Yes! An aching shoulder may not be a shoulder problem. And a sore neck may not indicate a neck problem. Your neck pain can actually be related to injuries to your shoulder, including impingement and tears to the rotator cuff. Complex injuries may be connected to other...
When you've had a car accident in New York, your first impulse is probably to cooperate with the insurance adjusters. You should know that their job is to minimize payouts or close without paying claims. Here are 15 tactics insurance adjusters will use to try and...
If you have been in an automobile accident you will be interviewed by both an adjuster from your own insurance company and by an adjuster from the other party’s insurance company. You may also be interviewed, at some point, by an investigator. The adjusters/investigators are trying to minimize the amount of money that their company will be obligated to pay.…
Determining compensation for accident claims may be difficult legally, and the process can quickly become overwhelming for unrepresented accident victims. It might be difficult to comprehend the manipulative tactics that insurance companies use to decrease the compensation for an accident claim. It is important to acknowledge how critical the amount of compensation for a particular claim is in ensuring the…
It’s the ultimate gut-punch when you are injured in a car accident. Your No-Fault carrier decides to cut off your medical benefits (that you pay for! Don’t get me started) in the middle of your treatment. Your medical provider tells you or your lawyer, “Sorry, I can’t treat you any more because you were denied….unless you sign this lien against…
Hi! Jeena Belil, Long Island Accident and Injury Attorney, here, and I’m going to talk to you today about some of the reasons why claim representatives will minimize the value of your case. One of them is because they don’t understand what certain types of medical treatment is. And I can tell you that I just went through a specific…
Some of the most heart-breaking cases in my office are those where I represent people who have been catastrophically injured from using backyard do-it-yourself zip lines. The current statistics are staggering. Most of the time, the homeowner fails to follow all directions and warnings that are contained in the zip line packaging. Warnings very clear: make sure you have a cushy…
A bumbling caveman A sweet talking gecko with an English/New Zealand/Australian Accent A lady with a beehive hairdo and an apron A young lady telling her boyfriend to shut up because she got a safe driver check in the mail A man laying in a car yelling out GPS directions and screaming “recalculating!!” And all of these commercials are telling…
An IME is a medical exam (or exams) scheduled by an insurance company in order to make a determination of the nature and extent of your injuries following an accident. If you have put in a claim against your own automobile carrier for No Fault Benefits, under your policy of insurance, the company has the right to schedule as many…
Let me set the scene – you are having your initial consultation with your personal injury lawyer. You were recently involved in a motor vehicle accident and you tell your lawyer that your lower back and left knee are absolutely killing you. You relay that you are treating with one, two, even three health care providers and that you want…