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What is negligence?
Lawyer Franks: Negligence is when somebody has an unintended mishap. If an individual smacks your face that had not been an accident. But if they run into you in a crowd of people that wasnt intentional. Negligence means they didn't mean for a particular consequence to occur yet as a result of their fault it took place.
Someones negligence creates an accident. Who pays my medical costs?
Attorney Franks: Our goal is to see to it the other side pays your doctor bills. They could pay your doctor costs directly or they can give you money to pay your medical costs after the fact. Several customers have health insurance they make use of throughout this process up until the issue is resolved. Various other times we work with local physicians to provide you therapy on whats called a letter of protection. That indicates they do not bill you up until compensation of your case.
Do I still have a claim if my health insurance pays my doctor costs?
Lawyer Franks: Yes. But after that you might have to go back and reimburse the medical insurance firm for anything they paid once you get a settlement.
Can the health insurance firm file a lien against my case?
Lawyer Franks: They will certainly send a letter to your personal injury attorney letting them know they have an interest and the attorney will notate the documents. Well negotiate with your medical insurance firm to reduce the quantity owed.
Whats my situation worth?
Every situation is distinctive but important. A customer that's injured via somebody else's negligence has a valuable situation. The value is different depending on scenarios and also truths. We do our best to recover as much as feasible for our clients.
What sort of questions do they ask me in a deposition?
Attorney Franks: Depositions start with extremely basic questions like whats your first and last name where do you live and for how long have you lived there? Then they ask about the crash and attempt to access what took place. They additionally need to know about treatment you obtained and losses sustained. Nonetheless deposition is not required unless we need to file a lawsuit. We often settle the situation before it gets to that.
Who carries out the deposition?
Lawyer Franks: The lawyer for the insurance provider. You and I are there together with the other lawyer and also a court reporter. If an inquiry is inappropriate Ill raise an objection. As soon as the other lawyer has finished Ill ask you some questions as your personal injury attorney. The other lawyer may have a couple of follow-up inquiries. You may not be the only one to be deposed as we have a right to depose the other person in the accident.
How much time does a suit take?
Attorney Franks: It'll rely on how long you have therapy and also other elements. A suit can take 1 or 2 years and that's why we try to deal with matters without suing. The courts are backed up and it costs more time and money to go to trial. You can expect somewhere in 2 to three month range after you've completed treatment to know if we need to head to trial. Nonetheless we do our finest to obtain the optimum dollar volume from the insurance company without going to court.
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