My name is Todd Peterson. I’m not a doctor.
I’m a Oregon and Washington Personal injury lawyer who has handled
over a thousand injury cases-many just
like yours possibly. My clients have taught me many things. The one thing my
injured clients have in common, in my experience, is that they all want to feel better
and get on with their lives. Sometimes this is possible if they get
the right advice at the right time. Unfortunately, sometimes
they wait too long to get the right health care advice, in my opinion---in those cases
the only thing I can do is try to secure an adequate financial settlement
for them-IF IT ISN’T TOO LATE! Most would rather forget
about the money if they could just get their health back to where it
was before the accident, but would rather have someone else pay for
the treatment as well as their pain and suffering. You need
to get the doctor to say the injury was related to the car accident
ASAP or it may be almost impossible to convince the insurance company
or the jury that your injuries are related to the car accident.
I've spent many years fighting for the rights of auto accident victims just
like you. I'm sick and tired of car accident victims going through years
of pain and misery all because no one ever bothered to tell them their
rights and the truth about their injuries. I'm sick and tired of getting
calls from people who have settled too soon or tried to do it themselves
and gotten peanuts from the insurance company. I'm also tired of the
tactics the insurance companies use early on to force a lower recovery.
After an accident don't give a statement to the other driver's insurance
company until you have talked to me or another lawyer.
I want you to know the truth about car accidents almost everyone out
there doesn’t seem to want you to know. Also I want you to know that, In
my opinion, I can help you get more money and do less work than if you
handle the case alone.
It’s important that you document your injuries now! Because not
doing so may make any injuries you have get worse and they may become
more difficult to treat down the road (meaning you will be in pain longer),
and, in my experience, it most likely will hurt your personal injury case if you don't
document your injuries right away, even if you decide
to pursue legal counsel.
Even if you feel okay right now, if you were in an accident, you still
run a high risk of suffering from a hidden injury otherwise called
"delayed onset soft tissue injury". It’s best to
play it safe now and get checked out to make sure you really are okay.
According to many chiropractors I have heard that the slightest injury, even one that you
don’t feel right now, may lead to a terrible condition down the
road called ‘osteoarthritis.’ While it is possible to treat
it, it takes a long time, and sometimes is impossible to cure 100%
once you have it.
Worse yet, you may have to foot the bill! And all because someone hit
you many years before!
