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Personal
Injury
If you have
suffered a personal injury due to the negligence of another-or
others, you have legal grounds to be compensated. Victims of personal
injury can maintain their rights and improve the results of their
case by following the guidelines outlined below.
The first step in pursuing just compensation for your injury is
to contact a reputable law firm with experience in Personal Injury
law, such as Mitchell & Shea, APC, which has specialized
in this area since 1999. In that time, Mitchell & Shea,
APC have represented clients in a broad range of Personal Injury
cases, including automobile, motorcycle and bicycle accidents,
dog bites, slips, trips and falls in unsafe areas, wrongful death
suits, defective products, food poisoning, drug-related illnesses, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, post traumatic stress disorder, motorcycle accidents, dog bite cases, wrongful death, sexual harrassmet/wrongful termination and others.
- Talk
to us before filing any insurance claims or reports. Let
us submit claims and negotiate with insurance companies on your
behalf. Send copies of your health insurance policy to us, or,
in the event of an auto accident, provide us with the insurance
policy on the vehicle you were in (not just driving) at the
time of the accident.
- Always
tell us the whole story. Withholding facts or events related
to your case may hurt your case. If you are in doubt as to whether
or not certain information is pertinent to your case, be on
the safe side and share that information with us-there's no
such thing as too much information about it.
- Do not
discuss your case with anyone but us and our staff. You
may be contacted by insurance company employees or other concerned
parties requesting information about your case. If so, get their
name, address and telephone number and pass that information
on to us. Tell those who contact you regarding your case to
get in touch with us, who is handling the case on your behalf.
If you don't say anything at all, you won't say anything you
shouldn't have.
- Carefully
document your case and provide proof of all your medical claims
to us. Records supporting your claims are vital to receiving
a fair and just settlement. So, always tell an examining doctor
about the nature of your injury. He or she will record the findings
of their examination and your comments into your medical file,
which is accessible to insurance companies.
- Keep
us updated on any and all new developments in your case. The
more we know, the better we can serve you. Report to us any
improvement or worsening of your condition, any other accidents
that have occurred since your initial injury, if you have moved
or changed your phone number, or anything else that might have
a bearing on your case.
- Be patient.
Personal Injury cases may take some time to be resolved. Insurance
companies are generally thorough in investigating claims, so,
despite our best efforts on your behalf, receiving the compensation
you deserve can take some time. Please, rest assured, we are
working hard to see that you are justly compensated for your
injury.
Having worked
as an attorney for a large insurance company for several years,
Mr. Shea has unique insight as to how these companies analyze
and handle Personal Injury claims. He and Mr. Mitchell are both
skilled trial attorneys who pride themselves on getting equitable
compensation for their Personal Injury clients. Utilizing everything
in their arsenal-from their drive, determination and passion,
to their skills, experience and knowledge of state law - Mitchell
& Shea, APC has successfully tried or settled hundreds
of Personal Injury cases in San Diego County and throughout California.
If
you have a question regarding a potential Personal Injury case,
call us at (619) 702-6517, or via e-mail ().
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