Building Your Personal Injury Claim for Whiplash After an Auto Accident

Sometimes it is hard to recognize at first, but whiplash isn’t just for milking money out of a simple accident. If you experience any kind of neck pain after an auto accident, you may have a serious medical problem on your hands. While no one really likes to file a personal injury claim, when a driver’s negligence puts you are risk for lofty medical bills, you need to file or suffer the bill yourself.

Seek Medical Attention Immediately

If you auto accident isn’t severe enough to warrant paramedics, you still need to seek medical attention as soon as possible after the crash. Whiplash can set in later and the biggest mistake that victims make is to delay medical attention.

The longer you wait after an auto accident to get medical attention, the more difficult it will be to build your case. So just go in for a quick check up.

Keep Track of Medical Documentation

If you want to file a successful claim, you want to establish a paper trail through reputable doctors. The more injuries that can be backed up by medical documentation, the more can be paid out. However, do not try to pad your medical bills, it is never worth the potential trouble.

Be sure to have emergency room (or urgent care) admission forms and medical charts, x-rays, MRIs, CT scans, blood tests, doctors’ notes, and documentation of any follow up treatment so that you can get proper payment.

Have you been in an auto accident in the Los Angeles areas where you suffered whiplash or other injuries? You may have some legal action available to you in order to cover your medical bills. Contact us today to see if Freeman & Freeman can help you.