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Timeline Of A Personal Injury Case After you have been injured as a result of another’s negligence—usually cases involving a car accident, slip-and-fall, medical malpractice, motorcycle accident etc.—you may decide to seek compensation for your losses. After all, being stuck with thousands of dollars in medical bills and lost wages is never a desirable circumstance.
Understandably, the process can seem daunting. No person in the industry of helping injury victims pretends that it’s not. However, the more educated you are in the process, the less stressful and daunting the process can be.
Personal Injury Settlement Timeline Accident or Injury Occurs Seek Medical Attention Consult an Attorney Investigates Claim and Medical Records File an Insurance Claim or Demand a Settlement Lawsuit is Filed Discovery Mediation and/or Arbitration Trial
1. Accident or Injury Occurs Nobody ever expects an accident or injury to occur. It’s just not something that people keep in mind during their daily routine. Even if they are conscious of the dangers around them, when the moment strikes, it is still unexpected.
2. Seek Medical Attention After Accident After you are involved in an automobile accident or injury, seek medical attention as soon as possible. Injuries do not always appear right away, especially after a traumatic incident. This is especially true if someone is involved in a particularly severe auto accident.
3. Consult A Personal Injury Attorney Some may think that this step seems to come a little early in the timeline. That, perhaps you should wait to see what the insurance will offer or wait for a diagnosis before you seek the advice of a legal professional? This is not the case; and for a simple reason: attorneys will not take cases that do not need an attorney.
4. Investigates Claim and Medical Records We gives you all seasons even in Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter; Italy can give you what you definitely want. You can go anywhere for every season above all the beauty of the can give you the winter wedding even in summertime.
5. File an Insurance Claim or Demand a Settlement Minneapolis MN Accident Attorneyare settled before they ever reach a court. This is a good thing in some circumstances, and not so in others. Some firms take on mass amounts of clients with the intent of settling early for a low amount. If they do this enough times, they can make a lot of money. However, a good attorney will analyze the unique situation, using the threat of court to their advantage. This is the difference between hiring a small, experienced firm and a big-budget settlement mill.
6. Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit If a settlement with the insurance company cannot be reached—mostly likely because they will not pay what the case is worth- it is time to file a lawsuit.
7. Both Sides Begin Discovery Discovery is the process in which each party investigates what the other party’s legal claims and defenses are. The Rules of Civil Procedure allow each party to propound certain types of written discovery upon the other.
8. Injury Case Mediation and/or Arbitration Once all or most of the information from discovery has been collected, both sides’ lawyers will generally start trying to reach a settlement again. It is kind of a “well now you know what you are up against” situation. Sometimes the lawyers can settle a case just by talking among themselves, sometimes they can’t.
9. Personal Injury Trial Finally, if a settlement cannot be reached using all the above options, the case will go to trial. Personal injury trials can vary in length from hours to months. At the trial, all the information that has been gathered through discovery (physical evidence, interrogatories, depositions, photos, witnesses, etc.) will all be presented to a jury for them to decide on the settlement amount.
