Motor Vehicle Accidents
…..motor vehicle collisions whether involving slightly more than
minimal impact or extensive physical damage to the vehicles
involved must be handled properly from the outset in order to
ensure that any injuries received because of the trauma forces
involved in the accident are properly evaluated. Each case as
in all personal injury causes of action must be handled with
specific attention to detail. There is no substitute for the proper
gathering of information by an experienced trial lawyer. The
overall scenario involved in the accident must be analyzed not
only from a standpoint of what the official police investigation, if
same exists, demonstrates as far as facts in the accident, but
often other factors must be analyzed including road conditions,
road design, the interplay of actions, which effected the
offending driver, be it cell phone or text use, impairment, and
various other factors, often there is the need for accident
reconstruction analysis. In many motor vehicle accident one
must also explore the area of equipment failure from both a
mechanical standpoint as well as a potential product liability
prospective.
It is imperative that you have a personal injury attorney analyze
the available insurance coverages as well as all avenues of
recovery related to those insurance policies. Even if you are a
limited tort insured, there are exceptions to the application of
limited tort depending upon the circumstances of each particular
accident. Moreover, although your declaration page on your
insurance policy may have you listed as a limited tort insured,
depending upon the conduct of the insurance company in
gaining your consent to such limited tort election, you may be a
full tort insured by virtue of law. Moreover, there are interplays
between various forms of health insurance, government
benefits, and the benefits available under any particular
automobile based insurance policy, which must be analyzed by
an experienced attorney in order to protect your rights and
maximize your recovery.
Special attention must be given to areas involving hit and run
accidents, phantom car accidents, pedestrian accident and
bicycle accident involving motor vehicles, both from a coverage
prospective as well as investigatively.
Not all, but many injuries received as result of being in a motor
vehicle accident are not immediately apparent at the scene
because of a combination of physiological factors, and the
overwhelming belief of most people that they are just “shaken
up” and will eventually get better. This is not a decision that any
individual should make. Therefore, it is advisable to seek
immediate medical treatment and follow-up on that medical
treatment for the benefit of your own health outside the area of
potential litigation and recovery.
If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident and have any
pain or discomfort, you owe it to yourself to seek medical
treatment, which is paid for initially under your motor vehicle
insurance.
Do not hesitate to seek a free consultation with a qualified
personal injury attorney should you be involved in an accident.
It is your constitutional right in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to do so.
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