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Conveniently and centrally located with offices in Southlake, Fort Worth and Dallas, automobile accident lawyer, Dr Shezad Malik, is a Medical Doctor and Personal Injury Law Specialist with many years experience assisting car accident victims and their families obtain just compensation to help cover medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, future needs, and other expenses related to the motor vehicle accident.
Automobile accidents are the number one cause of serious injuries in Texas and around the country. They occur so commonly that we often forget the devastation they can cause when family and friends are killed, critically hurt, or permanently disabled.
Dr Shezad Malik is very aware of the life-changing effects that victims and survivors of auto accidents deal with every day. We aggressively represents auto accident victims and the families of victims involved in a fatal car accidents. We are not afraid to go up against large insurance companies, the responsible driver(s) or manufacturers of defective equipment. We will fight hard to obtain compensation for ongoing medical care, loss of wages and other financial damages.
Why You Should Retain the Services of Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm the Medical Doctor Personal Injury Specialist:
As a Texas medical doctor and Fort Worth Car Injury attorney I would like to share with you the Most Dangerous Time For A Car Accident--Every year in the United States millions of people are injured in car crashes and truck accidents. Many innocent people every year are injured or maimed in car accidents as a result of the careless and negligent driving of others. More than one-quarter of Americans have been involved in a car accident in the last five years.
Every 13 minutes, there is a death caused by a motor vehicle accident. Car accidents and injuries claim our very youngest and our very oldest populations. Americans from the ages of 1-33 are more likely to die from a car accident than from anything else. Likewise, elderly adults aged 75 and up are most affected by motor vehicle crashes.
Typically many people who are victimized and injured by another person's negligent actions are unaware of their rights under Texas and Federal law. In Texas with our mild winter weather and great freeway system, we are not plagued by snow and ice like many northern cities, which is a major cause of car accidents and wrecks. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is well known for the high-volume traffic on its major roads and freeways. After all 5.2 million people call Dallas Fort Worth their home and the Metroplex is the largest city in Texas.
Car and auto accidents are common and frequent, occurring on a daily basis, on following highways and certain intersections are known to be magnets for fatal crashes. Some of the more dangerous local intersections include:
Minimizing risk is not about when you are on the road, but how careful you are, while you are on the road. The most dangerous month, is August, and Saturday the most dangerous day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Auto accidents kill more than 40,000 people in the U.S. each year; they are the No. 1 cause of death for people between the ages of 1 and 34. The difference between August and January 2008 road fatalities were 3,612 versus 2,818. Why the difference? There are several reasons, some having to do with time of day, simple distractions or even outright unsafe behavior.
The fact is, getting behind the wheel of a car is the riskiest thing most people do every day, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. But since fatal crashes happen in "ones and twos" scattered across the country, the general public does not realize their collective toll--about 110 people per day, nationwide.
Time of Day Matters.
According to the the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, IIHS, an average 6.6 people are killed between the hours of 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., and another 6.6 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Those rates are the overall highest of any time during the day. In 2007, 14,055 people were killed in the 5 p.m. hour. But the hours between midnight and 4 a.m. have the highest number of fatalities when calculated as a percentage of the amount of people on the road, according to AAA. During that time, statistically speaking, 5.87 per 100 million people on the road will be killed.
Car accident data can be analyzed from the latest crash reports from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and AAA's Foundation for Traffic Safety, and studies from University of California at Berkeley's Traffic Safety Center, which researches motor vehicle collisions and how to avoid them.
Time of day plays an important role in evaluating fatal crashes, because other dangerous factors are increased at night. The instances of drunk driving, speeding and driving without a safety belt all increase during the night hours and each contributes directly to increased fatality rates.
Speeding is a factor in 30% of all fatal crashes, according to the NHTSA. Eighteen percent of fatal crashes during the day are alcohol-related, while 54% of crashes at night are alcohol-related. Two-thirds of the people killed at night are not wearing a seat belt.
Nationwide, 49% of fatal crashes happen at night, with a fatality rate per mile of travel about three times as high as daytime hours. Of people killed at night, roughly two-thirds aren't wearing seat belts. During the day, the percentage of unrestrained fatalities tends to be under half.
The fewest deaths by crash in 2007, the latest year with complete data, happened early in the morning, between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Those hours see significantly less traffic--only 9% of the average amount during peak hours.
Mid-week days like Tuesday and Wednesday also pose the lowest number of fatalities, both averaging fewer drivers and 96 and 100 deaths per day, respectively. Weekends--when the greatest number of people are on the road--predictably see the highest numbers of crash victims, with a combined average of 143 deaths for Saturday and Sunday, according to the IIHS.
Simple Steps to Safety
Experts say it's the simple things that enhance safety: wearing a seat belt, driving the right speed for the conditions and paying attention to the road. But those are the very things most drivers involved in accidents neglect to do. Ninety-five percent of crashes are caused by human error, according to the NHTSA, but 75% of drivers say they're more careful than most other drivers. So somebody's errors are accounting for a lot of accidents.
According to AAA, 82% of drivers say distracted driving is a serious problem, but more than half say they talk on a cellphone while driving, and 14% admitted to reading or sending text messages while driving.
Nearly 75% of drivers report speeding as a serious problem, but 20% say they have driven 15 miles per hour over the speed limit on the highway, and 14% say they occasionally do the same on a neighborhood street.
Not Driving Safely For the Weather
Driving too fast for the weather conditions plays a major role in fatal crashes each year, especially during the winter. UC Berkeley's traffic center says speed is the single greatest contributing factor to serious crashes--not so much the violation of a posted speed limit, but when drivers ignore weather or traffic conditions that require a reduced speed.
Snowfall makes for dangerous road conditions. But fatalities actually drop across the nation during days with high amounts of snow, both because more people stay at home and because they tend to drive slower under inclement weather.
Researchers at Berkeley evaluated 1.4 million fatal crashes attributed to weather conditions from 1975 to 2000. They found that fatal crashes were 14% more likely to happen on the first snowy day of the season compared with subsequent ones.
It is the Driver, Not the Car
The research findings reinforce the idea that most crashes don't involve mechanical failures on the part of the car. Even though there are always technological improvements or preventative safety features and signs in the roads, a lot of it comes down to human behavior.
Here is good advice to keep in mind and safe rules to drive by. While you might not be able to limit all this winter's driving to Tuesdays at 5 a.m., you can do what the statistics and the researchers recommend: wear a seatbelt, focus on the road and, above all, stay in control and do not use a cell phone or text while driving a car.
Contact the Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm to schedule a free initial consultation after a head-on collision, rear hit, rollover accident, or a T-bone collision caused injuries such as an open or closed head injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), broken leg, whiplash, or any soft tissue or spinal cord injury
If an uninsured motorist or underinsured (UM/UIM) motorist was involved in the car accident, you are strongly encouraged to seek the assistance of an attorney who understands UM/UIM cases. At the Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm, we focus on the following critical aspects of car accidents:
* Serious car crash, smashed up car wrecks, motor cycle accident
* Car accidents resulting in catastrophic brain injury, other permanent physical injuries or wrongful death
* Truck accident and negligence resulting in severe and life threatening catastrophic injuries
* Reckless and Negligent semi-truck tractor trailer collision or accidents
We Serve Auto and Car Accident Victims Nationwide
If you were hurt in a car accident, our best advice is to seek proper medical treatment and seek the advice of an experienced car accident attorney as soon as possible. In many car accident cases, the minimum policy coverage the third party driver is required to carry is usually not enough and there may not be money to take care of you, particularly if you have permanent injuries. This is the kind of situation in which the advice of a skilled car crash lawyer can be invaluable.
Sometimes an insurance company will try to give you a false sense of security, and then later notify you weeks or even months later that they will not cover your losses. Protect your rights and do not become a victim again.
Car Insurance Companies and Recorded Statements
Car Insurance companies use a scheme where they ask you a series of general questions in a recorded statement. Be on full alert. These questions are designed to having you admit that you were at fault in the accident or to get you to admit that you were not injured. The insurance adjuster and defense attorney will try to use this recorded and transcribed statement against you to deny your legitimate claim. When you choose Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm to represent you, we handle all communications from the insurance company. You will be shielded from the insurance companies schemes to help you avoid a denied injury claim.
The Insurance Company Has Offered You a "Settlement"
Whenever a car accident victim suffers a soft tissue damage or injury such as whiplash, muscle strain or stretch, the insurance company will use a scheme where they offer the car injury victim a small settlement. This will range from about $100 - $1000 and the adjuster will state that "This is all we are have to pay for your injuries". Again be on full alert. To get this settlement you are required to sign a waiver or release that states that the insurance company is no longer responsible for any of your
injuries; past, present or future. In other words you are signing away your valuable legal rights.
There are major problems with doing this. The insurance adjuster is not a medical doctor, and more importantly he/she is not your friend. They are not qualified determine the extent of your injuries based your symptoms. Most soft tissue type injuries do not fully appear until days, weeks, or even months after the accident.
Don't be victimized twice. If the insurance company offers you a settlement, it is a recognition that you are injured and that they are trying to avoid paying what your case is worth.Our Dallas Fort Worth car accident attorneys will help you to
maximize the value of your case so that you get a fair settlement based on the full extent of your injuries and not just the pain and suffering you feel within the first week.
If you have been Injured
You have been injured by the automobile accident, this what do you need to do next:
Modern smart phone technology has incredible benefits - and there are many tools available on your smart phone. These tools are valuable in the event you are unfortunate enough to be a victim in a car accident or some other type of traffic collision on our Dallas Fort Worth roads. It is important that you document the automobile or truck accident as thoroughly as possible. You need to get the information of other drivers involved in the wreck – especially their names, contact details and insurance information – but it is also important to collect the details of any witnesses. We recommend audio video recording include the street names, weather, time of day the collision occurred, lighting and the type of cars involved.
Camera phones can be used when documenting an auto accident by taking photographs and video. As an experienced car crash attorney I strongly recommend taking photos and video as evidence in your insurance claim or in a lawsuit. Take photos and video showing the scene of the wreck in detail. It is also very important that you take photos and video showing the damage to your vehicle. We recommend that you take photos and video both up close and from a distance as the use of multiple angles often gives a much more accurate picture of the damage that has occurred.
You can also photograph and video the driver licenses, insurance information, the other vehicle's registration plates and witnesses.
Information and commentary provided by Dallas Fort Worth Personal Injury Attorney Dr Shezad Malik. The Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm can be contacted in Dallas toll free at 888-210-9693 or in Fort Worth at 817-900-8439. If you or a loved one has been injured from a truck accident, car crash or bus accident, please fill out our contact card for a free consultation.
AREAS OF PRACTICE:Our Dallas Fort Worth Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Attorneys and Lawyers have extensive experience in the areas of: car and truck accident, sexual abuse, tractor trailer and commercial vehicle litigation, medical malpractice, wrongful death, serious auto accidents and car wrecks, bus accidents, dog bites, product liability, brain/head injuries, burn and electrical injuries, spinal cord injuries, premises liability/slip and falls, negligent security, and many other types of personal injury cases.
Our law firm’s principal office is in Southlake and we have offices in Fort Worth and in Dallas, Texas, but we represent people across Texas, for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, in cities and areas including the following: Abilene, Albany, Alice, Alpine, Amarillo, Angleton, Arlington, Austin, Bay City, Baytown, Beaumont, Benavides, Big Spring, Boerne, Bonham, Bowie, Brazoria, Brownsville, Brownwood, Bryan, Buffalo, Carthage, Centerville, Childress, Clarksville, Cleburne, College Station, Commerce, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Corsicana, Crockett, Daingerfield, Dalhart, Dallas, Decatur, Del Rio, Denton, DFW Metroplex, Dumas, Eagle Pass, Eastland, Edinburg, El Paso, Emory, Ennis, Fairfield, Falfurrias, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth, Freer, Gainesville, Galveston, Garland, Gatesville, Gilmer, Granbury, Grapevine, Greenville, Groom, Harlingen, Henderson, Hillsboro, Houston, Huntsville, Irving, Jacksboro, Jasper, Kaufman, Kerrville, Killeen, Kingsville, Kingwood, Laredo, Liberty, Livingston, Llano, Longview, Lorena, Lubbock, Lufkin, Mansfield, Marathon, Marshall, McAllen, Mesquite, Midland, Mineola, Mineral Wells, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Nacogdoches, New Braunfels, Odessa, Orange, Ozona, Palestine, Pampa, Paris, Pasadena, Pearland, Pecos, Pharr, Plainview, Port Arthur, Quinlan, Raymondville, Richland, Rio Grande City, Rio Grande Valley, Sanford, Sonora, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Marcos, Seguin, Shamrock, Sheffield, Sherman, Spring, Stephenville, Sulphur Springs, Sweetwater, Tawakoni, Temple, Terrell, Texarkana, Texas City, Thurber, Tulia, Tyler, Van Horn, Vernon, Victoria, Waco, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Wharton, Whitesboro, Whitewright, Wichita Falls, Wills Point, The Woodlands, and Woodville, Texas.
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Conveniently and centrally located with offices in Southlake, Fort Worth and Dallas, automobile accident lawyer, Dr Shezad Malik, is a Medical Doctor and Personal Injury Law Specialist with many years experience assisting car accident victims and their families obtain just compensation to help cover medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, future needs, and other expenses related to the motor vehicle accident.
Automobile accidents are the number one cause of serious injuries in Texas and around the country. They occur so commonly that we often forget the devastation they can cause when family and friends are killed, critically hurt, or permanently disabled.
Dr Shezad Malik is very aware of the life-changing effects that victims and survivors of auto accidents deal with every day. We aggressively represents auto accident victims and the families of victims involved in a fatal car accidents. We are not afraid to go up against large insurance companies, the responsible driver(s) or manufacturers of defective equipment. We will fight hard to obtain compensation for ongoing medical care, loss of wages and other financial damages.
Why You Should Retain the Services of Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm the Medical Doctor Personal Injury Specialist:
- Because some insurance companies will try to offer you a quick settlement that does not fully cover your ongoing and future medical expenses, lost wages, and property damage.
- Because the trained team at the Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm will investigate the facts of your accident and aggressively pursue maximum compensation.
- Because your injuries may turn out to be more serious or more permanent than you originally thought, and you may be out of work longer than expected. Remember that generally, once your case is settled, you will not get another chance for compensation.
As a Texas medical doctor and Fort Worth Car Injury attorney I would like to share with you the Most Dangerous Time For A Car Accident--Every year in the United States millions of people are injured in car crashes and truck accidents. Many innocent people every year are injured or maimed in car accidents as a result of the careless and negligent driving of others. More than one-quarter of Americans have been involved in a car accident in the last five years.
Every 13 minutes, there is a death caused by a motor vehicle accident. Car accidents and injuries claim our very youngest and our very oldest populations. Americans from the ages of 1-33 are more likely to die from a car accident than from anything else. Likewise, elderly adults aged 75 and up are most affected by motor vehicle crashes.
Typically many people who are victimized and injured by another person's negligent actions are unaware of their rights under Texas and Federal law. In Texas with our mild winter weather and great freeway system, we are not plagued by snow and ice like many northern cities, which is a major cause of car accidents and wrecks. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is well known for the high-volume traffic on its major roads and freeways. After all 5.2 million people call Dallas Fort Worth their home and the Metroplex is the largest city in Texas.
Car and auto accidents are common and frequent, occurring on a daily basis, on following highways and certain intersections are known to be magnets for fatal crashes. Some of the more dangerous local intersections include:
- TX-121 & Preston Road (Rated by State Farm as the 8th most dangerous intersection in the U.S.)
- Park Lane & Preston Road
- Belt Line Road & MacArthur Boulevard
- Coit Road & I-635
- North Dallas Tollway & Parker Road
- TX-121 & North Dallas Tollway
- I-35 & I-635
- Irving Boulevard & Story Road
- John Carpenter Freeway & TX-161
- Northwest Highway & North Dallas Tollway
- Preston & I-635
- Belt Line Road & TX-183
- Irving Boulevard & Loop 12
- Spring Creek Parkway & Coit Road
- Plano Parkway & North Dallas Tollway
Minimizing risk is not about when you are on the road, but how careful you are, while you are on the road. The most dangerous month, is August, and Saturday the most dangerous day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Auto accidents kill more than 40,000 people in the U.S. each year; they are the No. 1 cause of death for people between the ages of 1 and 34. The difference between August and January 2008 road fatalities were 3,612 versus 2,818. Why the difference? There are several reasons, some having to do with time of day, simple distractions or even outright unsafe behavior.
The fact is, getting behind the wheel of a car is the riskiest thing most people do every day, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. But since fatal crashes happen in "ones and twos" scattered across the country, the general public does not realize their collective toll--about 110 people per day, nationwide.
Time of Day Matters.
According to the the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, IIHS, an average 6.6 people are killed between the hours of 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., and another 6.6 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Those rates are the overall highest of any time during the day. In 2007, 14,055 people were killed in the 5 p.m. hour. But the hours between midnight and 4 a.m. have the highest number of fatalities when calculated as a percentage of the amount of people on the road, according to AAA. During that time, statistically speaking, 5.87 per 100 million people on the road will be killed.
Car accident data can be analyzed from the latest crash reports from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and AAA's Foundation for Traffic Safety, and studies from University of California at Berkeley's Traffic Safety Center, which researches motor vehicle collisions and how to avoid them.
Time of day plays an important role in evaluating fatal crashes, because other dangerous factors are increased at night. The instances of drunk driving, speeding and driving without a safety belt all increase during the night hours and each contributes directly to increased fatality rates.
Speeding is a factor in 30% of all fatal crashes, according to the NHTSA. Eighteen percent of fatal crashes during the day are alcohol-related, while 54% of crashes at night are alcohol-related. Two-thirds of the people killed at night are not wearing a seat belt.
Nationwide, 49% of fatal crashes happen at night, with a fatality rate per mile of travel about three times as high as daytime hours. Of people killed at night, roughly two-thirds aren't wearing seat belts. During the day, the percentage of unrestrained fatalities tends to be under half.
The fewest deaths by crash in 2007, the latest year with complete data, happened early in the morning, between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Those hours see significantly less traffic--only 9% of the average amount during peak hours.
Mid-week days like Tuesday and Wednesday also pose the lowest number of fatalities, both averaging fewer drivers and 96 and 100 deaths per day, respectively. Weekends--when the greatest number of people are on the road--predictably see the highest numbers of crash victims, with a combined average of 143 deaths for Saturday and Sunday, according to the IIHS.
Simple Steps to Safety
Experts say it's the simple things that enhance safety: wearing a seat belt, driving the right speed for the conditions and paying attention to the road. But those are the very things most drivers involved in accidents neglect to do. Ninety-five percent of crashes are caused by human error, according to the NHTSA, but 75% of drivers say they're more careful than most other drivers. So somebody's errors are accounting for a lot of accidents.
According to AAA, 82% of drivers say distracted driving is a serious problem, but more than half say they talk on a cellphone while driving, and 14% admitted to reading or sending text messages while driving.
Nearly 75% of drivers report speeding as a serious problem, but 20% say they have driven 15 miles per hour over the speed limit on the highway, and 14% say they occasionally do the same on a neighborhood street.
Not Driving Safely For the Weather
Driving too fast for the weather conditions plays a major role in fatal crashes each year, especially during the winter. UC Berkeley's traffic center says speed is the single greatest contributing factor to serious crashes--not so much the violation of a posted speed limit, but when drivers ignore weather or traffic conditions that require a reduced speed.
Snowfall makes for dangerous road conditions. But fatalities actually drop across the nation during days with high amounts of snow, both because more people stay at home and because they tend to drive slower under inclement weather.
Researchers at Berkeley evaluated 1.4 million fatal crashes attributed to weather conditions from 1975 to 2000. They found that fatal crashes were 14% more likely to happen on the first snowy day of the season compared with subsequent ones.
It is the Driver, Not the Car
The research findings reinforce the idea that most crashes don't involve mechanical failures on the part of the car. Even though there are always technological improvements or preventative safety features and signs in the roads, a lot of it comes down to human behavior.
Here is good advice to keep in mind and safe rules to drive by. While you might not be able to limit all this winter's driving to Tuesdays at 5 a.m., you can do what the statistics and the researchers recommend: wear a seatbelt, focus on the road and, above all, stay in control and do not use a cell phone or text while driving a car.
Contact the Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm to schedule a free initial consultation after a head-on collision, rear hit, rollover accident, or a T-bone collision caused injuries such as an open or closed head injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), broken leg, whiplash, or any soft tissue or spinal cord injury
If an uninsured motorist or underinsured (UM/UIM) motorist was involved in the car accident, you are strongly encouraged to seek the assistance of an attorney who understands UM/UIM cases. At the Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm, we focus on the following critical aspects of car accidents:
- Helping our clients receive medical treatment with no out-of-pocket costs
- Seeking reimbursement for lost wages
- Focusing on our injured clients' right to receive physical therapy and treatments recommended by their doctors
- Insisting on compensation from liable parties for ambulance or helicopter expenses
- Pursuing the causes of the car accident — for example defective brakes, defective design of air bags or seat belts — that may have made the injuries worse
- Making negligent parties and their insurers responsible for our client's injuries
* Serious car crash, smashed up car wrecks, motor cycle accident
* Car accidents resulting in catastrophic brain injury, other permanent physical injuries or wrongful death
* Truck accident and negligence resulting in severe and life threatening catastrophic injuries
* Reckless and Negligent semi-truck tractor trailer collision or accidents
We Serve Auto and Car Accident Victims Nationwide
If you were hurt in a car accident, our best advice is to seek proper medical treatment and seek the advice of an experienced car accident attorney as soon as possible. In many car accident cases, the minimum policy coverage the third party driver is required to carry is usually not enough and there may not be money to take care of you, particularly if you have permanent injuries. This is the kind of situation in which the advice of a skilled car crash lawyer can be invaluable.
The team at the Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm is experienced in the investigation, preparation and trial of a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases caused by driver negligence (drunk driving, driving while texting, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, excessive speed, road rage and callous disregard for the rules of the road) and faulty vehicle design which lead to catastrophic and fatal car accidents.
For the Help You Need After a Car Accident, Please Call 888-210-9693. Our car accident recovery team will search for additional coverage for you. We know how to investigate auto defect and dangerous roadway design issues and take a team approach to getting you the help you need. We handle a full range of car accident cases in Texas, throughout the Southwest and around the United States, including injuries caused or worsened by:
Speeding, driver inattention (from texting or cell phone use) driver misconduct (reckless driving and road rage) or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Dangerous and defective roadway design or improper signs that causes an accident
Auto defective design and other defects that cause an accident or that make injuries more severe
Intersection collisions, running through stop signs and traffic lights (usually because of driver inattention and failure to keep a proper lookout)
Single vehicle crashes and SUV rollovers
Train and Automobile Accidents at railroad crossing
Pedestrian-vehicle accidents and auto-bicycle collisions
Allowing an unsafe or dangerous driver (negligent entrustment) to use a vehicle
Sometimes an insurance company will try to give you a false sense of security, and then later notify you weeks or even months later that they will not cover your losses. Protect your rights and do not become a victim again.
Car Insurance Companies and Recorded Statements
Car Insurance companies use a scheme where they ask you a series of general questions in a recorded statement. Be on full alert. These questions are designed to having you admit that you were at fault in the accident or to get you to admit that you were not injured. The insurance adjuster and defense attorney will try to use this recorded and transcribed statement against you to deny your legitimate claim. When you choose Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm to represent you, we handle all communications from the insurance company. You will be shielded from the insurance companies schemes to help you avoid a denied injury claim.
The Insurance Company Has Offered You a "Settlement"
Whenever a car accident victim suffers a soft tissue damage or injury such as whiplash, muscle strain or stretch, the insurance company will use a scheme where they offer the car injury victim a small settlement. This will range from about $100 - $1000 and the adjuster will state that "This is all we are have to pay for your injuries". Again be on full alert. To get this settlement you are required to sign a waiver or release that states that the insurance company is no longer responsible for any of your
injuries; past, present or future. In other words you are signing away your valuable legal rights.
There are major problems with doing this. The insurance adjuster is not a medical doctor, and more importantly he/she is not your friend. They are not qualified determine the extent of your injuries based your symptoms. Most soft tissue type injuries do not fully appear until days, weeks, or even months after the accident.
Don't be victimized twice. If the insurance company offers you a settlement, it is a recognition that you are injured and that they are trying to avoid paying what your case is worth.Our Dallas Fort Worth car accident attorneys will help you to
maximize the value of your case so that you get a fair settlement based on the full extent of your injuries and not just the pain and suffering you feel within the first week.
If you have been Injured
You have been injured by the automobile accident, this what do you need to do next:
- Get the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all the witnesses as soon as possible, and keep them in a safe place. Follow up on your witnesses, and store their information and keep them current .
- Take photographs of vehicles. Take photographs at the scene of the accident. If you wait a day later or more, the debris will be cleaned up, skid marks will fade, the vehicles will no longer be in the same resting position. The person who caused the accident may have their vehicle fixed the very next day. You may need these photos to prove how the accident happened, or to prove how severe the accident was. Take pictures that actually SHOW the damage. PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES.
- Take photographs of injuries. If you have any bleeding, bruising, or injuries that are visible, take pictures of those injuries. Injuries can be fixed and resolve, and if you do not take a picture, the insurance company will not believe you. PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES.
- Get your own estimate of damage to your vehicle. Several body-shops will give you a free estimate. Insurance companies will often write an estimate for less than half what the damage really will cost to repair. To protect yourself, get your own estimate.
- See a doctor immediately. Either through the emergency room or through your local doctor. This is very important because the diagnosis of severe injuries can be delayed if initially you do not have any symptoms and then it can present later.
- Save all documents showing what you are out of pocket. Save all towing bills, rental bills, storage fees, prescription fees, doctor bills, etc. If you want a full financial out of pocket recovery, you will have to provide a full record.
- Call the police to the scene, order a police report. Call 911 and notify the dispatcher that there is an injury in the accident. You need a report taken, and a record of what happened. So protect yourself, and insist on a police officer to make a report if at all possible. Then order the police report and verify that it is correct.
- Contact an attorney as soon as possible. You need to hire someone with experience handling automobile accident claims. Someone who will maximize the benefits you are entitled to receive. Call our office immediately for a free consultation.
Modern smart phone technology has incredible benefits - and there are many tools available on your smart phone. These tools are valuable in the event you are unfortunate enough to be a victim in a car accident or some other type of traffic collision on our Dallas Fort Worth roads. It is important that you document the automobile or truck accident as thoroughly as possible. You need to get the information of other drivers involved in the wreck – especially their names, contact details and insurance information – but it is also important to collect the details of any witnesses. We recommend audio video recording include the street names, weather, time of day the collision occurred, lighting and the type of cars involved.
Camera phones can be used when documenting an auto accident by taking photographs and video. As an experienced car crash attorney I strongly recommend taking photos and video as evidence in your insurance claim or in a lawsuit. Take photos and video showing the scene of the wreck in detail. It is also very important that you take photos and video showing the damage to your vehicle. We recommend that you take photos and video both up close and from a distance as the use of multiple angles often gives a much more accurate picture of the damage that has occurred.
You can also photograph and video the driver licenses, insurance information, the other vehicle's registration plates and witnesses.
Dr Shezad Malik law firm represents clients who have suffered personal injuries or property damage in automobile, motorcycle or truck accidents through out the Dallas Fort Worth area. Motor vehicle accidents that include those involving drunk or hit and run drivers, uninsured or under-insured drivers, as well as accidents occurring from motor vehicle, SUV and semi-tractor trailer collisions and rollovers.
Information and commentary provided by Dallas Fort Worth Personal Injury Attorney Dr Shezad Malik. The Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm can be contacted in Dallas toll free at 888-210-9693 or in Fort Worth at 817-900-8439. If you or a loved one has been injured from a truck accident, car crash or bus accident, please fill out our contact card for a free consultation.
AREAS OF PRACTICE:Our Dallas Fort Worth Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Attorneys and Lawyers have extensive experience in the areas of: car and truck accident, sexual abuse, tractor trailer and commercial vehicle litigation, medical malpractice, wrongful death, serious auto accidents and car wrecks, bus accidents, dog bites, product liability, brain/head injuries, burn and electrical injuries, spinal cord injuries, premises liability/slip and falls, negligent security, and many other types of personal injury cases.
Call us at 817-900-8439 in Fort Worth or in Dallas toll free at 888-210-9693 or send us an e-mail to schedule a free initial consultation about a car accident, slip and fall premises liability claim or any other personal injury or wrongful death case. We handle all cases on a contingency basis, which means you pay nothing unless we accomplish our mission of getting justice for you.
Our law firm’s principal office is in Southlake and we have offices in Fort Worth and in Dallas, Texas, but we represent people across Texas, for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, in cities and areas including the following: Abilene, Albany, Alice, Alpine, Amarillo, Angleton, Arlington, Austin, Bay City, Baytown, Beaumont, Benavides, Big Spring, Boerne, Bonham, Bowie, Brazoria, Brownsville, Brownwood, Bryan, Buffalo, Carthage, Centerville, Childress, Clarksville, Cleburne, College Station, Commerce, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Corsicana, Crockett, Daingerfield, Dalhart, Dallas, Decatur, Del Rio, Denton, DFW Metroplex, Dumas, Eagle Pass, Eastland, Edinburg, El Paso, Emory, Ennis, Fairfield, Falfurrias, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth, Freer, Gainesville, Galveston, Garland, Gatesville, Gilmer, Granbury, Grapevine, Greenville, Groom, Harlingen, Henderson, Hillsboro, Houston, Huntsville, Irving, Jacksboro, Jasper, Kaufman, Kerrville, Killeen, Kingsville, Kingwood, Laredo, Liberty, Livingston, Llano, Longview, Lorena, Lubbock, Lufkin, Mansfield, Marathon, Marshall, McAllen, Mesquite, Midland, Mineola, Mineral Wells, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Nacogdoches, New Braunfels, Odessa, Orange, Ozona, Palestine, Pampa, Paris, Pasadena, Pearland, Pecos, Pharr, Plainview, Port Arthur, Quinlan, Raymondville, Richland, Rio Grande City, Rio Grande Valley, Sanford, Sonora, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Marcos, Seguin, Shamrock, Sheffield, Sherman, Spring, Stephenville, Sulphur Springs, Sweetwater, Tawakoni, Temple, Terrell, Texarkana, Texas City, Thurber, Tulia, Tyler, Van Horn, Vernon, Victoria, Waco, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Wharton, Whitesboro, Whitewright, Wichita Falls, Wills Point, The Woodlands, and Woodville, Texas.
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