The Time Limit On Seeing A Doctor After An Auto Accident
When someone is hurt in an accident, there is no time limit to see a doctor or get medical care. But to recover compensation for injuries caused by a negligent driver, the medical care and treatment must be related to the accident.
If you were recently involved in a car crash, you should seek medical attention even if you feel ok. You don’t want to wait six months to see a doctor and then the insurance company is able to claim your injury isn’t related to the accident.
The best advice is that if you’re hurt, get checked out by a doctor to make sure the injuries are not more severe than originally thought.
Realistically, the insurance company (or a jury if your injuries are serious and your case goes to trial) will not believe you were hurt in the accident if you didn’t get medical treatment in the ER or from a doctor soon after.
And if you have severe, life-changing injuries caused by a serious accident, those can require lifetime medical care and treatment. As far as the case against the other driver’s insurance company is concerned, you don’t have to actually get all that medical treatment before your case settles or goes to trial.
We see that all the time in our cases usually we hire experts, life care planners, and physicians, to analyze the future medical care needs and examine you so they can testify about all of the medical care and treatment you will need in the future.
While there is no time limit on future medical care and treatment; the present value cost of the future medical care and medical expenses must be taken into account at the time of settlement or verdict.
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