PERSONAL INJURY CASE MANAGEMENT ALERT!

A NOTE FROM JOHN M. FARANT, PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER, KINGSTON:

If you are involved with any sort of personal injury, disability or accident-related claim with an insurance company, it is usually a good idea to keep notes. This way, if you are drawn into a lawsuit over your claim later, you will have a record of your injuries, damages and other impacts on your life caused by the accident or health problem.

Further, if, as is too often the case, you are under surveillance by the insurance company, notes can help explain credibly your activities. For instance, if you happened one day to decide to take out the garbage because no one else was available to help and despite your limitations, you can note those circumstances and more importantly, show how it impacted you (e.g. – I was on the couch all day after that in agony.).

Thus, if later in the lawsuit, the insurance lawyer confronts you as to why his investigator filmed you doing something that your injuries are supposed to forbid, you have a readymade note to explain in a way that devalues the surveillance. Further, it shows you to be a person who does not pretend to be a complete “loss” and tries to do things for themself.

Notes like this can be boring work but they can pay off in the long run. Use code if it helps. In the meantime, always consult with a lawyer about how to manage any insurance claim. I CAN HELP!

JOHN M. FARANT, PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER, KINGSTON, ONTARIO