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El Toro Truck Accident Lawyer’s Top Ten Last Excuses You’d Expect an Insurance Company to Use in a Truck Accident Claim

October 13th, 2011 No comments

1. We’d like to have one of our investigators examine the truck and make his own conclusions.

 

2. We’d like to have you seen by one of our doctors to determine if you need more treatment.

 

3. We disagree with the police report determination.

 

4. We’re going to need to obtain all of your previous medical records.

 

5. We don’t feel you needed all of the medical treatment you received.

 

6. We don’t believe all of the diagnostic tests you had were necessary.

 

7. We’ve analyzed your medical bills and reduced them to the amount we feel should have been charged.

 

8. We feel you were comparatively negligent.

 

9. We’d like to have a psychologist evaluate you for your emotional injuries.

 

10. We’d like to have a specialist review the records of your treatment and compare them to your previous medical records.

 

Here are ten useful tips of advice from a truck accident lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle a truck accident in El Toro, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learning how we can assist you.

 

Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it may have been a few hours since the accident. However, if you ever have another accident, or if it’s only been a few hours since you were hurt, here’s what you should do from the start.

 

First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.

 

Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.

 

Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.

 

Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.

 

Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.

Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.

 

Seventh, call a good truck accident lawyer as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the attorney can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good truck accident lawyer can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having an attorney, think again. A good truck accident lawyer can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most truck accident attorneys advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.

 

Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain an attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your lawyer can give you the form for this.

 

Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.

 

Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.

 

If you’ve had a truck accident in El Toro, Orange County, Newport Beach, Anaheim, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, costa Mesa, Westminster, Buena Park, Mission Viejo, Garden Grove, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, Chino Hills, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your El Toro Truck Accident Lawyer and your Orange County Truck Accident Attorney. Be sure to hire a California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.

 

If you have a personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learn how we can assist you.

R. Sebastian Gibson

Yorba Linda Truck Accident Attorney’s Top Ten Dumbest Things You’ll Read on a Police Report After a Truck Accident

October 5th, 2011 No comments

1. Party one claimed he was only slightly drunk.

 

2. Party two blamed a beam of light that came from some unknown direction, but he didn’t think it was party one’s headlights.

 

3. Witness one said he’d seen everything, but when questioned further, admitted that he came upon the scene after the impact had already occurred.

 

4. Party three blamed party four. There is no party four.

 

5. According to parties one and two, a phantom vehicle flipped them both off and parties one and two hit each other by mistake in a road rage incident.

 

6. Vehicle one had no brakes, no lights and driver one had no license.

 

7. Party one claimed he could not be at fault but on questioning had no basis in fact for his claim.

 

8. Party two asked to be tasered.

 

9. Party one asked if he could borrow the taser to grant party two his wish.

 

10. Party three asked this officer to taser both parties one and two.

Here are ten useful tips of advice from a truck accident lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle a truck accident in Yorba Linda, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learning how we can assist you.

 

Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it’s probably been at least a few days since the accident. However, if it’s only been a few hours or if you ever have another accident, here’s what you should do the next time from the start.

 

First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.

 

Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.

 

Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.

 

Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.

 

Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.

Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.

 

Seventh, call a good truck accident lawyer as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the attorney can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good truck accident lawyer can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having an attorney, think again. A good truck accident lawyer can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most truck accident attorneys advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.

 

Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain an attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your lawyer can give you the form for this.

 

Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.

 

Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.

 

If you’ve had a truck accident in Yorba Linda, Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, Anaheim Fullerton, Orange County, Tustin, Lake Forest, Fountain Valley, Rancho Santa Margarita, Newport Beach, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Orange, Costa Mesa, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your Yorba Linda Truck Accident Lawyer and your Orange County Truck Accident Attorney. Be sure to hire a California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.

 

If you have a personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learn how we can assist you.

R. Sebastian Gibson

how can i find a missing dad!!?

March 24th, 2011 2 comments

ok so my dad has being missing for about 1yr now. we have filed a police report, but still we know nothing!!! death records nothing!!! how can i find him??? i know his drivers lic # where can i go to track him with that? i also know his ss# i can track him with that right he has to be using it!!! his name is: jerry frank white 59 yrs old last time i saw him was in dallas texas!!! send me a msg if you can help me

My mom found her dad just recently about two years ago and she was separated form him when she was 5. So it is possible she looked on the internet for people with his name and sent them letter with her name and asking if they could possible be her father.

Vehicle Accidents? Los Angeles Lawyer Will be There Every Step of the Way

May 25th, 2010 No comments

Los Angeles is characterized by a huge network of freeways, streets, as well as local and regional means of public transportation. Twelve major freeways traverse the region.

In a vehicular accident, injuries may be serious and emotions can run high. Here are some guidelines on what to do when you get involved in an accident:

• It is a rule of thumb that you should stay at the accident site especially if there are injuries or deaths. Leaving the accident site can make you criminally liable for “hit-and-run.” However, if the accident happened in a deserted place, be careful when stopping or disembarking from your vehicle, you could end up being robbed or killed.

• Prior to evaluating property damage, make sure that all parties are okay. Call for medical help if someone needs it. Do not move someone who is unconscious or suffers from neck or back pain. Wait until qualified medical practitioner arrives. If the victim is engulfed in a pool of gas that may explode any time, you have no choice but to move them.

• Get in touch with law enforcement agencies – This is vital if there is physical injury or death. Make the necessary police report once the police officers arrive at the accident scene.

• Obtain the names, contact numbers, address, license numbers, and basic insurance information of all the parties involved. Be cordial when getting information. However, avoid apologizing at the accident scene. Doing so could put you in trouble as far as legal liability is concerned.

• Interview eyewitnesses – Ask them what they saw. Likewise, obtain their names, contact details, and addresses. However, do not force them to provide information. Jot down what they say and if it is okay with them, you can get their names and phone numbers so that they can be contacted again when they are needed.

• Get in touch with your Insurance Provider – Inform your insurer that you got involved in an accident. Do not conceal information from the adjuster about what transpired and the degree of your injury. While the facts of the an accident may already be known to your insurance provider, keeping yourself interested in the case is an indication to the insurance company that you are serious with your case.

• Keep your medical records – Write down the names of doctors, therapists, chiropractors, or other medical personnel that you consult. Keep this information for your lawyer, insurance provider, and the court.

• Corroborating your case with photographic evidence can strengthen your chance of getting a winning claim. Take pictures of your vehicle prior and after the accident so that the adjuster can determine the amount of compensation for your claim.

• Now, you might already be receiving settlement offers from your insurance provider. Make sure that all your physical injuries have been treated and that you have a diagnosis from your doctor. Make sure that your claim covers all your injuries.

In all of these processes, getting a Los Angeles vehicle accident lawyer on your side can ensure a winning claim.

Melvin Magadia
http://www.articlesbase.com/personal-injury-articles/vehicle-accidents-los-angeles-lawyer-will-be-there-every-step-of-the-way-415883.html

i need help on the drugs and alcohol test?

April 9th, 2010 3 comments

1. If you are involved in a collision and you do not stop at the scene

A. You can always make a police report later.

B. You are breaking the law

C. You may proceed as long as there is no injury

2. Drug or alcohol addiction is a lifelong illness

A. True

B. False

3. Alcohol and other drugs affect the nerve cells within the brain

A. True

B. False

4. The Basic Speed Law means:

A. Obey the speed limit

B. Slow down if you do not know the speed limit

C. Do not go faster than it is safe for conditions

5. Being in a crash at 30 MPH has the equivalent force of being dropped off a four story building.

A. True

B. False

6. Driving a motor vehicle is:

A. The constitutional right of every citizen.

B. A privilege.

C. The law

7. The amount of energy absorbed by a vehicle in an impact is related to:

A. The direction of the impact

B. The design of the vehicle

C. all of the above

8. Stimulants

A. Decrease alertness

B. Increase alertness

C. None of the above

9. If two cars get to a four-way stop intersection at the same time, the car making a left turn should always be given the right of way

A. True

B. False

10. Depressants are very similar to the effects of alcohol

A. True

B. False

11. If you start to feel sleepy when driving you should

A. Speed up to get to your destination as quickly as possible

B. Pull over by the side of the freeway

C. Pull over at a rest stop

12. EACH YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS SPEND __________ ON ALCOHOL

A. 5.5 BILLION

B. 2 BILLION

C. 5.5 MILLION

13. You can legally pass on the right

A. Using the exit lane on the freeway.

B. When the car to the left is making a left turn and you have a lane to pass.

C. When there is an open parking lane with no cars parked there.

14. You can maintain a proper following distance by using the three second rule.

A. True

B. False

15. Anger

A. Is just an emotion.

B. May impair your driving

C. Can help you deal with driving stress.

16. You never have to stop more than once at a stop sign.

A. True

B. False

17. If you miss your exit on the freeway, it is legal to stop and back-up.

A. Never.

B. When the traffic is very light.

C. As much as thirty yards.

18. Withdrawal from barbiturates and alcohol have a greater risk of death

A. True

B. False

19. At 0.08 blood alcohol concentration, you are:

A. Not considered impaired, according to the American Medical Association.

B. Presumed by Florida law to be too impaired to drive.

C. Neither of the above.

20. When attempting to pass another car safely, you should always exceed the posted speed limit.

A. True

B. False

21. You may lose your drivers license

A. When you turn 70 years old

B. If you accumulate too many points on your driving record

C. If you stop driving for more than 5 years

22. A pool of standing water could be hiding

A. flash flood currents that could sweep your car away.

B. deep sinkholes.

C. all of the above.

23. If you must drive with a child in the front seat, and the car is equipped with an airbag, you should

A. Put the seat as far back as possible

B. Put the seat as close to the airbag as possible

C. Put the child on the lap of another adult

24. Barbiturates are a

A. Stimulant

B. Depressant

C. Narcotic

25. Ethanol is

A. A mood altering drug

B. Stimulant

C. Narcotic

26. The chances of your being involved in an auto collision, during your lifetime, in which someone is injured or killed are close to:

A. 1 in 75

B. 1 in 250

C. 1 in 1,000

27. The chances of being involved in an auto collision once a year are:

A. 1 in 25

B. 1 in 100

C. 1 in 250

28. If someone is injured in a collision, you should

A. move them into the position that appears the most comfortable

B. call for medical help

C. all of the above.

29. People who drink too much only hurt themselves

A. True

B. False

30. The Medulla controls your involuntary actions

A. True

B. False

31. A diamond lane on the freeway is called a High Occupancy or HOV lane

A. True

B. False

32. At 55 mph it will take you approximately _____ feet to stop the car.

A. 5 feet

B. 100 feet

C. 228 feet

33. A Hospital sign is an example of a _____ sign.

A. Regulatory

B. Warning

C. Guide

34. If you accrue more than 24 points on your license within 36 months, you will lose your license for:

A. 90 Days

B. One Year

C. Three Years

35. Which of the following is NOT a big concern when driving on country roads.

A. Slow-moving farm equipment

B. Livestock

C. High Occupancy Lanes

36. You may lose your drivers license if you accumulate too many points on yo

B. You are breaking the law
A. True
A. True
C. Do not go faster than it is safe for conditions
A. True
B. A privilege.
C. all of the above
A. Decrease alertness
B. False
A. True
C. Pull over at a rest stop
B. When the car to the left is making a left turn and you have a lane to pass.
A. True
B. May impair your driving
A. True
A. Never.
A. True
B. Presumed by Florida law to be too impaired to drive.
B. False
B. If you accumulate too many points on your driving record
C. all of the above.
A. Put the seat as far back as possible
C. Narcotic
25. Ethanol is not sure
A. 1 in 75
B. 1 in 100
B. call for medical help
B. False
30. The Medulla controls your involuntary actions the what
A. True
B. 100 feet
C. Guide
B. One Year
C. High Occupancy Lanes

how can i find out about a homicide from 2003, happened in california.?

January 29th, 2010 2 comments

there was 1 newpaper article of when body was found and the ssi index shows the death with most details missing. cant find any obituary or any arrest record. not even coroner report. its like it never reallly happened. it was a brutal homicide.

after you go to the l library and look in the newspaper archives, copy the name of the officers, and call that police stations general line and ask how you can buy a police report (that is if its not a cold case.)