Eight Things You Should Know About Pursuing An Injury Claim
by Gary E Rosenberg
1. Be truthful to everyone about any physical limitation you now have. The
truth will come out.
2. Don't accept a check or sign a release from an insurance company unless you
know exactly what it covers. Sometimes California insurance companies will attempt to get
you to release "any and all claims" - including your injury claim - and lead you
to believe that you are only settling your claim for property damage. Check with
an California attorney if you're not certain.
3. Don't try to hide past accidents or injuries from your lawyer. Insurance
companies share accident information in a central database, so the other
insurance company will more than likely find out about this. The only person who
may be surprised is your California attorney, and this is never a good thing.
4. It's helpful to keep a record of how you feel, of your California doctors and therapy
appointments, medications you are taking, and of course, you inability to work
and enjoy any of the "customary" activities that you participated in before the
accident. You can't count on remembering everything later, and a lawsuit can
take years.
