How a Personal Injury Lawyer Can Help You Recover Your Losses from a Car Accident
Getting involved in a car crash in Oklahoma may have some serious consequences, especially if you’ve sustained injury. Apart from interrupting your schedule, a car crash might entail huge expenses, as you have to get medical attention and your vehicle needs to be fixed. Furthermore, your treatment may take more than just one session and each may come with expensive use of resources.
Thankfully, you don’t have to face that bad situation alone. You can file a claim with the other party’s insurer to get the other party to cover parts or the entire expenses so that you can recover your financial losses. Doing so is no easy task though, and caution is necessary in order to get the right compensation. Following are the basic steps in preparing to file a claim after a car accident.
Get Medical Attention
After taking photos of the scene and exchanging information with the party at fault, get medical attention right away. This is the most crucial part of the case because the doctor’s diagnosis and recommendations will be the primary basis of the court’s decision. If you fail to seek medical attention, the state of your injury and health will have already changed, causing you to lose part if not all of the compensation that is due for you.
Document Your Treatment
During the treatment, you have to carefully collect information that you can use to justify your claim. Record the date of injury, how the injury occurred, the doctor’s prognosis and recommended length of treatment, prescribed medication, scarring and disability outline, and potential for further injury in the future. With this information, the at-fault party’s insurer and adjuster will have no reason to limit or deny your claim.
Take Note of Your Injury’s Classification
The type of injury you’ve sustained is also an influential factor in your case. You have to be able to accurately classify your injury because it may define the value of compensation you will receive. Because injuries vary in their severity and effect on a person’s health, their value in a car insurance settlement also varies. For instance, a head injury that involves skull fracture may be worth higher than a simple whiplash.
File Your Claim with the Help of a Lawyer
After gathering all information you need, contact your lawyer and discuss your plan to file a claim. Your personal injury lawyer will know exactly the best course of action that can ensure your success. Present all the information you’ve gathered and file a claim. Your lawyer will most likely advise you to continue keeping documents that are related to the case, especially from ongoing treatments.
Hiring a lawyer when filing for a personal injury is a smart decision made by anyone who wants to succeed in recovering losses from a car crash. Proper representation in court allows the jury to have a better and more accurate look of the case as evidence can be presented in a manner necessary to substantiate the claim.
For more information contact one of our highly qualified Attorneys in the Oklahoma City area call (405) 253-4478 or our main office in Ardmore (580) 798-0447.
Sources:
The Complete Guide to Personal Injury Claims and Accident Settlements, injuryclaimcoach.com
How to File a Bodily Injury Claim After a Car Accident, accident-law.freeadvice.com
First Steps in a Personal Injury Claim, injury.findlaw.com