{"id":24557,"date":"2017-03-01T18:42:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/?p=24557"},"modified":"2017-03-01T18:43:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T18:43:58","slug":"personal-injury-attorney-not-clekis-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/personal-injury-attorney-not-clekis-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Injury Attorney | What NOT To Do (Clekis-1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Personal Injury Attorney | What NOT To Do<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clekis.com\/free-consultation\/\">Personal Injury Attorney<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong>Don&#8217;t Admit Fault<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may be inclined to apologize for the accident when you are at the scene or admit fault to your car insurance agent. However, doing so can seriously jeopardize your claim.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of assuming the blame for an accident:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get a police report.<\/li>\n<li>Give a detailed description of the accident, along with photos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even if you believe you might have been fully or partially at fault, don&#8217;t say to the other party, your passengers, witnesses, or your car insurance company that you were to blame. Instead, provide a honest report of what happened and let the insurance companies determine the details.<\/p>\n<h3>Avoid Other Missteps<\/h3>\n<p>Even if you are entitled to reimbursement, a few mistakes can jeopardize your personal injury claim. The following tips can help you get a fair settlement for your claim:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t settle<\/strong>\u00a0until you have completed all of your medical treatment and your injuries are as healed as they are going to get. Otherwise, you don&#8217;t know the total cost of your injuries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t sign release forms<\/strong>\u00a0or checks with releases on them before you&#8217;re ready to settle completely.\n<ul>\n<li>Signing such forms can release your car insurance company from the responsibility of paying on additional claims.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t talk to people<\/strong>\u00a0about the case unless you need to.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t cave in to pressure<\/strong>\u00a0not to file a police report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><em>Since 1989, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/clekis.com\/service\/personal-injury\/\">personal injury<\/a>\u00a0attorneys of Clekis Law Firm have been representing injured people and their families in Charleston and throughout the Low Country. At the Clekis Law Firm our clients always come first.\u00a0If you or a loved one has suffered a serious personal injury due to the negligence of another, don\u2019t be victimized twice. You need someone on your side to help you with your personal injury case and obtain the fair and reasonable compensation that you deserve.<\/em> <strong>Call Clekis at\u00a0843.779.1160!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information, Like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/clekislawfirm?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmv.org\/insurance\/first-steps-following-a-personal-injury-auto-accident.php\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Injury Attorney | What NOT To Do Personal Injury Attorney\u00a0|\u00a0Don&#8217;t Admit Fault You may be inclined to apologize for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[116,118],"tags":[119,123,787,788],"class_list":["post-24557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-blog","category-personal-injury-lawyer","tag-personal-injury-lawyer","tag-personal-injury-attorney","tag-personal-injury-attorneys","tag-personal-injury-lawyers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Personal Injury Attorney | What NOT To Do (Clekis-1) - MMG Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you been hurt due to the negligence of another? 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