Avoid These 3 Mistakes When Dealing With An Injury Claim
While no one expects to be the victim of a car accident, it can happen at any point in time. Trying to address your injuries and get back to work can take up a lot of your time and attention. Instead of being able to focus your attention on the accident claim, you are pulled in a dozen different directions. The last thing you want to do is jeopardize your accident claim because of not having all the facts. Avoid making costly mistakes when dealing with an auto accident claim.
Settling before your time.
When injured in an accident, many people often rush to take the first settlement offer they receive. After all, you are being hit with medical bills, lost time off work and a whole host of other issues. Adjusters will often try to push you into taking a settlement just to get the case closed. Once you accept a settlement offer from the insurance company, you cannot go back later on and ask them for more money if more injuries arise. You are better off waiting until you know what you are dealing with before taking a settlement offer.
Settling before having all the necessary information.
The one who has the most amount of information is going to be the one who can negotiate the settlement better. Make sure your lawyer has as much information as you can possibly give them. They need details about witnesses, police reports, medical reports, a summary of your medical bills and anything else you can possibly give them about the incident and what it has done to your quality of living.
Trying to make more out of your injuries than what they are.
All too often, people assume that the worse their injuries are, the more money they are going to get. While this might be true to some extent, that doesn't mean you should lie about how badly you were injured to try and soak the insurance company for more money than you deserve. Is insurance fraud really worth the extra few bucks? People will know if you are being honest or not, so you are better off being straightforward about what you are dealing with from the accident.
By not making one of these costly mistakes above, you can make sure you get the settlement you deserve and begin the path to recovery. For more information, call a professional like Gibbs and Parnell.