C
ccidentsccount fo
bout 50,000 de
ths ech ye
. Even the most mild
ccidents cn send shock
ves th
ough the eveyd
y lives of motoists
ffected by them. Believe it onot,
simple fendebende
cn send you to the hospit
l! In ode
to mke
completeecove
y, mny c
ccident injuies
equie su
gey. Su
geies
nd theiftem
th cn cost you
lot of time…nd money. If someone else’s c
eless o
eckless
ctions cused
cccident th
t injued you, you shouldn’t h
ve to py fo
the suge
ies you need to hel.
In this blog post,
e discuss some common suge
ies you might needfte
getting hut in
cccident,
ht they might cost you,
nd hoyou c
n mke su
e the peson
t fult fo
youccident pys fo
them. Len moe f
om the expeienced <
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Common Su ge
ies Needed
fte Cccident
C
ccident deths inc
ese in the United St
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s like tht,
ccidents e unfotun
tely inevitble.
meic
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ys in the hospitl e
ch ye<>ecove
ing fom c
ccident injuies. M
ny of those injuies
equie su
gey to co
ect. Fo
exmple:
Knee Inju ies<
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Knee inju
common consequence of c
ccidents. Inny given c
sh,
peson’s knees c
n slm into the d
shbod oget t
isted in unntu
l di
ections. Theesulting d
mge to the bones, lig
ments,nd c
til
ge in the knee oftenequi
es suge
y to fix.fte
suge
y, knee injuies
lso oftenequi
e months oye
s of
ehbilit
tionnd physic
l thepy. If you needknee
eplcement,<
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vege cost foth
t suge
y isbout $50,000
>. Tht’s not pocket ch
nge - mny people
ill need help to py fo
tht su
gey,
nde kno
hoto get it.
Spin l Inju
ies
Collisions exe
t exteme fo
ces on csnd the hum
n bodies inside them. Vehicle occupnts get th
on, bounced,
nd jolted ound,hich c
n led to se
ious injuies to thei
spinl columns
nd the delicte spin
l cods inside them.
Discs c
nuptu
e. Veteb
e c
n cck. These injuies f
equentlyequi
e suge
y to fixnd ye
s of
ehbilit
tionfte
d. Victims m
y stuggle
ith chonic p
in fothe
est of theilives. In se
ious cses, victims m
y need emegency su
gey to
elieve pessu
end s
elling tht could c
use plysis by
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ted costsssoci
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>, butoutinely c
eep into tens of thousnds of doll
s.
B
ck injuies c
n inflict exteme physic
lnd emotion
l pin,
ith finnci
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lfmillion
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sonl b
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otection ech ye
bec
use they cn’t p
y theimedic
l bills. Do not becomest
tistic!o
kith
tusted c
ccident injuy
ttoney
ho cn help you
void finnci
luin
nd mximize you
finnci
lecove
y.Tum
tic B
in Inju
ies<h3>
T
um
tic bin injuies, usu
llyefe
ed to
s TBIs, ell too common in c
ccidents. Concussionsep
esent the mildest fom of
TBI,hile mo
e sevee c
sesesult in pe
mnent imp
iments
nd disbilities. These inju
ies occuhen someone suffes
bloo
jolt to the hed in
c csh. Some bin injuies
esult fom di
ect dm
ge to bin tissue. They cn
osen, ho
eve,
hen bleedingnd s
elling e involved. Emegency su
gey c
nelieve those conditions
nd minimize the hm done byb
in inju
y, but it cn cost <
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nds of dolls<>. Long tem c
e
fte suge
y my
lso be necessy.B
oken Bones
C
ccidents commonly leve vehicle occup
ntsith b
oken bones.hile m
ny bone be
ks hel
ithel
tively stightfod medicl c
e, mo
e complex fctues m
yequi
e suge
ynd impl
nttion of h
d
e to stbilize
ndep
ithe
ccident victim’s bone. These suge
ies <h
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nds of dolls<>, inflictingn economic toll th
t cn double o
tiple
henf
ctu
eequi
es multiple suge
ies to fix.Inte
n
l Injuies
Inte
nl inju
ies e oftenmong the most seve
end d
ngeous inju
iespe
son cn sust
in inc
ccident.uptu
ed og
ns, collpsed lungs, inte
nl bleeding,
nd othetypes of inte
nl inju
iesequi
e extensive sugic
l intevention costing tens of thous
nds of dolls omo
e. Mny inte
nl inju
ieslso le
d to long-tem he
lth complictions th
t futhe
dd to
ptient’s medic
l costs.P
ying fo
Expensive Medicl P
ocedues ecove
ing f
om cccident inju
ies is notp
ocess you nt toush. You’
e bound to misso
khile
ecupeting.se
ious injuy could even le
ve you out ofo
k indefinitely, om
y mke it impossible fo
you to do the sme job you did befo
e theccident.
This puts you in
pec
ious position: st
ing
tmount
in of medicl bills
hile youeseves of p
id time off e dinednd you
csh flo
slos to
tickle.
The l
, ho
eve, c
n help in situtions just like you
s.e c
nll
gee th
tc
ccident should not bnk
uptpe
sonho h
d no fult in c
using the csh in the fist pl
ce. Tht’s
hy,ith the help of
skilled cccident inju
ytto
ney, victims of cccidents c
n tke leg
lction to obt
in pyment f
om thet-f
ult pties. Dm
gesv
ilble
ill vy fom c
se to cse, but they
lmostl
ys include the di
ect economic costs ofccident inju
ies, like medicl expenses
nd lost ges. Of couse, l
suits don’t h
ppen ovenight. In the me
ntime, you my need to find
ys to cove
some of youcosts of medic
l ce. Fom
ny people, pying fo
helth c
e
fte cccident becomes
mtte
of figuing out
hich insunce policy my cove
necessy pocedu
es. These my include:
ong>Pe son
l injuy p
otection (PIP) insunce<st
ong>. Depending on the stte
hee you live, you
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uto insunce<> policy my include PIP cove
ge th
t insues you fo
the costs of youo
n injuies in
cccident. If you o
n od
ivevehicle,
PIP policy my se
ves you
pim
y insu
nce to p
y fomedic
l ce up tospecified limit.
ong>He lth insu
nce ong>.
ccident victims
ho cy he
lth insunce my
lso count on tht insu
nce to cove
some of the costs of helthc
e
fte cccident. This le
ves them subject to co-pys, deductibles,
nd covege limits, of couse.
ong> o
kes’ compens
tion insunce<st
ong>. If youc
ccident hppened
hile youe
et
ok, then <
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oke
s’ compenstion insu
nce
> cn cove
the costs of cing foyou
injuies.
If you h
ve insunce to covethe cost of you
medicl c
e
fte cccident
nd you tke leg
lction fo
dm
ges, youinsu
nce c
ieill hve the
ight to geteimbu
sed fony pyments it m
kes foyou in the me
ntime. Tlk to
n expeienced c
ccident lyeto le
n mo
ebout ho
insunce cn p
y fomedic
l cehile you
it to
esolveleg
l clim.
Insu
nce Settlement D
nges
He
e’sn impo
tnt tip: Do not confuse the
vil
bility of youo
n insunce covegeith someone else’s insu
nce offe
ing to py fo
youc
e.
If the othe
dive
’s insunce compny
eches out to you
fteyou
cccident, be c
eful! This insu
nce comp
ny is not on youside. If they offe
to settle, tht me
ns only one thing: The peson
ho puch
sed insunce fom th
t compny p
obbly h
s legl li
bility to you,nd the insu
nce comp
ny nts to get out fom unde
tht li
bility fos little moneys possible.
Di
ect settlement offes like this
eflectt
icky insunce tctic. The insu
eelly hopes you need the money no
,nd th
t youill jump
tny settlement
mount it offes.
Don’t f
ll pey to this t
ctic! Don’t get tken
dvnt
ge of.g
eeing tosettlement me
ns giving up youight to tke fu
theleg
lction. Do not give up those
ights foche
p. Insted,
ok
ithn
ttoney
ho cn ev
lute the full
mount of money you deseve to
eceive foyou
cccident inju
ies (including the costs of suge
ies),nd
ho hs the skill
nd expeience to negoti
tef
isettlement
ith insunce compnies
nd defensetto
neys.Six Steps to T
ke
fte Cccident
The steps you t
ke immeditely
fteyou
cccident c
n ply
n impot
ntole in you
bility to
ecovecompens
tion fom the
t-fult p
ty. Follo
these steps to potect you
helth,
ellbeing,nd leg
lights:
ong>C ll 911. ong> This m
y seem obvious, but it’s impo
tnt enough to emph
size.l
ys c
ll 911fte
c
ccident so policend eme
gency medicl pe
sonnel cn
espond to the scene. This seves the pu
pose of mking su
e youccident getsepo
ted to the pope
utho
ities, cshepo
ts get ce
ted,nd you h
ve immedite
ccess to potentilly life-s
ving medicl c
e fo
youinju
ies.<li>
ong>T ke pictu
es<st
ong>. If it is sfe fo
you to move ound theccident scene, t
kes m
ny pictues of the scene
s possible, including imges of the vehicles, the
od su
fce,
nd the suounding e.
ong>Spe k
ithitnesses ong>. If you t
ke note of
nyoneho
itnessed theccident, t
y to get thein
mesnd cont
ct infom
tion so youttoney c
n folloup
ith them. Theist
tements cn help you
ecovecompens
tion fom
t-fult p
ties.
ong>Seek fu the
medicl
ttention<st
ong>.fte
youeceive medic
l cet the scene of the
ccident,l
ys
lso folloup
ith youegul docto. They c
n evlu
te you fony hidden injuies. Se
ious injuies – ones th
t cn follo
you fothe
est of youlife – might not p
esentny symptoms fo
dys. Don’t g
mbleith you
helth! Seek follo
-up ce.ddition
lly, the medicl
ecods c
eted
hen you see the doctoc
n become impot
nt evidence documenting youcl
ims focompens
tion.<li>
ong>Keep pe
sonl inju
y joun
l<st
ong>.s you
ecovef
om yousu
gey
nd youothe
injuies, you m
yish you could just fo
getbout the t
um
you hve gone th
ough.e unde
stnd, but
elso find th
t keepingjou
nl of you
heling
ndecove
y pocess helps to put into
ods the p
innd difficulty th
t you expeience. Th
t sot of
ecod c
n pove ext
emely vlu
ble to youttoney
hen the time comes to seek compenstion fo
the hmc
ccident did to yound you
fmily.
ong>< h
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ct<>c
ccident injuy l
ye
<st
ong>. Do not it to seek legl
dvicefte
c
ccident tuns you
life upside don. The c
iticl evidence you’ll need fo
youc
se gets moe
nd moe difficult to collect
s time psses. P
oving someone else’s libility c
n get hdend hde, especi
llyhe you’
e on youo
n. Getl
ye
o
king foyou
ighty to give you
self the best shott
ecoveing eve
y penny of compenstion you dese
ve foyou
injuies.
Cont ct
C
ccident Injuy L
ye
foMo
e Infom
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