Personal Injury Law

There Has Just Been a Serious Accident . . . What Now?

By Michael Jeffcoat, Esq.

It is a horrifying experience when you have been seriously injured in an auto accident, or when a loved one has been lost in a traffic accident fatality. It can be especially traumatic when you don't completely understand where you go from here. There are important steps to take and questions that need to be asked. It is also important to know what not to say and do. These things have a major role in determining the outcome of the legal and insurance claims involved. The reason this is so important is that that outcome can affect you and your family for the rest of your life. Remember, insurance adjusters have special training, and their job ultimately is to protect their employer - the insurance company. Each day, my staff and I help unsuspecting people to avoid being victimized by underhanded insurance tactics - tactics designed to prevent full compensation being paid to people with legitimate claims. Not knowing how to deal with those tactics can destroy your claim for payment of medical bills, for lost income, for physical pain, and for your other losses and harms. To make sure that you are treated fairly, you should get legal advice from an experienced injury attorney right away. In the short term, make sure that you do not give any recorded statements, or sign any insurance company documents before your legal rights have been fully explained to you by an attorney who successfully handles a lot of injury cases.

Full post as published by Truck Accident Lawyer Blog on December 12, 2007 (boomark / email).