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What To Do When You’ve Been Injured in a Car Accident

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What To Do After A Car Accident

• Seek Medical Treatment As Soon As Possible• Seek Legal Counsel As Soon As Possible• Do not speak to the insurance companies without consulting with an

experienced car accident attorney first• Begin Consistent Medical Treatment• If You Have to Miss Work• Keep Track of Mileage for Doctors Visits• Don’t Miss Scheduled Doctors Appointments• Keep A Diary of How the Accident Has Affected You• Keep All Paperwork Related to the Accident



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Auto Accident Compensation

If you’ve been injured in an accident, you may be entitled to compensation for the following:

• Time Spent in the Hospital• Doctor Bills• X-ray and Specialist Bills• Wheelchairs, Crutches, Braces and More• Loss of Income• Future Loss of Income• Damages to Your Car• Loss of Consortium• Mental & Physical Pain & Suffering



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After a Car Accident

• Many people do not feel that they are in severe pain after an accident…due to the adrenaline rush after the accident. The next day, however, the adrenaline has worn off and the pain has set in. In the event that you do not go to an emergency room right after the accident, we would advise you to either take yourself to the emergency room when the pain has set in, or go to your general practitioner if you can get an appointment immediately. Again, not only is this a smart thing to do for your health, it is also a wise thing to do for your case.

• Remember, the insurance companies want to pay you as little as possible and will use anything they can against you. If you do not seek attention immediately after an accident, inevitably they will argue that point against you to suggest that the injury was not severe and that you should not be compensated as much as you would deem fair.

• Remember, the insurance companies are in the business of making profits. Therefore, it is their job to pay you as little as possible. Do not give them any ammunition that they can use against you…get medical treatment immediately!



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Do Not Speak to the Insurance Companies

• If you’ve been injured, DO NOT speak to the Insurance company until you’ve consulted a personal injury lawyer.

• The insurance companies are in the business of making a profit. That means that they want to pay you as little as possible when dealing with your claim. They will use every tool at their disposal to pay you a minimal amount. One of the tools they attempt to use is to get a recorded statement from you before you hire an attorney. That way, they can lock you into a statement that they will use against you in the future. They will ask leading questions, questions that are unclear and improper questions to bully you into saying something you probably wouldn’t say if an attorney was by your side. Please don’t let this happen to you. Hire an attorney before you speak to an insurance company about the facts of your case. It could mean the difference between you getting thousands of additional dollars or not getting nearly what you could be entitled to.



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Get Medical Treatment After A Car Accident

• The insurance companies tend to take your case more seriously, and consequently offer you more money if you begin a treatment regiment immediately after an accident.

• Tell your doctors everywhere that you are experiencing pain the first time you meet with them.



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Keep a Detailed Diary of Events

• After An Auto Accident Keep A Detailed Diary of How the Accident Has Affected You

• Pain and suffering is not something that the insurance company can see and touch. Rather, it is something that needs to be explained to them. For this reason, it helps your case if you can explain to them all of the normal day to day things you used to be able to do and cannot do now… or, cannot do easily now. That is why we ask our clients to keep a diary of how this injury has affected their activities of daily living. In many instances this will help improve the value of your case and will help us at the negotiating table. This also will show the insurance company that you are not just a file on their desk, or a claim number, rather you are a real person who has gone through a painful experience and you deserve to be compensated fairly.



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Common Mistakes to Avoid After a Car Accident

• The first thing to remember after an Orlando Area Car Accident is, do not give a recorded statement to the at fault insurance company. They will try to ask you questions in such a way that they will try to use your answers against you in the future. It is vital to your case that you first speak to and hire an experienced Orlando Auto Accident Lawyer. Let your attorney look at your case and make an informed decision as to how much contact, if any, there should be with the at fault insurance company. The amount of compensation you could receive in your case may be drastically affected based upon doing these two things immediately after you are injured.

• Also, make sure that you get medical attention. Do not try to be a hero. If you are hurting please go and get yourself checked out by a medical professional. We have seen too many instances where I had a legitimately injured client who tried to be a hero and see if they would get better on their own without the need for a doctor. Trust us, if you wait too long to seek treatment the insurance companies will attempt to paint you as somebody who wasn’t truly injured in an accident and, based on that, will try to give you as little money as possible.

• Remember, the insurance companies are in the business of making profits and the less they pay you the greater their bottom line is at the end of the year. It is important that you don’t go it alone against a big insurance company. Hire the attorneys at Jaspon & Armas, P.A. to fight for you and protect your interests.



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Our Commitment

• Jaspon & Armas, PA is a family owned law firm. The Orlando personal injury law firm was started by brother and sister lawyers, Jeremiah Jaspon and Andrea Armas. Both attorneys began their legal careers as criminal defense trial attorneys; however, they immediately began to represent the injured and their family members after they tragically lost their own niece who was killed in a car accident as a result of the negligence of another driver. Since that tragic event, the attorneys at Jaspon & Armas, PA have been fighting diligently to represent those who have been injured in all types of vehicular accidents in the Orlando area and throughout the state of Florida. Jaspon and Armas are dedicated to assisting and comforting both the injured and their family members during the difficult times following a tragic accident.



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