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How You Can Harm Your Accident Injury Case

July 20th, 2011 | Posted By Heather Lottman | Comments (0)
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After you have been involved in an automobile accident, you need a lot of help.  Unfortunately, there are sometimes wolves disguised as sheep poised to help you out, when they really have the auto insurance company’s bottom line as the main motive behind their intentions.  You have to be careful where you receive help.

Claims adjusters will try everything to get you to sign a hurried settlement offer in order to save the insurance company more money down the road.  But, here is the problem.  Many injuries resulting from a car accident will not show up for several hours or even several days after the accident.  If you sign a settlement, you sign away the ability to recover damages for injuries of which you are not even yet aware.

Car accident injury victims would do well to follow some common sense advice:

  1.  Do not fall for the pseudo-concern of the insurance company’s representative.  You may be talking to a genuinely nice person, but they are speaking to you as an insurance adjuster, not as a social worker.  Their bottom line is saving their employer- the insurance company- as much money as possible.
  2. Do not give into the pressure to sign anything from an insurance adjuster.  If you have signed something, you may have just settled your case before the total scope of your injuries and disabilities has had a chance to be discovered.  Once the case is settled, your ability to receive the compensation necessary to cover the damages you have endured from the accident will be gone.  You may not have a full conception of the financial burden you now face.  Without the ability to recover the expenses you have been saddled with, life may become extremely difficult.  Better to wait to sign until you have received the advice of a personal injury attorney.
  3. Keep all medical appointments.  Heed your doctor’s advice and fulfill all courses of treatment.  Demonstrate your participation in your own healing and wellness following the accident.  Terminating treatment before medical professionals give you the leave to do so can have a two-fold effect.  For one, you will not receive the full benefit of treatment for your injuries.  This alone can have lasting negative effects on your overall recovery.  And secondly, terminating medical services early can lead to a reduced emphasis on the actual damages you suffered from the accident.  Without a full accounting of the extent of your injuries, you may not receive the compensation to which you are entitled.

Do your best to receive the fairest settlement for your injuries.  Help yourself recover the damages you have coming to you by settling the case only when the time is right.  Whatever you do, don’t make it easier for the insurance company to withhold monies to which you are entitled.  Give yourself and your doctors time to discover the full scope of your injuries.

Consult the services of an experienced auto accident attorney if you have questions about your rights.  Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys can help you sort through the many issues you face after a Kansas City automobile accident.  Educate yourself by browsing through our large online library of articles that address many of the questions you may be facing.  Download our free resource guides.  Call the experienced personal injury lawyers at Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys at 888-348-2616 for more information.

Posted in: Car Accidents, Personal Injury
Location: Kansas

Construction Site Injuries and How a Personal Injury Attorney Can Help You

July 14th, 2011 | Posted By Jason Epstein | Comments (0)
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One of the most dangerous professions in the United States is construction work. Every year, there are hundreds of thousands of injuries suffered by construction workers. While L&I can help injured employees, it is not always sufficient in providing the money they need to cover their damages. Construction work is inherently dangerous, but it is the duty of the construction company to provide a safe working environment for their employees. Due to the resources available for construction companies to fight injury cases, it is important for all construction workers to know that they can seek the advice of an experienced personal injury attorney to help them fight for the compensation they deserve.

There were over 26,000 construction site injuries that forced an employee to take time off work in 2009. This means that for every 10,000 construction workers, 382 of them sustained an injury serious enough to force them to miss work. Because of the serious nature of construction accidents, the average time missed from work due to an on-the-job injury was 14 days in 2009. 33% of those injured missed more than a month from work. Almost any injury that forces someone to miss this much time from work will be serious enough to require expensive medical care. The combination of high medical bills and a loss of income can put an injured construction worker in a very difficult situation.

Unfortunately, construction accidents can cause more than just an injury, and lead to a fatality. Construction work continuously tops all other professions in work-related fatalities every year. In 2009, 819 construction workers died due to accidents on the job. In situations where these deaths are caused by the negligence of the construction company, close family members of the victim may have cause to file a wrongful death lawsuit. These cases are very complicated and can be very emotional for the family involved, so it is always important to speak with an attorney with plenty of wrongful death experience to see what the best course of action is.

While not every construction injury will require the services of a personal injury attorney, there is nothing to lose by scheduling a free consultation. Here at Premier Law Group, you can give our experienced Seattle personal injury lawyers a call at (206) 285-1743 for a free consultation. We will give you straightforward and honest answers to all of your questions, even if that means telling you that your case does not require an attorney. For more information, you can get my books on Washington auto accident law for free by going to http://www.plg-pllc.com/books.

Posted in: Personal Injury
Location: Washington

Can’t I Handle My Car Accident Claim Without An Attorney?

July 7th, 2011 | Posted By James Roswold | Comments (0)
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Do You Need a Lawyer?

A question I hear often is “Do I really need a lawyer to handle my claim” or “Can’t I just do it myself?”

Here are some helpful thoughts to consider when deciding whether you need an attorney to handle your claim.

Lets first look at those do-it-yourself home improvements. How have those turned out? Did you get it right the first time? Did everything turn out the way you expected?

If you’re like me, you probably understand what you want to accomplish and even understand the steps you need to take to accomplish that but often times unless you have had the proper training and have actually completed such a task before, you may wind up, like me, having to redo the project or accept a lesser result than hoped for.

You should keep this in mind when you are deciding whether to contact a lawyer to handle your car accident claim. Without the education, training, and experience in handling these claims, you risk a bad result. You will also be going against the insurance company and their attorneys who have the education, training and experience in defending car accident claims, and their primary goal is to minimize and destroy claims.

However, I will be one of the first to advise you that not every case requires an attorney! The following situations are examples in which handling the claim yourself is possible:

Property damage only claims. There is a wealth of information out there to help determine your vehicle’s value, including Kelly Blue Book, current sale prices of similar vehicles, etc. that will provide guidance enabling you to reach an appropriate settlement for your property damage. If your car just needs to be repaired, you can take it to a number of auto body shops who will provide you with an estimate in addition to the insurance adjuster’s estimate. This can be done without a lawyer.

Fender Bender - Property Damage Only

 

 

 

 

 

The  auto accident section of our website, KansasCityAccidentInjuryAttorneys.com has a lot of helpful information to guide you, and I encourage you to read it if you wish to handle your property damage claim.

Minor injury with no medical treatment. In situations like this you really don’t need attorney involvement. You should be able to explain the injuries you sustained and if you did not receive medical treatment for those injuries, there won’t be any complicated medical billing and reimbursement issues to address. Again our website site has useful information that can guide you with this type of minor claim.

However, if you have suffered more than a minor injury and have received medical treatment or need to receive treatment, it is in your best interest to contact an attorney. Please read “Do I Really Need a Lawyer (Part II)” for some insight into why it may not be in your best interest to handle your own auto accident claim against the insurance company.

 

Posted in: Car Accidents
Location: Missouri

Yale Workplace Death Highlights Work and School Dangers

April 16th, 2011 | Posted By Ross Jurewitz | Comments (0)
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The recent death of Michele Dufault, a Yale University astronomy and physics student, due to a chemistry lab lathe accident has caused several major publications to examine and reflect on workplace and school safety when it comes to heavy and dangerous machinery.  In Ms. Dufault’s case, she apparently died when her head became entagled in the chuck of the lathe, causing her hair to wrap around her neck and asphyxiate her.

Popular Mechanics recently published this quick primer about shop safety for its’ readers.  For a full and complete list of their highly helpful rules, visit the story.  However, here is a quick list of the highlights:

Work Shop Machine Safety

  • Never wear loose clothing that can become entangled in the machine.
  • Remove any jewelry that can become engaged in the machine such as rings, watches, and necklaces.
  • Wear eye protection.
  • Never operate a machine while distracted.

Work Shop Safety Practices

  • Provide adequate and even light for your work station.
  • Make sure all walking surfaces are nonslip and free of debris.
  • Be sure the workplace is adequately heated, cooled, and ventilated.
  • Provide fire extinguishers, first aid equipment, and any other safety tools in open and obvious places.

We hope that you find these tips helpful.

Ross Jurewitz is a San Diego personal injury attorney and the managing lawyer at the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm representing people injured in workplace accidents throughout the State.  For a free consultation or to order a copy of his free book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case, please call 888-233-5020.

Posted in: Personal Injury, Workplace Accidents
Location: California, San Diego
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