5 Key Points to Consider for Your Personal Injury Claim
1. Not Following Medical Advice:
If you fail to comply with your doctor’s treatment plan and you are left with permanent deficits or limitations, the insurance company and their lawyers might argue you failed to mitigate your damages by not allowing yourself to benefit from what completion of the full treatment plan might have otherwise allowed.
2. Talking to Insurance Companies Without First Consulting an Attorney
Insurance adjusters may twist your words or only record or remember parts of what you tell them that they see as favorable to their arguments hoping to complicate things for you and/or attorney if you would later retain one. A lawyer can help prepare you for what will be asked and keep the record clear.
3. Not Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney
Trying to handle a case on your own can lead to missed insurance coverages, missed insurance policies, missing important defendants, missed medical bills, and more. Not only might you miss out on potential avenues of recovery, but even after you receive it, bill and debt collectors can take some or all of that money, if not appropriately handled on the front end.
4. Not being Honest with Your Attorney
Withholding or exaggerating information with your lawyer can lead to surprises that could damage or destroy your case.
5. Posting on Social Media
Insurers may monitor your social media profiles for evidence that contradicts your claims. It does not matter if your settings are private. Insurance companies can find ways gain access to your content through a friend request, a follow, or with private investigators. If your posts are inconsistent with your symptom reporting, this can be devastating to any claim.
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