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Seeking Medical Treatment After an Accident

Oct 23, 2024 Vehicular Accidents
Physical rehabilitation of right leg. Woman walking on crutches with medical provider. Understanding how seeking medical treatment after an accident affects a legal case.

How seeking medical treatment after an accident affects a legal case

After being in an auto accident, many of our clients have questions about how seeking medical treatment after an accident affects a legal case. Injury victims with no health insurance or inadequate health insurance have limited options and should contact an experienced auto accident lawyer for assistance. Even folks with good health insurance, in many instances, discover that many doctors and medical facilities will not treat patients injured in motor vehicle crashes because of health insurance program payment structures and the doctor’s reluctance to be involved in auto accident lawsuits. If you have been injured in an auto accident and have questions about proper medical treatment, you should contact an experienced Alvin personal injury lawyer at DeKeyzer Law, PLLC for immediate assistance.

What Is Proper Medical Treatment In Auto Accident Cases

Proper medical treatment in auto accident cases means medical treatment from a qualified doctor that will document (1) the cause of the injury, (2) the symptoms related to the injury, and (3) the likely future outcome of the injuries. Many doctors in today’s medical industrial complex are not focused on the cause of the injury or condition. Instead of determining the cause, doctors generally tend to develop treatment plans to minimize the symptoms and treat the injury.

A few medical conditions resulting from auto accidents are so obvious—i.e. fractured bones—that no sophisticated analysis of the cause is necessary. But for serious injuries that routinely occur in auto accidents like traumatic brain injuries and spinal injuries, these conditions require a specialist to make comprehensive diagnoses and properly document the medial findings. In auto accident cases, if the medical records do not attribute the injury to the auto accident, the injured victim cannot recover money for the pain and suffering of that injury.

Next, doctors and facilities that specialize in treating auto accident injury victims will have a refined process to document the pain and suffering caused by the acute injuries. This documentation is incredibly important because insurance companies and juries naturally assume that if the patient’s symptoms are not included in the medical records, then the patient must not have complained about the symptoms to the doctor. In other words, if the injuries and symptoms are not documented properly the injured person will not be compensated fairly.

Lastly, doctors that specialize in auto accident injury treatments are knowledgeable of the requirement that auto accident cases need medical opinions about the expected future medical treatment and the future healing process. This is because in serious injury cases the symptoms and conditions last longer than the lawsuit, and once the case is concluded the injured party can never reopen a claim to receive additional compensation for the future injuries. Personal injury lawsuits are designed to compensation victims for past and future medical treatment and past and future pain and suffering. Again, doctors that are experienced in injury care understand how to assess future treatment needs so that the injured victim receives fair compensation.       

DeKeyzer Law, PLLC’s Accident And Injury Expert Medical Network

Alvin personal injury lawyer Holland DeKeyzer has been focused on representing accident and injury victims for over ten years and has developed a network of trusted medical doctors, diagnostic facilities, chiropractors, and an assortment of medical specialist. When accident victims lack proper health insurance DeKeyzer Law, PLLC utilizes its expert medical network and covers medical care deposits with trusted medical partners.    

Personal injury lawyers Meagan and Holland DeKeyzer have been focused on personal injury and wrongful death litigation for a combined twenty years and have extensive experience in all aspect of litigation and jury trials. Contact DeKeyzer Law at (713) 904-4004 for a FREE consultation on your Personal Injury or Wrongful Death case and learn about how seeking medical treatment after an accident affects a legal case. DeKeyzer Law is available for consultations at our office located in Alvin, Texas at 1612 W. Highway 6, Alvin, Texas 77511. 

 

           

 

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