Are You Being Tailed After An Accident?
You might just pass it off as your imagination at first, but you may be tailed after a vehicle accident. Victims with serious and therefore expensive injuries may find themselves under the watchful eye of an insurance investigator. Read below to learn more.
Why Are You Being Targeted?
The insurer for the at-fault driver can determine approximately how much they owe you soon after an accident. Insurance adjusters perform an investigation into the accident and come up with an estimate of how much they could be liable for in damages. They base their estimates on the initial accident report, emergency room costs, and interviews with the parties.
Not everyone involved in an accident will experience the same level of attention as those in more serious accidents. Those who have been unfortunate enough to experience extremely serious injuries will usually garner the most attention from the adjuster. That is not just because their damages are expected to be more than usual, but because pain and suffering can be based on medical expense costs.
Watch Your Movements
The goal of accident victim surveillance is to catch the victim performing moves they should not be able to do given their purported injuries. If you claim that your back is permanently damaged because of their client, the insurer may be very interested in your game of catch with your daughter in the park, for instance. While they cannot photograph or record you in your own home, being out in public is an open invitation. To prevent problems, take these actions:
- Speak to a personal injury lawyer as soon as you are able. Doing so can prevent problems because the attorney will take over all communications with the insurer. Also, they will give you a list of things not to do that could affect your case.
- If you have been ordered to use a medical device, don't consider leaving your home without it. Use that walker, crutches, wheelchair, brace, etc. always when out in public.
- Don't be so self-conscious about your medical condition that you load up on pain medication when you go out. Your limp and inability to get around are not your fault and trying to cover that up could damage your case.
Don't assume that your case is too minor to warrant being followed. Forcing victims to drop their case is well worth some surveillance activity for the other driver's insurer. Speak to a personal injury law firm such as Law Offices of Donald E. Green, P.C. to learn more about this and other issues.