What to Bring When you Meet an Accident Attorney

If you have been injured in an accident, it is essential that you collect information about your accident and injuries before you meet with your lawyer.   This is important whether you have been injured in a car accident, at workplace, or at someone’s home or business. Your attorney will need to see information that will help in the development of your case and will use it to obtain the best possible settlement for your losses.   The following is a list of the documentation that you should bring when you meet with your accident attorney:
Accident Information

• Police report
• Your insurance company name and phone number, your policy number
• List of names and addresses of other parties involved, including insurance information
• Contact information of witnesses to the accident
• Photos of the accident scene
• Conditions at the scene, including whether it was light or dark, wet or dry, whether there were obstacles that contributed to the accident
• Statements that you gave about the accident
• Names and contact information of anyone you talked to about the accident, including adjustors
Medical Information

• Name of medical facilities where you received treatment
• Name of medical personnel who treated your injuries
• Dates of your medical treatment
• Dates that you missed work due to your injury so you can receive workers compensation
• Medical bills and receipts

Additional Information

• You homeowner’s or renters’ insurance policy information
• All medical and disability insurance policy information, and  veterans benefits, if any
• Receipts for anything that you bought as a result  of the accident injury
• Receipts for anything that had to be fixed as  a result of the accident
• Documentation of all correspondence with insurance companies regarding the accident or your injuries

Contact Allegretti and Associates for legal services, focusing on personal injury, accidental death lawsuit, truck accident including; semi truck, tractor trailer, and workers’ compensation claims.

Allegretti & Associates

617 Devon Avenue

Park Ridge, Illinois 60068

Phone: 866-745-1531

www.allegrettilaw.com