| Some people quickly fall into the role of playing victim | | | | always be made by insurance companies, and it can |
| and become overconfident of their personal rights. | | | | only work for or against you. You could only hold up |
| They aspire to forge ahead with a lawsuit, claiming | | | | what your personal injury attorney could win hands |
| that the public or an employer should be held liable | | | | down. |
| for a slip and fall. They have to realize, though, that | | | | Neither should you hide any detail of your medical |
| before they ask a personal injury attorney to file | | | | history from your personal injury attorney. Inform |
| claims on their behalf, they should first make sure | | | | him beforehand on your past illnesses and surgeries. |
| that the claim they present to their attorney is the | | | | Are there bone and muscle diseases, brain and |
| whole truth. Withholding important information, hiding | | | | nervous system disorders related to coordination and |
| medical background, and selectively denying the real | | | | balance, or problems with a weakness in any part of |
| cause of the accident are only some of the common | | | | your body, like your eyes and your legs? Give him |
| pitfalls which could lead to a slip and fall personal claim | | | | access to results of medical check-ups and findings |
| being denied or rejected in court. | | | | on your state of overall health before and at the |
| Withholding information | | | | time of your accident. Your personal injury attorney |
| The last person you should withhold information from | | | | can then set out to prove the ill effects that the slip |
| is your personal injury attorney. Here's the person | | | | and fall accident had on your good health. |
| who will work in your best interest and you're out to | | | | Be open with your social history if you've had case |
| fool him? He'd be the first to detect if there are any | | | | of alcohol or substance abuse. Don't let the |
| inconsistencies in your story even before it reaches | | | | prosecution dig up dirt on your person. The only |
| the court. Don't inconvenience him with a jumble of | | | | digging left to be done now would be how come a |
| truth and lies. If you want to convince him of your | | | | wet, unmopped floor in your work area did not have |
| sincerity and credibility, start by being honest in your | | | | safety warning devices and how come a manhole or |
| dealings. Gain the respect of a personal injury | | | | construction work was left unattended and |
| attorney, and he will gain you all the claims you do | | | | unmarked on a public pavement causing you to slip |
| deserve, whether he's working pro bono or for a | | | | and fall? |
| fee. | | | | Accidents do happen. The sooner you have a doctor |
| Hiding your background | | | | check you, the better. The sooner you file it, the |
| Never hide your background from your personal | | | | more legitimate it will be. The sooner you tell your |
| injury attorney. If it is of a personal nature like your | | | | personal injury attorney the whole truth, the sooner |
| income or tax records, your credit history, or the | | | | he can figure out how to help you and win the case |
| state of your finances, a background check could | | | | for you. |