Mistakes That Wreck Car Accident Claims: MEDICAL TREATMENT

Excerpts from an interview with Seattle attorney Christopher M. Davis.

If you are really hurt in a car accident, it is extremely ... all » important that you promptly see the doctor. Sometimes people will delay treatment following a car accident, thinking that their condition or pain will eventually improve or subside. When it doesn't, and you see the doctor for the first time several days or weeks after the car accident, it can be extremely difficult to prove that your injury was caused by the car accident and not something else. This is a time where being "stoic" can actually hurt you if your injury turns out to be more severe. The more time that elapses following the car accident before you first seek treatment the more difficult it may be to prove that either your injury was caused by the car accident or that your injury is severe enough to justify a claim for compensation. Jurors expect an injured person to see a doctor promptly after the car accident, particularly if you will be claiming compensation for that injury.

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