How Accident Attorneys Can Help After Your Car Accident

 It is important to know that accidents are common and can happen to anyone. And, it is also important to know that you should not wait before getting help when you have an accident.

 

The most important thing in the aftermath of an accident is to get medical attention as soon as possible.

 

While much depends on the specifics and the complexity of your car accident case, in general, a lawyer can:

 

communicate with the other driver's insurer

obtain the necessary evidence concerning fault for the accident

organize your medical records and bills

communicate with your health care providers to obtain missing records

work with your doctors to make sure they provide the medical information you need so that you can prove damages in your claim

organize and present the evidence to prove liability and damages

negotiate with lien holders on your claim (such as health, disability, or workers' compensation insurers) to potentially reduce the amount of those liens, and

negotiate a satisfactory settlement with the insurance adjuster or defense attorney.

Let's look at a couple of these things in-depth.

 

Communicating with the Other Driver's Insurer

In any personal injury case, your lawyer will open up a line of communication with the insurance adjuster for the other party (or parties) involved. The adjuster has the pocketbook, so it is critical for a plaintiff's lawyer to have good communications and a good relationship with the adjuster.

 

Obtaining Necessary Evidence of Liability

A good lawyer can help obtain all of the evidence that you will need to prove liability in a car accident claim. Although you may have already taken photographs of the accident scene, your lawyer will probably go back to the scene him/herself to see what it looks like. While a picture may be worth a thousand words, actually seeing the scene can be worth a thousand pictures.

 

The Andover Accident Attorney will make sure to get all of the accident or police reports in the case and will often speak with the investigating police officers and witnesses. A good attorney will leave no stone unturned when it comes to obtaining evidence of liability. Learn more about proving fault for a car accident.

 

Obtaining Necessary Evidence of Damages

This is where a good Andover Accident Attorney can be essential to your case, especially when you've suffered significant car accident injuries.

 

It is critical to obtain all documentation related to your injuries, but it isn't always easy to get your hands on those records and bills from health care providers. Although the records are technically yours, and you have an absolute right to them, sending medical records to patients and lawyers is just not a health care provider's priority.

 

Small doctors' offices may not have the staffing or the time to respond to medical record requests on a timely basis. Large hospitals may have specific procedures that must be followed in order to respond to medical record requests. If you don't follow their procedures (which they often don't publicize very well), they simply won't respond to your request.

 

Then, when the health care provider does respond to the request, the records may be incomplete. Any lawyer's secretary or paralegal will tell you that they often have to request the same records more than once and that they have to follow up endlessly with the provider's office.

 

Finally, it may turn out that the doctor did not use the "magic words" as to causation, prognosis, and disability in his or her notes. To successfully prosecute any type of personal injury claim, you must be able to prove, through medical evidence,

 

So if you need the help of Andover Accident Attorney then Denn Law Group is the law firm in Andover and Sudbury. For more details about Denn Law Group google: Andover Accident Attorney or call: 978-252-4567