{"id":1652,"date":"2018-10-12T20:47:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/12\/delayed-injury-in-a-car-crash\/"},"modified":"2018-10-12T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:47:17","slug":"delayed-injury-in-a-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law888.com\/?p=1652","title":{"rendered":"Delayed Injury in a Car Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Immediately after a car crash, emotions run high.\u00a0 So too does adrenaline.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fairly common for car accident victims to feel &#8220;okay&#8221; in the aftermath of a crash.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also fairly common for those same people to begin to experience pains in their necks, backs, extremities, and more as the adrenaline wears off.\u00a0 It could take several hours, or even several days, for car accident victims to realize that they were injured in the crash.\u00a0 Many may have even told their insurance companies that they were not injured.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been in a car collision and begin to feel aches and pains hours or even days after the crash, it is very important to see a doctor ASAP, even if you&#8217;ve told the insurance company you are not injured.\u00a0 Do not delay.\u00a0 If you do not receive medical treatment for injuries sustained in the car accident as soon as symptoms arise, it becomes more difficult to prove to the insurance company that your injuries were caused by the crash.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to notify your insurance company that you are seeking medical treatment.\u00a0 Insurance companies follow standard criteria to evaluate the type and severity of every injury.\u00a0 One of those criteria is how quickly you sought and received medical treatment after your crash.\u00a0 If you have already retained an attorney, he or she will notify the insurance company on your behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Dealing with insurance adjusters can be tricky if you do not have an attorney.\u00a0 Claimants who do not have legal representation will be contacted directly by insurance adjusters.\u00a0 It&#8217;s very important to avoid contradictory statements and actions when speaking with an adjuster.\u00a0 For example, if you say you&#8217;re suffering from a lot of pain but have been skipping medical treatment, adjusters will assume your injuries are not as bad as you say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/law888.com\/car-accident-lawyer\/\">Car accident lawyers<\/a> at the Law Offices of Scott Warmuth help our clients obtain the most financial compensation possible by providing expert advice.\u00a0 We speak to the insurance companies on our clients&#8217; behalf so they can focus on their medical treatment.\u00a0 If you have been injured in a car crash, call our offices today at <strong>888-517-9888<\/strong> to receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/law888.com\/contact-us\/\">free consultation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been in a car collision and begin to feel aches and pains hours or even days after the crash, it is very important to see a doctor ASAP, even if you&#8217;ve told the insurance company you are not injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-accident"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}