Personal Injury – Don’t Live With Regrets

Whether you suffered a personal injury from an auto accident that wasn’t your fault or being attacked by your neighbor’s dog, you are aware of the stress it causes and how it can complicate your life. How many of you were like me and thought you could handle everything on your own? Are you too like me and living with the regret of not seeking out the help of a personal injury lawyer.

About 22 years ago, I was in an auto accident that was not my fault. I suffered a mild traumatic brain injury, a broken nose, and some facial scars. Approximately 10 months after the accident, I received a call from the person’s insurance company wanting to talk about how much they were willing to pay for my personal injuries. I accepted their offer after they gave me a little more for my broken nose. Looking back, I now realize that I made a huge mistake of not talking to a personal injury lawyer before signing off on the amount the insurance company agreed to pay.

I didn’t realize at the time that it takes a year for the swelling to go completely down in a broken nose. Shortly after the year mark, I started getting pain in my nose that sometimes lasts for several days and still periodically get the pain.

Do you think that the insurance company knew this when they called 10 months after the accident? I suspect they did. If they knew, I am willing to bet a personal injury lawyer would too or would have at least been able to tell me what to consider when making my decision.

My advice to everyone is, don’t be like me and think that you can handle everything on your own. There are people who want to help you and have experience dealing with the games that these companies play to get out of paying you what you deserve. For my injuries, I should have received 10 times the amount that I did; I was young and naive. I now have to live with the regret of not seeking out the help of a personal injury law firm such as Freeman & Freeman in Los Angeles. So don’t live with regret, contact Freeman & Freeman on the contact us page of their website.