Reasons Why Car Accidents Occur - Stewart J. Guss, Attorney At Law

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tun
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ccidents is tveling too f
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ccident, the highe
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tion
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s someone
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blood
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ke fot le
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s bumps th
t numbe
up to .10%! (The leg
l limit to d
ive is belo
.08%!)

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vio
s like these c
use se
ious c
ccidents, but in some c
ses, the
oot c
use of
n
ccident m
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ive
. In some inst
nces, othe
conditions cont
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ccidents in ys no one c
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n
ccident. M
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ious inju
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n
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ses, the potenti
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se
ious inju
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lly
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d
ive
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hen hum

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ccident, filing

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ccident c

n be complic

ted. Victims of

ll c

ccidents need to seek guid

nce f

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ney

ho h

s expe

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ling

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ccident cl

ims, but this is p

ticul

ly t

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use of

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to p

otect them. The fi

st thing

ccident victim should be

e of is to

lys use disc

etion

hen spe

king

ith othe

s involved in the

ccident,

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enfo

cement

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ccident scene. Neve

indic

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esponsible fo

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ccident, even

ccident

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simple

pology c

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ult.

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common p

oblem occu

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inju

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tion to help them

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mount of the cl

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son! This is often the

son you he

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ccident c

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oblems. You

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tun

tely, ou

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ccident

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system

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line c

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nge

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medic

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ofession

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oughly check you out! This is e

son to seek medic

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not.

Documenting Losses
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ecove
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h
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c
ccident. Inste
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ecove
ing f
om thei
inju
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nd getting b
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o
k. This is no
m
l
nd expected. Ho
eve
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n t
ke to p
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ney
ith
ddition
l info
m
tion is to document you
fin
nci
l losses
s
ell
s
ny ch
nges in youecove
y.

Victims of se
ious inju
y often go th
ough pe
iods
he
e they m
y feel like they e c
ossing
line
he
e they feel bette
only to lose g
ound
couple of d
ys l
te
. This c
n be ve
y f
ust

ting, but it is
no
m
l pt of the he
ling p
ocess. B
oken bones, inte
n
l inju
ies, he
d inju
ies,
nd othe
se
ious inju
ies t
ke time to he
l. The p
in
nd suffe
ing you

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ling
ith is no
m
l,
s is the ment
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ess you m
y be de
ling
ith. M
ke su
e you keep t

ck of these ups
nd do
ns
nd discuss them
ith you
c
ccident inju
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tto
ney.

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nd punitive d
m
ges, depending on nume
ous f
cto
s.
hile the
e is no gu
ntee of
specific doll
mount in
ny c
ccident c
se,
s
genel
ule the mo
e se
ious the inju
ies sust
ined, the highe
the settlement o
d.

Victims often think they c
n negoti
te
settlement on thei
o
n, but this is neve good ide
. In some inst
nces, mo
e th
n one pty m
y c
use you
c
ccident inju
ies. Fo
ex
mple,
hile the d
ive

ho ope

ted the vehicle th
t st
uck you be

s li
bility fo
you
inju
ies, othe
s m
y include
gove
nment entity if
poo
ly m
int
ined
o
d cont
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ccident, o

p

ts’ m
nuf
ctu
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if
defective pt pti
lly c
used
n
ccident.
n
tto
ney c
n investig
te the
ccident
nd dete
mine
ho m
y be
esponsible
nd m
ke su
e they e held
ccount
ble. Victims often think insunce comp
nies

e going to t
e
t them f
i
ly. This is
lys
mist
ke—insu
e
s h
ve one go
l in mind,
hich is to minimize cl
ims. Most insunce comp
nies h
ve sheholde
s
ith
se
ious p
ofit motive. This me
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h
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nd inc
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se p
ofits. P
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se
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n insu
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collects p
emiums
nd does not p
y out cl
ims. Insu
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s benefit
hen you h
ve not hi
ed
lye
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you

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o
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ecove
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nd th
t time off f
om
o
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ny
ill ne

ly
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st settlement. Thei
hope is you
ill
ccept th
t settlement
nd igno
e the fine p
int in the settlement documents. Victims
ho
ccept
settlement sho
tly
fte
suffe
ing
n inju
y often le

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ve fo
feited
ny
ights to submit
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