If you were hurt in a wreck through no fault of your own, you may seek compensation for the associated damages by filing a car accident claim. While there’s no foolproof way to guarantee a sizable payout—legal proceedings are, after all, inherently unpredictable—there are steps you can take to give your case the best chance of success.
Let’s take a look at some of the most effective ways to contribute to the strength of your car accident claim:
1. Refer All Correspondence to Your Legal Team
By letting your personal injury attorney handle all correspondence with the claims adjuster, you can focus on your health. What’s more, the insurer won’t be able to manipulate you into jeopardizing your case by admitting fault, giving a premature recorded statement, or accepting an unfair settlement.
2. Stay off Social Media
The insurer will likely monitor your online presence for posts that allow them to challenge the validity of your claim. Since even seemingly innocuous posts could lead them to question the extent of your injuries or the resulting damages, it’s best to stay off social media altogether as long as your claim is pending.
3. Track All Economic Damages
Florida allows for the recovery of medical expenses, lost wages, property repairs, and other objectively verifiable losses. Before you can secure funds for all such damages, however, you must prove that you actually incurred them. You can do this by saving all relevant bills, invoices, receipts, and paystubs.
4. Keep a Personal Injury Journal
Florida also allows for the recovery of non-economic damages like pain and suffering, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment in life. Naturally, such damages can’t be tracked with receipts or invoices. You can, however, prove their extent with detailed journal entries.
Start a personal injury journal as soon as possible after the accident, and use it to record:
- What happens at every doctor’s appointment;
- The ways in which your injuries inhibit your everyday life; and
- The ways in which your injuries affect your loved ones.
5. Follow Your Doctor’s Orders
Personal injury claimants must take reasonable measures to mitigate damages. This includes seeking prompt medical care and then following your doctor’s orders once you do.
If you fail to mitigate damages, you could be deemed partially responsible for their severity, which will reduce the total compensation to which you are entitled. Under Florida’s pure comparative fault law, a plaintiff’s recovery must be reduced by his or her own percentage of fault.
Call (305) 655-3425 to Discuss Your Case with a Coral Gables Car Accident Lawyer
If you’re recovering from serious injuries that you sustained in a motor-vehicle collision, contact Lubell Rosen. Our compassionate team will vigorously seek the compensation you deserve to cover medical bills, lost wages, future rehabilitation costs, and pain and suffering.
Letting us handle all the logistics of your case will allow you to focus on more important matters, like your health. Call (305) 655-3425 or fill out our Contact Form to schedule a free consultation with a car accident attorney in Coral Gables.
