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If you are involved in a car accident, the first thing you should do is get evaluated for potential injuries. Once you have been checked for injuries and had them documented, it is essential for you to gather all evidence from the scene of the crash. Make sure that a police report is filled out for the accident. Finally, you must contact an experienced car accident attorney for a free legal consultation.
When you are in a car accident, you must file two different kinds of claims with the insurance company. One for your injuries and one for your property damage. As long as you were not at-fault in the crash, the insurance company for the at-fault driver will be responsible for the property damage to your car. If your car was totaled, the insurance company will pay you for the car’s worth before the accident.
Before making an insurance claim after you are involved in a car accident, it is important to gather all relevant evidence. Make sure that a police report is filed, your injuries (if any) are documented, photos of the scene and vehicles are taken, and witness information obtained. Once you have done this, call your insurance company and they will walk you through the process of making a claim.
Yes. Although you may not be in pain right now or notice any visible injuries, it is imperative for you to file an insurance claim. Often times, you will not start to feel the pain from injuries sustained in a car accident until a few days after. As the days go on, the pain could get worse and worse. If you wait to file an insurance claim, valuable evidence could be lost.
Immediately after you are involved in a car accident, it is important to secure valuable evidence. This includes:
If you get into a car accident with an uninsured motorist, you may feel as if all hope is lost. Although this situation is not ideal, you do have two options. If you have uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance under your own insurance policy, you can file a claim with your insurance company. If you do not, there is the opportunity to file a civil lawsuit. In this situation, you would be suing the other driver to pay for your damages.
In Ohio, we are very familiar with weather causing hazardous driving conditions. Either way, whoever would normally be at fault in the accident is still at fault. When operating a motor vehicle, you must take the weather and road conditions into account. When there is ice or snow on the road, drivers should leave more space between them and the car in front of them, begin stopping earlier than normal, drive the speed limit (or sometimes below), avoid driving recklessly, and maintain all other safe driving habits.
