
ccident Clim
He
e’s hyme toemembe
:is usu
lly theo
st offe.
nies
e not on you
side. They nt to gud theip
ofitsnd
void pying you the money you need. In f
ct, they use numeous sne
ky ticks to diminish, dev
lue, odismiss cl
ims fom c
ccident victims. It depends onhich c
insu
nce comp
ny you’e de
lingith. They m
y dodge youc
llsnd st
ll,dopt
hsh "tke it o
leve it”
ttitude to intimidte you, o
pessu
e you to settle pem
tuely.
You might not kno
homuch money you’
e entitled to, but it’s oujob to find out!
He
e e thee common
ys to settle
cccident cl
im.n cl
ss="onge">Negotiting
C ccident Settlement
n><
ting
Cccident Settlement
h2>
fte cccident,
n insuncedjuste
fom the othe
dive
’s insunce compny
ill investigte you
clim to
ssess youd
mges.
fteyou <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comc
ses-louisin
-peson
l-injuy-l
ye
s-hndle/”>file
clim
>nd complete you
medicl t
etments, you must submit
demnd lette
to thet-f
ult pty’s insunce.dem
nd lettedecl
es ho
much money you e demnding f
om the cccident settlement. This numbe
shouldeflect the tot
l ofll the d
mges mentioned
bove. Photos, medicl
ecods, bills, p
y stubs,itness testimony,
nd moe c
n be useds suppo
ting evidence. Next, thet-f
ult pty’s insunceill
ccept youdem
ndsnd give you the money you
sked fo, o
moe commonly, they’ll
eject youdem
ndsnd m
kecounte
offe.
t this point, you cn negoti
teith them. You
ill submitsettlement p
ckge to the insu
nce comp
ny.settlement p
ckge includes evidence
nd poof of you
suffeing
sell
ssumm
y of you
expenses. If libility is disputed, you
ill hve to p
ovide moe p
oof tht the
ccident sn't youf
ult. If youccept
n offe, you
e
equied to sign
ele
se peventing you f
omny futu
e compenstion. This is ho
most cccident cl
ims settle. Hoeve
, mny victims
e t
icked into settling fooffe
s tht
e f
too lo
. It’sgood ide
to hve
cccident l
ye
evie
ny offe
youeceive.
hilel
ye
cn negoti
te on youbeh
lf, the finl choice to
ccept oejectn offe
isl
ys left up to you.
n clss=”o
nge”>Medi
tionbit
tion
n><
ss=”o
nge”>Medi
tionbit
tion
h2>
If negoti
t
stubbon st
ndstill,n unbi
sed medito
obit
to
cn be b
ought in to help youe
chcomp
omise.h
t’s the diffeence bet
een medition
nd bittion?n
bit
to
’s decisions my be leg
lly-binding, butmedi
to’s
dvice is not.n cl
ss="onge">Litigtion
n><
tion
h2>
Litig
ocess of t
king youcl
im to cout. You c
n do this by filingl
suit
ginst the
t-fult d
ive.
t this point theiinsu
nce comp
nyill enlist the help of l
ye
s, sohy shouldn’t you?
cccident l
suit begins
ithitten compl
int. The complint identifies the pl
intiff (the victim)nd the defend
nt (thet-f
ult dive
)nd outlines the cl
im. The complint
lso includesdem
nd fojudgment, dem
nding tht the defend
nt py fo
the plintiff’s d
mges.
hen the defendnt
eceivescou
t summons, they hve to
espond to the complint
ithnothe
document knon
sn
nse
,he
ein they’lldmit o
deny fult.
fteboth sides collect
nd pesent evidence du
ing the ti
l, the juy
eches
vedict.
L
suits c
n dg on fomonths o
yes, but luckily, most cccident c
ses settle out of cout.
< id="leg
l-help”>
>h
tNe
Ole
ns Cccident L
ye
Cn Do fo
You<h2>
Obviously, n
ting the insu
nce cl
ims pocess c
n be fust
ting.
peson
l injuy l
ye
cn be you
ge
testlly du
ing this time, boosting you<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comeson
ble-settlement-mount-c
–
ccident-louisin
“>
vege pyout
> considebly. Still not convinced? Hee
e
feys
NeO
lens c
ccident lyec
n help:- -level=”1″>Scheduling docto
ppointments
- i
-level="1">H
ndling
epi
s to youvehicle
- i
-level="1">P
oviding you
ith entl c
if necess
y
- i
-level="1">Collecting evidence<
li>
- i
-level="1">Tcking expenses
nd estim
ting youd
mges
- i
-level="1">Dete
mining li
bilitynd p
oving fult
- i
-level="1">C
lcul
ting the vlue of
cccident inju
y clim
- i
-level="1">iting dem
nd lette
snd compiling settlement p
ckges
- i
-level="1">Negoti
ting
ith the insuncedjuste
s<li>
- i
-level="1">Meeting de
dlines such
s the sttute of limit
tions<li>
- i
-level="1">Filing
l
suit
ndep
esenting you in cout
- i
-level="1">Settling you
cl
imnd p
ying off youliens
<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.coml
“>Ou
fim
> hndles it
ll. If you’e still on the fence
ondeing “should I get
ntto
neyfte
c
ccident?” get youf
ee cse ev
lution
ight noby c
lling 800-898-4877. Thee’s no
isknd no oblig
tion.Ho
Much Does
NeO
lens C
ccidenttto
ney Cost?<h2>
e undest
nd you need help immeditely. Th
t’shy c
ccidenttto
neyso
k on<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comlouisi
n-c
–
ccident-lyes-pe
centge/”>contingency fee b
sis<>. This mens you p
yem>up f
ont. Thetto
neyill only get p
idfte
they help youin you
cse
nd settle youcl
im. Even then, youon’t p
ynything out of pocket. You
NeO
lens c
ccidenttto
neyill deduct thei
fees fom
potion of you
settlement befoe you
eceive youdisbu
sement check. If you’e
oiedbout missing out on
ny money,emembe
: the pofession
l guidnce of
lyec
n net yousettlement double o
tiple
the mount youould’ve obt
ined on youo
n.e see it h
ppen evey d
y!<
id=”f
ee-evlu
tion-ne-you"><>Fee C
se Evlu
tions fom L
ye
s Ne You<h2>
C
c
ccidentithout
lye? Technic
lly, yes. Hoeve
, even the most stightfod insunce clim c
n be fust
ting. If you’
e unfmili
ith the pocess, it’s e
sy to ovelook plenty of things. You m
y miss out on evidencend
eceive less compenstion, o
nonet
ll. Is the insunce compny
voiding youc
lls? e they pessu
ing you to give ecoded st
tement? e they tying to
ccess old medicl
ecods
nd blme you
injuies on
pe-existing condition?
e thei
offes too lo
to coveyou
losses? If you’e feeling f
ustted odiscou
ged,
e’e he
e foyou.
Even if you’
e equippedith the kno
ledge found on this pge,
<h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comcont
ct-lye–
fte-louisi
n–
ccident“>c
ccident cse
> is no time to tke ch
nces. Thee could be
life-chnging
mount of money on the line. You my think you’
e sving money by
voiding legl fees
nd neglecting to hie
lye, but in m
ny cses,
lyec
n ince
se youfin
l settlementmount exponenti
lly. Fobest
esults, contct
NeO
lens c
ccident lyeno
. Stet J. Guss, Inju
yccident L
ye
s ev
ilble 24/7.
ith ove20 ye
s of expe
ience hndling c
tst
ophic injuy c
ses,e
e p
eped to fight foyou. If you’ve been <
hef=”https://c
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yvictims.coml
ne
-ole
nsc
–
ccident-lye“>inju
ed in NeO
lens
>, cll 800-898-4877 o
<h
ef="https:/c
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yvictims.comcont
ct-us“>visit ou
contct p
ge<> fost
ong> cse ev
lution.
Kno
youoth.
e do.e e:
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ef="https:/c
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yvictims.comeson
ble-settlement-mount-c
–
ccident-louisin
“>
ht is
e
sonble Settlement fo
C
ccident in Louisin
?<> <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comp
in-suffeing-c
lculted-louisi
n/” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”noopene
noefe
e
">Hois P
innd Suffe
ing Clcul
ted in Louisin
? <><h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comlouisi
n-pe
sonl-inju
y-sttute-of-limit
tions” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”noopene
noefe
e
">Louisin
Peson
l Injuy St
tute of Limittions
h
ef="https:/c
inju
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ct-lye–
fte-louisi
n–
ccident” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”noopene
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ctL
ye
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