{"id":24216,"date":"2017-03-01T16:59:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/?p=24216"},"modified":"2019-07-10T14:52:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T18:52:47","slug":"dealing-insurance-companies-accident-clekis-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/dealing-insurance-companies-accident-clekis-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Insurance Companies After an Accident (Clekis-1 &#8211; John Price Law Firm Shared 1))"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the flurry of activity that comes after a serious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngwooldridge.com\/automobile-and-motorcycle-accidents\/\">auto accident<\/a>, it can be easy for an injury victim not to give a second thought when an involved insurance company calls asking for a statement or other information. While it is necessary to provide some basic and concrete information to get your claim started, giving too much without the advice of an attorney \u2014 even to your own insurance company \u2014 can come back to cause you harm at a later time.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance companies generally try to downplay the importance of such statements. However, under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leginfo.ca.gov\/cgi-bin\/displaycode?section=evid&amp;group=01001-02000&amp;file=1235-1238\">California\u2019s Rules of Evidence<\/a>, they can actually play a role during an eventual trial in several ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To contradict a plaintiff\u2019s live testimony to the extent it is inconsistent<\/li>\n<li>To highlight and bolster unfavorable aspects of a plaintiff\u2019s live testimony<\/li>\n<li>To hold the plaintiff to a prior account if the person\u2019s memories of the event faded<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While these concerns may seem obvious in relation to the adverse party\u2019s insurance company, you should be equally careful with your own. In cases where the at-fault driver is uninsured or underinsured, your own insurance company can quickly turn into the adversary if you file a UM\/UIM claim. It is often difficult to tell at the early stages whether the at-fault driver has sufficient insurance. Therefore, a UM\/UIM claim is always a possibility. The safest course of action is to retain an experienced California<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngwooldridge.com\/personal-injury\/\"> personal injury attorney<\/a> early and to consult your lawyer before making substantive statements to any insurer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have been injured in an accident and have questions about dealing with your insurance provider, contact the Personal Injury Department at Young Wooldridge, LLP for a free initial consultation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/statefarm\/12996444844\/in\/photolist-kNsbgf-9t55Ew-cEx7fq-sHC6yq-dV5Wiq-fQcbU5-Bg8Cd-5pUaSE-7Kax61-75QcVn-d6o6cY-snxb1r-9D9JtS-5deYB-6M4f5R-dzuxRR-snq8Xy-bznu7R-gVigou-4bPyGE-qCR8Ec-7wbgBc-bP8NLt-dCv2X6-3MZiA-dqsnoW-9YGmQz-9YKgo7-cnfTN9-cnfSNW-cnfUjN-cnfUeu-9erYuQ-gVimQv-9AnG8J-fypWfz-6TvTzd-dK5Wtz-bjjLEk-coAarb-iNpH9k-fQcbPN-f7iPKp-axoysW-jVwwAG-x5z5-eqhEkC-fAQkjA-er1qtA-oeCPhH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Farm<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/legalcode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr Creative Commons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the flurry of activity that comes after a serious auto accident, it can be easy for an injury victim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[846],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dealing with Insurance Companies After an Accident (Clekis-1 - John Price Law Firm Shared 1)) - MMG Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/dealing-insurance-companies-accident-clekis-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dealing with Insurance Companies After an Accident (Clekis-1 - John Price Law Firm Shared 1))\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the flurry of activity that comes after a serious auto accident, it can be easy for an injury victim [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/dealing-insurance-companies-accident-clekis-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MMG Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-01T16:59:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-10T18:52:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/dealing-insurance-companies-accident-clekis-1\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/dealing-insurance-companies-accident-clekis-1\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"headline\":\"Dealing with Insurance Companies After an Accident (Clekis-1 &#8211; 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