Rhode Island Accident Lawyer Blog
By David Tapalian January 20th 2016
Like every good relationship, the one between attorney and client must start off from a point of mutual disclosure and trust. Remember, the great majority of what you tell us is protected by the attorney client relationship. In almost all circumstances, even when our relationship ends, we still must respect your confidences. With that said, you should feel comfortable sharing information to your accident injury attorney. It is much better your car accident lawyer known any potential negative issues up front. Knowing these potential troublesome issue in the beginning, allows your car accident lawyer to obtain a better result for your accident in the end. When it comes to your car accident claim surprises are not good. Here is a list of a few essential items you should share with your car accident lawyer:
- Marital Status
Why is this important? Well in some instances an insurance company may require that your spouse join on any release. Also if you are in the process of a divorce and your spouse was providing support after the marriage they may be entitled to a portion of your compensation. Sometimes terrible accidents and injuries can lead to a divorce which may affect the value of your claim.
- Preexisting Injuries
Where you hurt before the accident? This is important. Clients often think that just because they were injured before the accident it then means that they cannot recover for their damages after the accident. The law is clear that a defendant must take the plaintiff as he/she finds the plaintiff at the time of the accident and as such will be responsible for any aggravation of your preexisting condition.
- Have you Filed any Previous Injury Claims
If you have filed and injury claim before please let us know.
- Criminal Past
Having a criminal record in no way bars one from filing a claim for their car accident case in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. However, there are certain convictions that may adversely affect your case should they deal with crimes of dishonesty. Let us know what the issues are and we are better equipped to prepare for them.