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When these factors are involved in your personal injury case, the sooner you file your claim, the better. Here we explain why.
Serious injury
Serious injuries generally mean more extensive and expensive medical treatments, as well as greater losses in terms of:
Preservation of evidence
When there may be problems obtaining or preserving the evidence in a case, filing a personal injury claim as soon as possible can help ensure that:
For example, after a truck accident, filing a claim can help prevent a motor carrier from removing crucial evidence, such as (but not limited to):
Insurer’s negligence
When it’s time to recover from an accident, don’t expect insurers to be watching over you, your rights, or your claim. Insurers generally protect their employer and earnings. And that generally means they could do their best to try to:
When these unclear tactics come into play, filing a personal injury case with the help of an experienced attorney is the best way to protect your potential compensation rights.
Disclaimer of liability
When a guilty party refuses to accept responsibility, filing a personal injury lawsuit is critical to holding that party liable. The act of filing your claim will:
Filing your claim as soon as possible is also important when a guilty party can accept some guilt, but also try to blame it to some extent.…
Personal injury cases can go through all of the following stages or be resolved before the claim reaches the court. If there are no out-of-court decisions, the case can go through all of these phases.
Pre-litigation phase
The pre-litigation stage is the evidence gathering process, which may involve:
During this phase, it is possible to discover additional negligent parts and perhaps additional options for financial recovery. For example, in the pre-litigation phase for a truck accident case, it may be discovered that a carrier or an equipment manufacturer, in addition to a trucker, was responsible for an accident.
Litigation
Once it is clear who is the responsible party (or parties) in a given claim, an attorney can present the necessary documents to initiate the claim and officially launch it. Other things that may occur during this phase of litigation may include (and are not limited to):
During this phase, and at any time after that, a case may be resolved if:
Judgment
In this case, a jury is selected, and both sides make introductory arguments.
Appeal
If the trial ends in the plaintiff’s favor, the defense may have the option to file an appeal. For example, the defense may request an appeal for lack of evidence or incorrect instructions given to a jury.
When appeals are filed after a verdict on a personal injury claim, it will be up to the court to determine whether the appeal can be progressed or denied.
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