I Sustained A Personal Injury Due To An Accident In Arizona. What About Seeing A Doctor?
If you believe that you have been injured, seek medical attention immediately. Remember that the most important consideration is always your health and welfare. If you do not have a doctor, we can help you find one.
Frequently, symptoms of an accident injury will not appear immediately. Certain injuries may not be apparent until some time after an accident. And, you may experience a time lag between the collision and full awareness of the extent of your injuries. Or, your injury could be more serious than you realize. Even minor soreness can be an indication of a more significant injury. Therefore, if you believe there is any chance you may have been injured, you should see a doctor as soon as possible. By not seeing a doctor, you risk delaying your treatment and aggravating your injury.
An insurance company will argue that the failure of an individual to see a doctor right away indicates that the injury must have resulted from an unrelated event after the accident. The longer you wait for medical treatment, the more difficult it will be to connect the injury to the accident.
You should keep all of your medical appointments, and return to each of your doctors as often as necessary. It is extremely important that you follow the advice of your doctors. Until your medical problems are taken care of and your doctors release you, you should remain under your doctors’ care and follow their instructions. This will enable you to heal more quickly and will prevent the insurance company from claiming that some of your medical problems were caused by your failure to follow doctors’ orders.
Explain all of your injuries and symptoms to your doctors. Always tell them about all of your complaints, any restriction or limitations caused by the injuries, and especially how your injuries have affected your life. You should not minimize your ailments to your doctors. Your doctors must know these things in order to properly treat you, and for us to obtain the maximum compensation for you.
What About My Medical Bills And Expenses?
If you have health insurance, be absolutely sure to provide your health insurance information to each and every one of your health care providers. Then, make sure that all of your medical bills go directly to the health plan for payment. You should have your health insurance pay as much of the medical bills as possible.
In accordance with Arizona Law, we will be making a claim for the total of all reasonable medical bills and expenses you incur (that is the full amount charged by your health care providers), not just for your out-of-pocket expenses.
What About My Injuries And Losses:
An injured person may bring a claim or lawsuit to recover compensation for the full amount of their medical and rehabilitative expenses, physical and mental pain and suffering, past and future lost income, permanent impairment and disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, and property damage. Family members may also be able to recover compensation for their mental anguish and the loss of companionship and assistance.
The following are just some examples of the damages for which we obtain compensation for our clients on motor vehicle accident related personal injury cases:
Medical Bills: All reasonable medical charges for necessary treatment of injuries caused by the negligent party are part of your damages – not just your own out-of-pocket payments. To prove your case, we will obtain all of your medical records and bills.
Lost Income and Benefits: If you have lost time from work because of the accident or the injuries you suffered, you may have a claim for lost income and/or employment benefits. We will work with you and your employer to confirm the amount of your lost income and/or benefits.
General Damages: You are entitled to recover general damages for, among other things, the nature, extent, and duration of the injury; the pain, discomfort, suffering, disability, disfigurement, and anxiety already experienced, and reasonably probable to be experienced in the future as a result of the injury; and, loss of enjoyment of life, that is, the participation in life’s activities to the quality and extent normally enjoyed before the injury.
Information to Prove My Claim:
We will help you identify all losses that may be related to your accident.
We will obtain documentation of all of your losses, including medical records and bills, reasonable transportation costs related to the injuries, future medical care, lost wages, future loss of earnings, the effect on your family, and the effect on your life.