www.seiferflatowlaw.com If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident that was caused by somebody else’s negligence, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. The components of the settlement include payment for past medical bills, future medical treatment if there’s medical evidence to substantiate it, past and future lost wages if a doctor has written you out of work and your employer substantiates the loss, and past and future pain and suffering. A personal injury settlement can take weeks, months or even years to be finalized, depending on various circumstances such as the severity of the injuries, length of time for treatment etc. It is the at-fault driver’s insurance company’s job to minimize your damages and the compensation they pay you in order to save themselves money. They have many different strategies to achieve this goal. They argue that you couldn’t have been injured because your vehicle did not sustain much damage. They also look for time gaps in medical treatment. They say “if you were really injured, why did you wait a month to seek follow up treatment?” They will also try to blame your physical complaints or symptoms after the accident on pre-existing medical conditions, even if those conditions resolved years ago and you were symptom free at the time of the accident. These are just a few of the tricks insurance companies use to limit your recovery.
