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Treatment: During this stage, you know you are injured, and almost always know how. The most important thing for you to do is get medical treatment. That’s true whether you have a case or not. Get medical treatment because if you are hurt, you need to get better. Don’t wait to find out if you have a case because only a fool would allow his injuries to fester just because he might not have a case. That said, during this stage, you second concern should be gathering evidence. Sometimes state officials will gather evidence, too. That’s good if they do, but you should consider hiring a lawyer at this stage as well. A lawyer can gather evidence for you, and help you in preserving it by telling you what to get and how.

Your case cannot and should not settle at this point. During the treatment stage, settling would be like buying a car you have never seen or drove. You have no ideas what problems it may have or what condition it is in. Complete treatment and allow your doctors to determine what problems you have now, and what problems you may have in the future.

The possible problems you may have at this stage are varied. The biggest is getting someone to treat you. If you have health insurance, the problem you may have is simply getting through your health insurance's red tape. If you don't, the biggest problem is paying for it.

Lawyers sometimes have doctors that they can refer you to who will extend credit and wait for payment until the end of the case. That may be the only way you can go to the doctor. Its our policy to recommend that you seek help through you own insurance first. Although this may increase your own personal hassle, you avoid being personally liable for your bills if you cannot recover.

Additionally, insurance companies try to prejudice juries by introducing the fact that the lawyer helped you get to the doctor. If you don't have insurance, you should probably call some doctors and see if they will take you without a lawyer and without insurance. If you find one, go see him. After you have been turned down several times, try contacting a lawyer to see if he can get you to a doctor.