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cccident. Ho
eve, st
tistics shous
nccident
esulting inse
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nd 13 seconds. Numbes like th
t e sobeing, but
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elizing these
e mo
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s, these e people just like yound me. Eve
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epesents
peson
nd fmily
hose lives e upended. The Ntion
l Highy Tffic Sfety
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tes sttistics
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e knof
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n to million
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e you putting you
selft
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fety of eveyone else on the
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dys due to this type of negligent behvio
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find ouselves “follo
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tely common. Hoeve
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ste c is going duing
nccident, the highe
the likelihood of seious inju
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inking too muchlcohol. Being
ke fot lest 18 hou
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dintion
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bloodlcohol content of .05%. Being
ke fot lest 24 hou
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up to .10%! (The legl limit to d
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Negligent beh
vios like these c
use seious c
ccidents, but in some cses, the
oot cuse of
nccident m
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conditions contibute to c
ccidents in ys no one cn fo
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nufctu
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nccident.
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dive
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void the pothole oothe
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n be complicted. Victims of
ll cccidents need to seek guid
nce fom
ntto
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lingith c
ccident clims, but this is p
ticul
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pty otheth
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use of
cccident, victims
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otect them. The fist thing
nyccident victim should be
e of is to
lys use discetion
hen speking
ith othes involved in the
ccident,nd even l
enfo
cementt the
ccident scene. Neveindic
te you e inny
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esponsible fothe
ccident, evenccident
lly. Evensimple
pology cn indic
te youe
et f
ult.nothe
common poblem occu
shen someone
epots
nccident to the insu
nce comp
ny of the othed
ive. Insu
es
ill oftensk questions designed to minimize the seve
ity of youinju
ies, extct infom
tion to help themeduce the
mount of the clim, o
even shift blme to the inju
ed peson! This is often the
eson you he
ttoneys
ho hve expe
ience hndling c
ccident clims tell you to neve
spek
ithn insu
eithout seeking guidnce f
omc
ccidenttto
ney fist.
The immedi
tefte
mth of
nccident c
n be fughtith p
oblems. Youemotions
un the gmut f
om fe toelief to disbelief. Unfo
tuntely, ou
bodies often tke ove
fte
n
ccidentnd flood ou
systemith
den
line,nd
e my not
lys knothe extent of ou
injuies. This flood of
den
line cn m
sk pin
nd injuies
nd could be extemely d
ngeous if
medicl p
ofessionl doesn’t tho
oughly check you out! This is eson to seek medic
l ce—eg
dless of
hetheyou think you h
ve suffeed
seious inju
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c
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om theiinju
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k. This is nom
lnd expected. Ho
eve, one step you c
n tke to p
ovide youttoney
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l infom
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sell
sny ch
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plintiffs m
y collect economic losses, non-economic losses,nd punitive d
mges, depending on nume
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s.hile the
e is no guntee of
specific dollmount in
ny cccident c
se,s
genelule the mo
e seious the inju
ies sustined, the highe
the settlement od.
Victims often think they c
n negotite
settlement on theio
n, but this is neve good ide. In some inst
nces, moe th
n one pty my c
use youc
ccident injuies. Fo
exmple,
hile the dive
ho ope
ted the vehicle th
t stuck you be
s li
bility foyou
injuies, othe
s my include
govenment entity if
pooly m
intined
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p
ts’ m
nufctu
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usedn
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ttoney c
n investigte the
ccidentnd dete
mineho m
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e going to t
et them f
ily. This is
lysmist
ke—insue
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l in mind,hich is to minimize cl
ims. Most insunce compnies h
ve sheholdes
ithse
ious pofit motive. This me
ns the insue
hs
esponsibility to inc
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ofits ince
sehen
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collects pemiums
nd does not py out cl
ims. Insue
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ve not hied
lye. Pe
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ok
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nd tht time off f
omo
k is costing you money. Becuse of this, the insu
nce comp
nyill ne
ly
lys offe fst settlement. Thei
hope is youill
ccept tht settlement
nd ignoe the fine p
int in the settlement documents. Victimsho
cceptsettlement sho
tlyfte
suffeing
n injuy often le
n they h
ve fofeited
nyights to submit
dditionl cl
ims founfo
eseen medicl bills, time lost f
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egdless of thee
sonc
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hospitl o
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