Archive for October 13th, 2009
Steps in Car Accident Insurance Claims
Car accident is one of the leading causes of personal injury. A few suffer minor injury but almost half of that involved severe injuries, permanent disability and death.
A recent study shows that car accident results thousands of deaths each year. In fact, it is the leading cause of death of people between the age of 6 and 27.
Having been involved in a car accident is a traumatic experience. Aside from the physical pain and suffering, there is emotional distress, loss of income and property damage. All of these constitute financial compensation, which one can recover from the party at fault or from his insurer.
How to determine damages after a car accident
After a car accident, the next thing to do is to ask for compensation for the injury and other damages suffered. With this, the help of a capable car accident insurance lawyer is certainly needed.
The following are the steps to consider in filling your claim.
• Secure a copy of the police report.
• Know what protection your insurance policy will provide.
• Sign a medical release so that a copy of the medical record will be presented to the insurance company.
• Make a claim for physical injuries under medical pay coverage.
• If the other party is at fault, make a claim under the uninsured motorist coverage.
• Secure at least two car repair estimates if your car is totaled.
• Present estimates and allow your car to be photographed.
• Present bills for storage and towing cause.
• Ask your agent to help arrange a temporary substitute vehicle if you have rental reimbursement coverage.
• Notify your agent for any damages discover during the repair.
After filling your claims against the party at fault, you can also file a claim against your insurer. Filling a claim against the latter requires patience and hard work. The following are essential dos and don’ts that will guide you to facilitate your claim.
Do’s
• Do contact your insurance company immediately after the accident.
• Do take time to read your insurance policy. This will guide you on what kind of claim you are covered.
• Do your best to get details of the accident. You can also take pictures of the damaged vehicle or get the number of the witnesses.
• Do make a note of the insurance detail of other persons involved in the accident.
• Do keep a written account of your conversation with the insurance agent and other people involved in the accident.
• Do keep receipts and bills of all expenses incurred in the accident to be presented to your insurer.
• Do be frank and honest to your insurance collector so that your claim will not be denied.
• Do check if you have other insurance policy that provides coverage for the same accident or injury.
• Do consult a car accident insurance lawyer.
Don’ts
• Do not admit any liability. Just stick on the facts without giving any opinion.
• Do not give anything in writing to your insurance officer especially if you do not understand some part of our claim.
• Do not let any time limit of your insurance claim runs out. Most of insurance company provides a period for filling claim after an injury. Do not disregard the period or else your claim will not be considered valid.
• Do not take everything that your insurance agent tells you especially with regard to your claim. Most insurance companies like to settle claims in an amount smaller than that actually suffered.
• Do not sign anything that is a release or a waiver of anything. If you are ask to sign and you are not sure of it call an attorney.
• Do not take a check as a full and final payment unless you are certain that it is a fair compensation of your claim.
For immediate advice and representation on your car accident insurance claim, log on to our website and seek the assistance of our credible California professional car accident lawyers.
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You can get all the party accessories and supplies and make the birthday party an event to remember. Enjoyment, celebration, fun and amusement become the core consideration with such birthday party supplies. Here we will detail a lot of the items that nowadays are available as Birthday party supplies and adds unique flavor to every household’s party events. As the birthday party is a event where kids are given full freedom of having fun and enjoying themselves, it is obvious for birthday kid’s parents to ensure party filled with full fun supplies for the kids. Here are the details on lots of party supplies that one can pick. In broader category, the birthday party supplies can be divided into thirteen categories.
Team Building: You can get the supplies for gaming where all the members of a family can take part and enjoy the party. Such supplies are Family Feud, Spin to Win, The Challenge and etc.
Food Service: For food servicing even, you can get a lot of supplies on rent like Cotton Candy, Popcorn Machine, Snow Cone, Pucker Powder, etc.
Carnival Games: Carnival games supplies are of special attraction to the kids coming to a party. These games include Hi Strikers, Carnival Games, Carnival tents and booths. You can also get some casino supplies if you want to keep the crowd separated like elderly enjoying elderly companies. You can then get the supplies of Bingo, Casino, too.
Table Games: Table games popular among kids who are becoming teen sooner. You can arrange these games supplies from rental services. A few example of such supplies would be Air Hockey, Pool Table, Foos ball, Ping Pong, electronic dart etc. Each of the games will give the kids unique pleasure.
Inflatable Rides and Bounce House: Inflatable rides and bounce houses are the most popular rides among kids and babies in a party event. Get some inflatable rides party supplies like Kongo Krazy!, Triple Lane Slide, Half Pipe, Victory Lap Dual Lane Slide, Monster Truck Slide, Twisted Twister Slide, Pipeline Double Chute Slide, Rocket Turbo Slide, Fire Truck Slide, 22′Thriller Slide, Accelerator Dual Lane Slide, Inflatable Clown Slide, 18′ Inflatable Slide.
Bounce houses are extremely popular among the kids as they get physically active to emotionally enjoy their party activities and reap all the enjoyments of such supplies like Bounce House Rental, 15′ Open Bounce House, 15′ Enclosed Bounce House, 20′ Clown Castle Bounce House, 20′ Round Bounce House, 20′ Square Bounce House, 25′ Carousel Bounce House, Birthday Cake Bounce House, Blues Clues Bounce House, 16′ Carousel Bounce House, Castle Bounce House, Choo Choo Bounce House, Clown Bounce House, Dalmation Bounce House, Dora the Explorer Bounce House, Elephant Bounce House, Monster Truck Bounce House, Princess Castle Bounce House, Race Car Bounce House, Sea World Bounce House, Sponge Bob Bounce House.
All these party supplies are cheap to hire for your kids birthday party. So make sure you book them for your kids birthday party and give them such a pleasure that they will never forget!
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These tips can greatly help reduce the rate of accidents by preventing them in the first place. It is important to know “what to do” to avoid an accident and immediately upon the accident, so that the resulting legal implications and problems can be lessened.
STOP: All state laws require that the drivers of the vehicles involved in the accident that has resulted in damage of property, loss of life or injury stop at the scene of the accident or nearby with least obstruction to traffic. Not doing so or absconding from the scene is treated as an independent violation.
TAKING CARE OF THE INJURED: Immediately upon stopping the vehicle, look for any injured persons. Call emergency in case you find any injured people. Do not touch or move the injured unless you are trained to be a paramedic, it may result in further injury resulting in further liabilities.
THE SCENE: Make sure that no further accidents take place as a result of the current one. Station someone or keep a sign to divert traffic around any obstruction caused due to the accident. Use a flashlight or flare or any other source of light at night to divert.
CALL THE POLICE: Using your mobile phone or a nearby pay phone or any phone, call the local police station or the nearest law enforcement authority.
TALK: Do not talk or comment about the accident with anyone, take notes in all detailed respects possible and keep them to yourself. No statements regarding blames or faults are to be made. The law requires giving out your name and contact details only to police officers or to the other party involved in the accident.
LEND ASSISTANCE: Unless you are injured and need immediate medical attention, remain at the scene of the accident until an officer arrives. Always lend complete assistance to the law officer. Do not admit fault or responsibility until you contact your solicitor.
DETAILS OF THE OTHER PARTY: Ask and note down the relevant details of the other driver like his/ her name, phone number, address, vehicle registration number, driving license number and any other relevant information and offer the same information about yourself to the other driver.
WITNESSES: Ask and note down the names, addresses, and contact numbers of any and all witnesses on the scene, as soon as you can. Make sure you include the eye witnesses and the others who can throw some more light on the accident.
ARREST: Arrest at the scene of the accident does not purport to any liability, either to you or the other party. Make no statements until you talk to your solicitor, since they may be used against you in the court of law at a later date. Ask the police officer to let you communicate with your solicitor.
LEAVING THE SCENE: If you are injured, you should seek medical attention immediately. Inform the police officer of the same and ask to be taken to a hospital. Otherwise, do not leave the scene of the accident until you have done the above mentioned tasks of noting down the details and filled out the Accident Information Form.
PHYSICIAN: Always remember to see your physician, even if you feel no apparent discomfort. Some injuries like whiplash injuries manifest a little later and can prove to be fatal. Internal injuries are also not ruled out. A complete physical check up is recommended.
INSURANCE COMPANY: Inform your insurance company about the accident immediately. Failure to do so may affect your rights adversely.
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