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many of my clients ask me what should I
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do after an accident or injury the first
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thing you need to make sure you do is to
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document the circumstances surrounding
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the energy uh the accident or injury so
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if it’s an automobile accident there’s
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property damage involved it’s a great
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idea to photograph with your cell phone
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or uh your camera the scene of the
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accident to show the location of the
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vehicles to show the damage to your
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vehicle and the other vehicles involved
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in the accident to show the the
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circumstances surrounding the accident
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it’s also a good idea to look around see
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if there’s any witnesses to the accident
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anybody that might have seen what
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happened and to get their names their
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numbers their uh contact information so
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that you can follow up or I can follow
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up later to talk about these individual
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independent Witnesses and get their
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perspective of what happened and what
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they saw and what they heard what they
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experienced at the time of the injury in
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the accident it’s also very important
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that you document your own injuries if
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you’ve got broken bones or or U Cuts
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scratches wounds uh it is important that
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you document those throughout the
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process not only the initial injury but
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the documentation of the healing process
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photographs of those I also have my
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clients prepare impact statements at
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various points in time from the initial
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injury all the way up to complete
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recovery or ongoing uh uh recovery so
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that uh at various points in time they
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look back and are able to say what is
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the effect of these injuries uh this
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accident on my life and they look at how
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it affects their daily activities of
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living brushing their teeth combing
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their hair running uh to a to do errands
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groceries physical activities that they
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do taking care of their family things
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around the house where they’re vacuuming
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or mopping doing laundry doing dishes
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cleaning the house various interactions
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with human beings various activities
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they look at that are normally a part of
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their everyday life that are affected by
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those injuries and the consequences of
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the accident those are the things I like
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to let my clients know about in terms of
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being aware of what they should do after
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an accident