Claims Examiner Offers You - New York Car Accident
The claims examiner calls you and offers you a pathetic sum of money to settle your accident case. Hi. I’m Gerry Oginski. Come on in. I’m a New York medical malpractice and personal injury attorney trial attorney.
Today’s video focuses on car accidents and what happens when a claim examiner calls you and offers you a few thousand dollars to settle your case. Remember the claims examiner has a specific agenda; they want to get these cases over quickly. They authority up until a certain amount that they will try and offer you in order to get rid of and get your matter resolved. However, if you have medical bills, if you have ongoing injuries, how do know exactly your injuries are worth?
If you have, obviously if you have property damage, that’s a defined number and that can be calculated by going to an appraiser, by going to an auto body repair shop, and then you can negotiate over which one exactly has the correct pricing. But, if you have ongoing care and treatment how are you going to properly evaluate whether or not your particular injuries are worth a particular dollar value? The claims examiner's job is to limit the amount that they hand out.
Your job - or I should say your attorney’s job - is to maximize the recovery that you achieve. And remember those two agendas are at odds, so how do you resolve that and what do you do? Well, when the claims examiner calls you to offer a settlement or when they send you a settlement check without you even asking and see you that check in front of you, it’s for a few thousand dollars. Many people attempt to go ahead and can cash that check right away.
And I’m going to tell you right now, don’t do it. Because by doing that you are going to be giving up your rights and it will prevent you from going ahead and getting full satisfaction for the injuries that you suffered as a result of somebody else’s wrongdoing. Well that’s it for today’s’ video tip about claims examiners when they call you or send you a check without you asking for it. I’m Gerry Oginski, here in New York. And by the way, if you found this information helpful press the “Like” button below, so all your friends can get the benefit of the same information.
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