Here are a few important ways to
protect your right to recover for your injury:
- Seek medical attention for any injuries you are
suffering. Be as open and as honest with your
health care provider as possible. Honesty is the
best policy.
- Request and keep copies
of all your records. This includes: police reports;
accident reports; insurance information; medical
records and contact information for individuals
involved in, or who may have witnessed, the
accident.
- Write everything down. This includes: physical
injuries; mental distress or concerns; lost work or
income; loss or impairment of physical abilities;
inability to perform daily tasks or recreational
activities and doctor visits. Include the date,
time and financial impact. A daily journal may be a
helpful way to memorialize the impact the accident
is having on your life.
- Get an attorney. Hiring an excellent attorney
can increase your settlement by two, three or more
times what you would have received by settling with
the insurance company on your own.
Agents working for insurance
companies are specifically trained to settle claims for
as little money as possible. Whatever the settlement
offer you receive is, it will not take into account your
actual situation: medical concerns; ongoing health
issues; impact on your family; and the long term
financial and emotional impact an injury, slight or
severe, can have on your life.
By contacting the attorneys at
Padula & Associates you are ensuring that your right to
recover will be aggressively pursued. Take the time to
sit down with one of our attorneys and educate yourself
on your settlement options. There is no fee for a
consultation and there is no cost to you if your claim
is not settled.
Our job, period, is to seek
justice. When someone else hurts you or a loved one,
the only just result is a settlement that will allow you
to care yourself and get back to living your life.
