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Pages: 304 pp.
Pub. Date: Sep 2006

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“The 6th edition, filled with checklists, worksheets & step-by-step instructions, includes updated information on insurance & no-fault laws throughout the U.S.”

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Initial Steps in Settling Your Claim
  • Accident Claim Worksheet

How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim

By Joseph L. Matthews, Nolo Press

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“Armed with the right information, anyone can handle a personal injury claim without a lawyer.”

“Attorney Joseph Matthews provides strategies for handling every stage of the insurance claim process & shows readers how to:

  • Protect their rights after an accident
  • Evaluate what a claim is worth
  • Handle a property damage claim
  • Avoid a property damage claim
  • Avoid insurance company run-arounds
  • Obtain a full & fair settlement
  • Save the money they would have paid an attorney

Table of Contents

Introduction: Who Can Use This Book?

  • A. What Kinds of Claims Can You Handle Yourself?
  • B. How to Use This Book

1. Handling Your Personal Injury Claim

  • A. Why You Often Can Handle Your Own Claim
  • B. When You Might Need a Lawyer

2. Whose Fault Is It? How Legal Responsibility Is Determined

  • A. Basic Rules of Legal Responsibility
  • B. Liability in Specific Types of Accidents

3. Initial Steps in Settling Your Claim

  • A. The First 72 Hours: Protecting Your Rights
  • B. Getting a Claim Started
  • C. Special Rules for Accidents Involving the Government

4. Understanding Insurance Coverage

  • A. Motor Vehicle Insurance
  • B. Nonvehicle Liability Insurance
  • C. Your Own Health Coverage and Accident Claims
  • D. No-Fault Laws: State Summaries

5. How Much Is Your Claim for Injuries Worth?

  • A. The Damages Formula
  • B. How Injuries Affect Compensation
  • C. Demonstrating Pain and Suffering
  • D. Lost Income
  • E. Property Damage
  • F. Arriving at a Final Compensation Value
  • G. Examples of How Much Different Claims Are Worth

6. Processing Your Claim

  • A. Collecting Information
  • B. Preparing a Demand Letter
  • C. Sample Demand Letters

7. Property Damage Claims

  • A. What Type of Claim to File
  • B. Amount of Compensation
  • C. Processing Your Claim
  • D. Negotiating a Settlement Amount

8. Negotiating a Settlement

  • A. Adjusters: Who They Are and How They Work
  • B. How the Negotiation Process Works
  • C. What to Do When You Can't Get a Settlement
  • D. State Departments of Insurance
  • E. State Statutes of Limitations

9. Finalizing Your Settlement

  • A. Confirming the Offer and Acceptance
  • B. Formal Settlement Document
  • C. What to Do If the Check Doesn't Arrive
  • D. Liens on Your Settlement Money
  • E. Taxes on Your Settlement Money

10. The Last Resorts: Lawyers, Arbitration, and Courts

  • A. Small Claims Court
  • B. Arbitration

11. Working With a Lawyer

  • A. Reasons to Use a Lawyer
  • B. Finding the Right Lawyer
  • C. Paying the Lawyer
  • D. Managing Your Lawyer
  • E. Trial

Appendix

Accident Claim Worksheet

Index

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