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The Injury Settlement Process
You Were Injured in an Accident – Now What?
A serious injury resulting from an accident can be an overwhelming experience. Not only have you begun a long recovery process, but you will likely face financial burdens that will only add stress to a difficult situation.
During this challenging time, you will also begin to hear from insurance companies that will start investigating your accident. You should NEVER give a recorded statement to any insurance companies or sign any insurance documents, including from your own insurance, without first speaking with a Clarksburg personal injury attorney.
Step 2: Seek Medical Treatment
After an accident, it is important that you seek medical treatment immediately. When meeting with a doctor, be sure to discuss any symptoms or complaints that you may have, no matter how insignificant they may seem now. Not only will this provide a clear picture to your medical provider, who is deciding on the best course of treatment for you, it will also begin the documentation needed by the insurance company to evaluate your potential claim.
The most important advice we can give to you is to follow ALL of your doctor’s treatment plans, including every follow up appointment and referral.
Step 3: Contact Our Office
The Miley Legal Group offers a number of resources for you to review and begin making important decisions for your claim, including which attorney to hire. Our FREE CONSULTATION gives you an opportunity to have a discussion about your case with one of our personal injury attorneys in Clarksburg.
During your free consultation, we will begin to review your case and discuss your options with you. We want to ensure that you have the information you need to make the best decisions for you and your family.
Step 4: Working on Your Case
After you sign with our firm, we immediately begin to process your case. This process includes:
- Contact Insurance Companies: Contacting the insurance companies, their adjuster and your medical providers to notify them of your status. This notification releases you from the pressure of dealing with insurance documents, medical forms and even some medical bills.
- Getting Medical Records: Reaching out to medical providers to begin gathering your medical records, medical exhibits, and any needed affidavits from treating physicians.
- Accident Reports & Statements: Collecting accident reports, police photos, taking witness statements, gathering accident scene photos and anything else we need to help prove you case.
- Additional Research: Research and identify all possible insurance issues. This includes the gathering of potential insurance policy information that will be used throughout your case. Many accidents involve multiple insurance policies, and it is imperative that this information is gathered immediately.
Step 5: Communication
Communication with our clients is key to our success.
- Our office will provide you with detailed information on the process of your case to ensure that you have a complete understanding. We want you to be informed so that you can make important decisions that will lead to successfully getting you back on your feet as soon as possible.
- Communication from our office will be constant. You should never feel that you don’t know what is going on with your case. We will provide you with information on what we have done on your case and information that is necessary for you to deal with medical bills that will begin to arrive.
- Speaking with your medical providers is also important. Each time you visit with your doctor, it is important that you discuss your injuries as thorough as possible. The information you provide through communicating with your doctor is the information we gather and submit on your behalf to the insurance company.
- Above all, we will be in touch with you in a consistent manner. However, if you ever have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact our office and ask to speak with your assigned legal assistant.
Step 6: Settlement
Communication with our clients is key to our success.
- Once you have been released from treatment by your doctors or it has been established that you will no longer make vast improvements from your injuries, we will begin to finalize the collection of your medical records.
- When we have received all of your records, we will begin to prepare your Demand Package, which will include your “story” of your injuries and the process you took to get better.
- Final medical bills and insurance liens will be calculated to determine how much of any settlement will be paid out to providers.
- A meeting will be schedule between you and your attorney to review your demand package and to discuss the value of your claim.
- The demand is forwarded to the insurance adjuster(s) and the insurance company will place an overall value on the claim. Once that occurs, negotiations will begin and you will be kept up to date during the entire process. If an amount is not agreed upon, a lawsuit will be filed and the next step will commence.
Step 7: Possible Lawsuit
If there is no agreement on a settlement amount, a lawsuit will be filed after final discussions with you and your attorney.
Keep in mind that over 97% of all cases settle without going to court. Even though a case is filed, it could still settle before final court proceedings. However, the legal process will begin, including court filings, depositions and other steps that you will discuss with your attorney.
Step 8: Post Settlement
After a settlement has been accepted (or a lawsuit completed in your favor), we begin to process and finalize your case. During this phase, what we refer to as the Tiger Advantage, kicks in.
We begin to negotiate all liens and medical bills to increase your final recovery.
All stages of the claim are reviewed to ensure all available funds were accessed for you.
Settlement documents are processed and payment is received from the insurance company (Any checks are held in our trust account for 7 business days).
A disbursement is prepared to tell you how the funds are distributed and who gets what amount.
You receive your final payment and copies of relevant documents. You will also be asked to provide our firm with a final review of our services that will eventually be shared with those in situations similar to yours.
You Were Injured in an Accident – Now What?
A serious injury resulting from an accident can be an overwhelming experience. Not only have you begun a long recovery process, but you will likely face financial burdens that will only add stress to a difficult situation.
During this challenging time, you will also begin to hear from insurance companies that will start investigating your accident. You should NEVER give a recorded statement to any insurance companies or sign any insurance documents, including from your own insurance, without first speaking with a Clarksburg personal injury attorney.
Step 2: Seek Medical Treatment
After an accident, it is important that you seek medical treatment immediately. When meeting with a doctor, be sure to discuss any symptoms or complaints that you may have, no matter how insignificant they may seem now. Not only will this provide a clear picture to your medical provider, who is deciding on the best course of treatment for you, it will also begin the documentation needed by the insurance company to evaluate your potential claim.
The most important advice we can give to you is to follow ALL of your doctor’s treatment plans, including every follow up appointment and referral.
Step 3: Contact Our Office
The Miley Legal Group offers a number of resources for you to review and begin making important decisions for your claim, including which attorney to hire. Our FREE CONSULTATION gives you an opportunity to have a discussion about your case with one of our personal injury attorneys in Clarksburg.
During your free consultation, we will begin to review your case and discuss your options with you. We want to ensure that you have the information you need to make the best decisions for you and your family.
Step 4: Working on Your Case
After you sign with our firm, we immediately begin to process your case. This process includes:
- Contact Insurance Companies: Contacting the insurance companies, their adjuster and your medical providers to notify them of your status. This notification releases you from the pressure of dealing with insurance documents, medical forms and even some medical bills.
- Getting Medical Records: Reaching out to medical providers to begin gathering your medical records, medical exhibits, and any needed affidavits from treating physicians.
- Accident Reports & Statements: Collecting accident reports, police photos, taking witness statements, gathering accident scene photos and anything else we need to help prove you case.
- Additional Research: Research and identify all possible insurance issues. This includes the gathering of potential insurance policy information that will be used throughout your case. Many accidents involve multiple insurance policies, and it is imperative that this information is gathered immediately.
Step 5: Communication
Communication with our clients is key to our success.
- Our office will provide you with detailed information on the process of your case to ensure that you have a complete understanding. We want you to be informed so that you can make important decisions that will lead to successfully getting you back on your feet as soon as possible.
- Communication from our office will be constant. You should never feel that you don’t know what is going on with your case. We will provide you with information on what we have done on your case and information that is necessary for you to deal with medical bills that will begin to arrive.
- Speaking with your medical providers is also important. Each time you visit with your doctor, it is important that you discuss your injuries as thorough as possible. The information you provide through communicating with your doctor is the information we gather and submit on your behalf to the insurance company.
- Above all, we will be in touch with you in a consistent manner. However, if you ever have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact our office and ask to speak with your assigned legal assistant.
Step 6: Settlement
Communication with our clients is key to our success.
- Once you have been released from treatment by your doctors or it has been established that you will no longer make vast improvements from your injuries, we will begin to finalize the collection of your medical records.
- When we have received all of your records, we will begin to prepare your Demand Package, which will include your “story” of your injuries and the process you took to get better.
- Final medical bills and insurance liens will be calculated to determine how much of any settlement will be paid out to providers.
- A meeting will be schedule between you and your attorney to review your demand package and to discuss the value of your claim.
- The demand is forwarded to the insurance adjuster(s) and the insurance company will place an overall value on the claim. Once that occurs, negotiations will begin and you will be kept up to date during the entire process. If an amount is not agreed upon, a lawsuit will be filed and the next step will commence.
Step 7: Possible Lawsuit
If there is no agreement on a settlement amount, a lawsuit will be filed after final discussions with you and your attorney.
Keep in mind that over 97% of all cases settle without going to court. Even though a case is filed, it could still settle before final court proceedings. However, the legal process will begin, including court filings, depositions and other steps that you will discuss with your attorney.
Step 8: Post Settlement
After a settlement has been accepted (or a lawsuit completed in your favor), we begin to process and finalize your case. During this phase, what we refer to as the Tiger Advantage, kicks in.
We begin to negotiate all liens and medical bills to increase your final recovery.
All stages of the claim are reviewed to ensure all available funds were accessed for you.
Settlement documents are processed and payment is received from the insurance company (Any checks are held in our trust account for 7 business days).
A disbursement is prepared to tell you how the funds are distributed and who gets what amount.
You receive your final payment and copies of relevant documents. You will also be asked to provide our firm with a final review of our services that will eventually be shared with those in situations similar to yours.
Our Record Handling Personal Injury Cases Speaks for Itself
Car Accident
Truck Accident
Workplace Injury
RT 50 Accident
Wrongful Death
A West Virginia Personal Injury Law Firm Focused on Helping You
The Miley Legal Group focuses on the needs of our clients, no matter how big or small the case.
As premier West Virginia Personal Injury Lawyers, our clients get to concentrate on healing from their injuries instead of worrying about what is going to happen next. The Miley Legal Group takes the fear out of the legal process and ensures that our client’s legal rights are being protected.
Our West Virginia personal injury lawyers are dedicated solely to personal injury cases such as: car accidents, tractor-trailer accidents, defective products and medical malpractice claims.
“I was in a bad accident and didn’t know what to do.”
“I wanted to hire an attorney, I was in a bad accident and didn’t know what to do, didn’t know where to go, where to start at, or what to even think about. I called the Miley Legal Group and they pointed in the right direction to get my situation resolved.”
“It took all the worries and stress from me.”
Sam made every attempt to avoid collision with the oncoming vehicle. He pulled off the road after seeing the driver traveling towards him at a high rate of speed. In the end, his attempts did not prevent and accident and in fact caused him tremendous injuries and led to the passing of the driver.
Insurance Company Abandoned our Client
After the accident and initial treatment, the insurance company of the driver that struck our client. He had a “bad experience” dealing with them and that was the primary reason he reached out to…
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