People Working Unassisted on Medical Claims Find that it is More Expensive

The beauty of life is that everyone has a choice. Whether it is to take the difficult road or the easy path, people always have the option of being able to choose. And one of the things that people have a choice in is whether to make the process of filing medical claims a hard or easy one.

On the onset, working on claims without the assistance of a lawyer may look easy. Without the high legal fees, it can also be much cheaper to do. But the ease and savings only appear at the beginning of the road. And as one travels further down it, victims begin to realise that they may have bitten off more than they can chew.

Some of the positive things that getting a lawyer provides is peace of mind. Since most people are not familiar with the law or the procedures surrounding it, victims naturally end up feeling anxious. They constantly worry whether they are doing the correct thing, saying the right words, and acting the right part. All this anxiety, especially when added to the actual physical or psychological injury, can take a toll on one’s life.

Sleepless nights are just the beginning as it contributes to the lack of concentration at work. And being unable to work properly contributes to more stress which makes it more difficult to recover physically and psychologically. Finally, all these problems may contribute to the loss of earnings and increase of expenses, adding to the heavy anxiety a victim already feels.

This is the reason why people working unassisted on medical claims find that it is more expensive for them to be without a lawyer in the long run. This is the reason why people are advised to hire lawyers to take care of the claims case and avoid all the other problems that come with going about it alone.

My Path to Becoming one of Several Clinical Negligence Solicitors in our Law Firm

Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be a solicitor. This is the result of an experience I had as my parents divorced when I was ten year old.

Being a child back then, I did not want them to separate even if my father was less than ideal. The best I could say of him was that he was never around when I needed him. But he was my father, and in a child’s eyes that was all that I needed.

When I finally finished law school, my mother and girlfriend attended my graduation rites. I remember telling my mother that I finally fulfilled my dream of protecting people like her from abusive husbands. But that was not meant to be.

Somewhere along the way of my internship, I got sidetracked from Divorce Law and ended up in Personal Injury Law by becoming one of several clinical negligence solicitors in our law office.

I didn’t notice my preference for Personal Injury Law until I won a particular case involving a young child who was injured in car accident by a heavily drunk driver.

While I found some form of satisfaction whenever I closed out a divorce proceeding, seeing the look on that child’s face, as well as her parents’ reaction, filled me with a sense of accomplishment. This was the one time that I felt the justice system work for people.

But I had a dilemma, and that was the promise I had made to my mother years ago. So I tried my best to stay in Divorce Law. Seeing the burden I was carrying, my mother sat me down one balmy afternoon and we talked about my interest in becoming one of several clinical negligence solicitors.

Seeing that it mattered so much to me, she gave me her wholehearted blessing. Her point was that she only ever wanted me to be happy. Besides that, it was already time for the both of us to break away from the past by getting rid of anything that reminded us of my father.

I was so relieved that day and made my mother another promise; this time something I hope to keep till the day I die. I promised her that I would do my best to defend those in need of justice; putting my defence of them above everything else, including money.

To this she replied that because of me, she found her own fulfilment in life. All she wanted for me is to be happy.

Hiring a Lawyer to Handle Personal Injury Claims Makes a Tough Week More Bearable

Many studies indicate that people dread Mondays the most, compared to all the other days in the week. The source of this dread is because the two-day weekend is over and that they will be returning to a job they dislike. From a nice relaxing afternoon of sipping tea and watching the telly, employees have to deal with the rising anxiety of returning to work the next day.

In contrast to Mondays, studies indicate that Friday is the day that employees favour the most. After five days of extreme tension, this last weekday gives them an opportunity to look forward to a nice relaxing couple of days once more.

Given employees’ love for Fridays, it is no wonder that many hate it when accidents occur on this day. Instead of going home, they need to spend time either in the company’s clinic or in a hospital emergency room.

And instead of spending the time to heal, they end up using all their free time to think about how to file personal injury claims when Monday comes along. And if Mondays were not bad enough, it will get worse because filing a claim is only the beginning of a possible long drawn out battle that can last weeks at a time.

Once out of the company’s clinic or emergency room, accident victims now have to contend with preparing the documents needed to back up any injury claims. And while getting information from a company clinic does not necessary mean taking time off from work, getting one’s medical records from the emergency room in a hospital may require skipping work for at least a day. And that means another day of not getting paid, in addition to the days already lost while being confined in the hospital.

Then there are the days that an employee has to skip in order to physically file the case, to attend settlement discussions, and to show up at court. This means more days of not getting paid.

It is for these reasons that many accident victims prefer hiring a lawyer to handle their personal injury claims. Not only does the burden of collecting information and meeting with the other party get offloaded to them, good lawyers can be counted upon to work out compensation to cover for the days one was not able to come to work.

Monday may be the most dreaded day of the week, but getting injured on a Friday is even worse. Not only does it destroy a good weekend, it makes the coming Monday even more dreadful that it already is.

This is why many people hire lawyers to take care of their injury claims. By having someone else take care of the footwork, victims can go back to enjoying their Fridays once more.