| Rob Kornfeld is a Seattle,
Washington auto accident lawyer and his personal injury law practice is exclusively
devoted to helping injured people harmed by the actions
of others.
Generally speaking when one is
in an accident involving a motor vehicle, there
are certain rules of thumb to follow:
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Do not give a
recorded or written statement.
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Take
pictures. Take photographs of the property
damage and have them developed at once. Do
not use a Polaroid.
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Do Not Sign
Anything Without a Lawyer Reviewing it for
You, First!
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Do not
discuss any matters concerning your injuries
with the at-fault insurance company. You are
under no obligation to give this information
and should discuss nothing but the damage to
your car and the need for a rental car or
"loss of use" compensation. Beware of the
clever insurance adjuster.
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In all personal injury cases,
including motor vehicle accident cases of all types, you
are entitled to recover general damages for your pain
and suffering, emotional distress, disability, permanent
disfigurement, scarring, loss of opportunity to enjoy
life, interference with the husband/wife or parent/child
relationship, wrongful death, loss of services,
dismemberment and any other type of general damage that
deals with an injury which you can think of. You are
also entitled to recover special damages which are past,
present and future medical bills, wage loss, loss of
earnings potential and other out-of-pocket expenses. It
is your attorney's obligation to properly prepare your
case and determine what these damages are. This usually
takes place after your medical condition is stabilized.
At the point when your medical
condition stabilizes, which means you will not get any
better or worse, your attorney should speak to your
doctors and obtain medical reports regarding your
prognosis. At the conclusion of your recovery, the
attorney shall put together a settlement demand package
to try and resolve your case with the insurance company.
From that point forward, negotiations will take place.
Your attorney should be goal oriented to maximize your
.
If your case does not settle, your
attorney will file suit and proceed to trial. Many
times an insurance company will not pay you what you
deserve to recover until your case is set for trial or
close to trial. Insurance companies know which attorneys
take cases to trial and which attorneys settle cases.
Those attorneys, who proceed and prepare a case as
though it shall proceed to trial, will likely recover
more money for you than a settlement lawyer. It behooves
all attorneys to try and settle cases. However, if
cases do not settle in a reasonable period of time, it
behooves everyone to file suit and prosecute your case,
preparing for trial.
This is the best way to financially
maximize your .
Seattle Personal Injury Attorney serving the
following Washington areas:
- Seattle
- Everett
- Kirkland
- Bellevue
- Lynnwood/Mill
Creek
- Renton
- Auburn/Kent
- Tacoma
- Additionally Rob Kornfeld has handled out of state
cases in Alaska, Oregon, Arizona, California, New
York, and in British Columbia, Canada.
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