Sometimes clients hide information about their Toledo, Ohio car accident lawyer because they’re embarrassed about some issue or they think it will hurt their case. Don’t do this. Tell your attorney all the facts so they can be handled to the extent possible. Read the tip below from The Ohio Accident Book, which I co-authored with the attorneys from the Charles E. Boyk Law Offices, LLC. Don’t hide information... 

If you’ve been injured in a Toledo car accident, you may feel the deck has been stacked against you. Sometimes it can feel that you have to fight repeatedly with the insurance company to get fair treatment. Having a Toledo, Ohio, car accident lawyer help you with your case can take away a lot of the stress. Your Toledo personal injury attorney likely will stress the importance of being honest with the insurance... 

Anyone who has been involved in an automobile accident understands how quickly the paperwork beings to pile up. Most Toledo car accident attorneys will tell you it’s extremely important to document everything having to do with the crash - from the accident reports to the medical records. That’s one of the tips we included in The Ohio Accident Book, a guide I co-authored with the other attorneys in The Charles... 

One of the favorite ploys of insurance adjusters is to ask the injured person to sign a medical authorization form. They portray it as merely routine, but people who have been involved in a Toledo, Ohio, car accident may unwittingly destroy their cases if they’ve signed the authorization form. Don’t sign a medical authorization form if you’ve been involved in an automobile accident without talking to... 

Too often people who have been seriously injured in a Toledo, Ohio, car accident will come to our office and tell us the driver who struck them had the state minimum insurance of $12,500 per person, $25,000 per accident. Then the other shoe will drop when we discover that our new client didn’t purchase uninsured/underinsured coverage on their auto insurance policy. At that point, we know our options will be limited.... 

People who have been involved in a car accident in Toledo, Ohio, need to understand that they should not talk to the insurance adjuster representing the at-fault driver until they’ve spoke with a car accident lawyer. The adjuster’s job is to settle the claim as quickly and inexpensively as possible. The best way to do that is to wave some money under the automobile accident victim’s nose before that...