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At Petersen Johnson,
at minimum there's four goals that we try to meet
in every accident and injury claim whether it's a strain sprain case to the neck or
back
or there are multiple fractures that require surgery.
First and foremost we want to make certain that our client has reached
maximum medical improvement and their physical condition has improved
before a claim is formally resolved and a release is signed.
An accident injury victim is only entitled to one
settlement and once the settlement is reached
they cannot go back for more treatment and try to reopen the case at a later
date.
Our philosophy is to be safe rather than sorry later on.
Our second goal is to make sure that our clients debts are all paid
and they leave the process without owing any
money. There's absolutely no reason why any accident injury victim should be
left in a worse financial position
than what they were prior to the incident particularly since the accident
was not their fault.
Our third goal is to try to maximize the settlement of the claim and put as much
money in our clients pocket as possible.
Now having said that we do not know what the value of the claim is
at the beginning of the case. There are several factors that we take into
consideration when evaluating a claim
and many of those factors we're not aware of until our client has completed their
treatment and we have all the medical evidence
in front of us. Those factors include the nature and extent
our clients injuries, the medical bills that they've incurred,
how long they've treated for their injuries, how consistent they are with
their treatment,
the amount of damage to the vehicles and also we take into consideration
whether there is any permanent injury.
Our final goal is to alleviate any stress of having to deal with the
insurance company.
We always advise our clients that if an insurance company does call
after we start representing them we do not want
our client to talk to the insurance company at all
regarding how the accident happened or about their injuries.
If the insurance company asked to take a look at our clients vehicle
we have absolutely no problem with that but having said that we also would
recommend that our client take their vehicle in for an independent estimate.