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If you’

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Tex

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uto

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su

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mily membe

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the

ccident. Once you h

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docto

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epo

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Li

bility

nd Mist

kes on

ccident

epo

ts

hen

n

ccident victim files

n insu

nce cl

im, they depend on the

ccu

cy of

ccident

epo

ts. You’ll need to

evie

the l enfo

cement

epo

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e c

lled to o

d

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ccident scene. Eve

yone m

kes mist

kes sometimes, even the police!

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lly,

epo

t filed by l enfo

cement m

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in info

m

tion such

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d

ive

s cited fo

the

ccident.

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is

t f

ult, o

enti

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t f

ult fo

the

ccident. E

o

s in

ccident

epo

ts c

n be ch

llenging, p

ticul

ly if the di

gm of the

ccidents is e

oneous. Should this be the c

se, you should cont

ct the office

ho filed the

epo

t immedi

tely

nd

sk th

t it be co

ected. If the office

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cl

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n e

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inju

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lyeho h

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ccident c

ses befo

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ccident

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if they e f

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ny o

the pe

son

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ccident’s insunce comp

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io

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ive

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p

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nci

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ccident on you

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e to p

otect you,

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e

lly—they exist to m

ke the insunce comp

ny money. The mo

e money they collect f

om p

emiums

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y in cl

ims, the g

e

te

the p

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o

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ill fo

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nci

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c

ccident th

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n

ccident inju

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vehicle often

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l help bec

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ing

f

ee consult

tion

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st

nd you

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ll compens

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f

ee consult

tion, you’ll h

ve the oppo

tunity to think

bout you

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l

suit

g

inst the pe

son o

p

ties

esponsible fo

you

inju

ies, the good ne

s is you do not need to p

y fo

these fees upf

ont.

The bette

ne

s is c

ccident lye

s do not expect to be p

id by the hou

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Fin

lly, unless

Tex

s c

ccident l

ye

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ining

settlement fo

you, they

ill not hold you

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l fees! N

tu

lly, you might

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ould

g

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