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tn unp
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nynxious
nd uncet
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y of theeek it is, o
hen you’ll emb
ce you
loved ones next.ill
lys uphold oup
omise to ouv
lued clients:s long
sccidents h
ppen,e’ll be he
e to help. <st
ong>You my h
veton of ne
questions, like "Hoill COVID-19 impct my pe
sonl inju
y cse?”
Ou
fim
s
ble tod
pt siftly, offe
ingl consult
tions<st
ong>nd c
se evlu
tionss ou
tem of leg
l expets
oks f
om home. Buth
tbout the othe
spects of you
peson
l injuy cl
im? Hoe they
ffected by COVID-19? Let’s dive in.Q1: Cl
ims, Cou
ts, ∓ Negoti
tions: Cn I still file
clim?
Fede
l judges n
tionide h
ve <h
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t opetions to vitu
l spces
>. Most couthouses m
y hve shut thei
doos to the public, but you c
n still filepe
sonl inju
y clim. The Office of Cou
tdminist
tion (OC
)ecommends del
ying in-peson cou
t poceedings of
ny size <h
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onvi
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tion-guid
nce“>until
t lest M
y 8<>,nd ju
y ti
ls hve been suspended du
ing this peiod. Luckily, son y c e m y to t l,
ill, unfo
tuntely, slo
the pog
ess of most cses. The good ne
s is tht cou
tnd leg
l opetions e still in motion,nd c
ses cn still move fo
d.
Q2: ill my t
e
tment osu
gey be del
yed?<b>
N
tully, elective suge
ies e beingescheduled, but even <
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icn College of Su
geons<> hs
ecommendedll su
gicl p
ocedues be
voided in hospitls th
t e deling
ith ovelo
ded ICUsnd ventil
tosho
tges. Some <
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-to-hndle-elective-su
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nd-pocedu
es-duing-covid-19-p
ndemic">ugent inp
tient dignostic
nd sugic
l pocedu
es<> e being moved to outptient settings
hen possible.h
t does this men fo
youpe
sonl inju
y cse? Depending on the n
tue of you
te
tment,nd ho
sevee you
injuies, you m
y fce some del
ys in completing yout
etment. If this is the c
se, it is vitlly impo
tnt th
t you sty in touch
ith youmedic
l povide
s to document youp
innd symptoms
nd ty to schedule you
te
tments soon
s it is sfe to do so. It
emins impo
tnt to m
ke sue th
t you completell t
etment necess
y fo
youinju
ies befoe you close you
cse, even if it t
kes longeto do so given cu
ent ci
cumstnces.
If you h
ven’t been billed fosu
gey, o
othemedic
l pocedu
es, youl
ye
cn’t p
opely
dd tht expense to you
peson
l injuy cl
im. They cn only p
esent the insunce compny
ithn estim
te fony pocedu
es tht
ee
ecommended. Unfotun
tely, insunce compnies
ely considethese estim
test
ll in theiev
lutions. Fo
thise
son, it's best to completell you
te
tment befoe moving fo
d
ithpotenti
l settlement.<
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Q3: Ho do I de
l
ith peson
l injuies du
ing the Coon
vius p
ndemic?<b>
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vigilnt times like these.
You still dese
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help filingpe
sonl inju
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mill t
et you
ithespect
nd compssion,
dheing to the s
me client-fist se
vice stnd
ds
e’ve upheld foove
20 yes. Ouvi
tul consult
tions e completely fee,
nd you py us nothing upf
ont foou
sevices.
Q4: h
t does my c
insu
nce cove
if I get intoc
eck unde
st
te of emegency o
sty-
t-home ode
?<b>
It’s
lys impot
nt to keep youuto insunce policy up to dte, even if you don’t think you’ll be on the
od much.
t this time,st
y-t-home o
deis in effect except fo
essentil
ctivities. Mny outdoo
ctivities
e p
ohibitednd m
ny publicec
etion
e
s e closed. Still, you’ll hve to hit the
od fo
food, supplies, mediction,
nd moe. Does you
insunce policy coveyou?
Yes, most c
insu
nce policies
ill covemoto
ists, evenhen they m
ke “bd choices.” This includes if you get into
nccident
hile diving du
ingst
yt home o
de.
Ho
eve, don’t
isk it unless youbsolutely h
ve to. Penlties fo
violting the st
yt home o
de<
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y g
etly by st
te<>, but they tend to involve hefty fines oeven j
il time. One goup of C
lifoni
nsho
ent tob
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Q5:
e st
tutes of limittions
nd othede
dlinesffected?
St
tutes of limittions m
y beffected due to COVID-19 cou
t closues o
otheobst
cles out of youcont
ol. Some sttes h
ve suspended (“tolled”) sttutes of limit
tions fosome pe
iod of time. In othes, it is possible to obt
inn elect
oniclly-signed st
tute of limittions
ive
. In Texs, the Tex
s Supeme Cou
t hs ente
edn o
depushing b
ck some time limits fol
suits
nd othecou
t poceedings.
sk youttoney fo
moe info
mtion on ho
thispplies to you
cse.
Q6: Should I go to the eme gency
oom
fte cccident?
ht
bout theisk of cont
cting COVID-19?
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You should
lys seekp
ofessionl medic
l evlu
tionfte
n
ccident inhich you’ve suffe
edn inju
y,s soon
s it is sfe to do so.
eceiving medicl c
e is c
ucil – fo
youhe
lthnd fo
voiding the st
ndd defenses tht insu
nce comp
niesill b
ing to cses
ith delys in t
etment. If p
ts of you
te
tment e delyed, you c
n expect the defendnt’s insu
nce comp
ny to useny del
ys
n guments to
hy youinju
iese
e “not so sevee.” Th
t being sid, you should c
efully conside
youdecision
nd mke su
e tht you p
oceed sfely.
Q7: I
s inju
ednd h
ve not obtined
ny medicl t
etment bec
use I did not nt to contct Coon
vius. Should I still c
llpe
sonl inju
y lye?
No m
tteht you
sitution is, cont
ct us to discoveyou
options. Delying to te
m upith
lyeis the biggest mist
ke you cn m
kefte
n
ccident,nd
suefi
e y toeduce the v
lue of youc
se. One cn hope th
t these delys in t
etment du
ing this timeill not be t
eted
s negtively by insu
nce comp
nies given the cuent cicumst
nces, but thee is no gu
ntee. The best y to ensue you
ill be te
ted fi
ly byn insu
nce comp
ny is by hiing
n expeienced
nd effective peson
l injuy l
fi
m too
kith you on you
clim.
Q8: Does COVID-19 constitute pe
son
l injuy cl
im?<b>
Sho
tns
e: Not by itself.
peson
l injuy cl
im iseshen
n individul o
entity’s celess ointention
lction c
usesn inju
y tonothe
. Getting infectedith
vius such
s COVID-19 cn be conside
edn inju
y fopu
poses ofbodily inju
y clim. To
ech
vlid cl
im, hoeve
, you need moe th
n justn inju
y. The injuy o
infectionould h
ve to be inflicted byn intention
l onegligent
ct ofthi
d pty. This could ise though imp
opet
etment o
negligence fom
medicl p
ovide, o
byn
ssult by
peson
ith the disese. Depending on the specific ci
cumstnces of you
infection, you my h
vev
lid peson
l injuy cl
im. The dm
ges you cn expect to
ecovein
ny peson
l injuy cl
im includeh
teveh
dship you suffe
eds
esult of the inju
y, suchs
elted medic
l expenses, lost ges, pin
nd suffeing,
nd mentl
nguish. If the defendnt
s p
ticul
ly negligent o
egegious in thei
behvio
, punitive dm
ges might be includeds
ell.lly, if you
e
business one
nd you h
ve business inteuption insunce, spek
ithl
ye
. If youbusiness h
s beenffected by the COVID-19 c
isis, you my h
vev
lid clim.
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st step tod getting help to p
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