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Documenting Your Claim Puts Money In Your Pocket

Insurance companies and the legal system in general puts tremendous emphasis on the written word. When disputes arise, insurance companies and attorneys don't care much about what you think you bought when you paid your premiums, the look to the words printed in the policy to decide who owes whom. When you present your claim for $20,000 in medical expenses, you should have written records totaling that amount or you will not get the money. Or, if you have to sue your attorney for malpractice, your case will be much more salient and convincing if you have copies of letters of complaint documenting poor handling of the case over time, rather than hoping your verbal recollection of events will be compelling enough.

The more completely and meticulously you organize and document your claims, the more likely you are to get all you demand quickly and smoothly. Here are a few suggestions:

• Establish and accident file. Your Accident Notebook should have a copy of your insurance policy and all other records pertaining to the accident as they accumulate.
• Maintain a chronological logbook. In your logbook you can document any actions take on your claim. For example, you would log the date and time of calls, whom you spoke with, briefly noting the substance of the conversation. You would also log all medial treatment, log the sates letters were mailed to received with a brief description of content, etc.
• Keep copies of all documents. Keep copies of all correspondence, bills, accident reports, claims forms, contracts, written reports from doctors, etc that pertain to your claim. Maintaining your own files on the claim is very important.

In the legal and insurance worlds, paperwork is your friend. Establishing a comprehensive paper trail, documenting your accident experience from the moment the glass settles until you endorse your settlement check , is one of the best ways you can take control of your recovery process.

If you are injured in an accident contact a Stockton auto accident attorney at the Friel Law Firm for free case consultation.

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Stockton Attorney Lance V. Friel handles cases involving Automobile Accidents, Wrongful Death, Brain Injuries, Big Rig Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Dog Bite Injuries, Slip and Fall Accidents and Spinal Cord Injuries in the state of California and in the cities of Stockton, Galt, Manteca, Lodi, Modesto and Tracy.

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