When Insurance Companies Attack
Most personal injury cases take longer to resolve than the entire 72-day duration of Kim Kardashian's most recent marriage. However, most insurance company doctors, private physicians that are little more than hired guns who earn millions of dollars working for big insurers, love to testify that auto accident victims should fully recover within six to eight weeks following a car accident. The reality is that most victims need far more time than that to heal from serious injuries, and many will never fully recover. Don’t let the insurance company run roughshod over your rights following an accident – contact a qualified auto accident attorney for assistance.
Six to eight weeks is unrealistic in most cases
The six-to-eight week recovery is an arbitrary period chosen in an attempt to shield insurers from meeting their responsibilities to legitimately injured individuals. This is particularly true with respect to victims whose injuries are the result of an accident that aggravated their pre-existing degenerative or congenital conditions. These individuals often find their pre-existing conditions progressing to the point that they suffer from chronic pain, loss of mobility, and worse. Such damage may never fully heal, forcing victims to have to give up certain activities, lose their jobs, receive lifelong treatment, and build accommodations to their homes (e.g., ramps). This is the sad reality for many auto accident sufferers – their losses and associated costs last far beyond an arbitrary period. The insurance companies representing those responsible for these sometimes-permanent damages need to step up and cover these losses and expenses, whether they like it or not. When they refuse or use questionable means to avoid their responsibilities, retaining a qualified attorney can make all the difference.
Help from a CA auto accident attorney
San Diego auto accident attorney Gary Sernaker has been exposing the lack of scientific and medical basis for insurance company-paid physician opinions for over thirty years. He understands that clients deserve to be treated as individuals who require assistance to make sure that their traumatic injuries are properly diagnosed and treated. Neither the responsible party’s insurance carrier nor the civil court system should victimize an accident victim further.
Gary Sernaker is an experienced trial attorney with an AV® rating, the highest available rating given to attorneys. Only 11 percent of lawyers have earned this rating in the state of California. If an insurance agency is trying to short-change you by using a physician to under-diagnose the extent of your injuries, please contact Gary A. Sernaker, A Professional Law Corporation for assistance.
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November 15th, 2011 - 18:00
Thanks for the great article!