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QUIZ: Can I handle my own NC auto injury claim?

Written by jeffreyhoward on . Posted in Coffee Talk, North Carolina Law Blog.

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Here’s a quick quiz to let you know if you should handle your own auto injury claim.  Let me know if it helps:

 

  1. Can you explain what the law of Contributory Negligence means?
  2. Can you explain how Contributory Negligence is different from Comparitive Negligence.
  3. Do you know if you should give a statement to the insurance company or not, and how that might affect your claim?
  4. Do you know what the phrase Last Clear Chance means?
  5. Do you know the Collateral Source Rule?
  6. Do you know  if you can still get lost wages from an auto injury claim if you missed work but used sick leave?
  7. Do you know how to document your lost wages for your claim if you are self-employed?
  8. Are you aware of the recent changes of NC Rules of Evidence 414 and how they affect the valuation of personal injury claims?
  9. Do you know how to value a personal injury claim (Comparing your case to Uncle Fred’s settlement from 1968 and using the interwebs are not valid, by the way)?
  10. Do you know how to file suit and litigate your claim in case negotiations don’t work out?

 

If you answered “No” to any of these questions, you might be putting your injury claim in jeopardy by handling it on your own.

 

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