10 Tips for Accident Victims

1. Obtain immediate medical assistance.

2. Hire an experienced personal injury lawyer as soon as possible.

3. Write a detailed summary of all facts surrounding the accident. (Only give this to your lawyer.)

4. Do not give representatives of insurance companies or adjusters written statements or tape-recorded statements when asked to do so on the telephone. Have them contact your lawyer.

5. Obtain a doctor's note for all time taken off of work as a result of your accident, even if you are self-employed.

6. Save all physical evidence, and mark them with some type of identification tag. This may mean the shoes involved in a trip and fall accident, the receipt for products purchased at a store where you fell, or material or foreign objects which may have caused a fall.

7. Obtain and save the names of all witnesses and persons involved in an accident. Be sure to get the telephone number and address of the witnesses.

8. Take photos of all damages. This means damages to any motor vehicle, motorcycle, etc. Also take photos of all visible injuries. Be sure to develop these pictures immediately. If they do not come out well, retake the photographs before the physical injuries have healed.

9. Do not sign anything without the approval of your lawyer. Insurance companies and adjusters frequently request people to sign authorizations to obtain information or releases of all claims. Be sure to show these documents to your attorney before signing them.

10. Avoid gaps of time between medical treatments. Long periods of time between medical appointments may be used by the defense to argue that the later treatment is not related to the accident. Also, be sure to give each doctor you see an accurate history of all of the physical and mental problems experienced as a result of the accident.

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It is of primary importance to secure legal representation as promptly as possible. If you have been injured in a motorcycle or car accident, or a friend or loved one has been catastrophically injured or killed in a motorcycle or car accident, contact the personal injury lawyers at Blackman Legal Group. You can call us toll-free nationwide at 1-866-528-8115 24 hours a day.

One of the most difficult parts of a client intake is to have to advise a victim that what may have been a strong case has become difficult, if not impossible to pursue, due to a failure by the victim to document details of the accident or to otherwise take practical steps in case preparation. It is part of the Injury Information Center’s mission to provide information to help victims recover from their accidents. These 10 steps are provided with that goal in mind. One overriding point is that after a car accident or motorcycle accident it is very important to get a lawyer as soon as possible so the case can be properly investigated and so you, as a victim, may receive advice about the best types of medical care to help your physical recovery. These 10 tips can help us build the strongest possible case to help a victim secure maximum medical and financial recovery. If you have been injured in a motorcycle or car accident, or a friend or loved one has been catastrophically injured or killed in a motorcycle or car accident, contact Blackman Legal Group. You can call us toll-free nationwide at 1-866-528-8115 24 hours a day.