Why do I have to give so much of my personal information to the insurance adjustor for the person that hit me? The adjustor says the insurance company will not settle unless I sign their forms and give them a lot of my personal information. What gives?
A: A: First off, DO NOT sign the insurance company's forms. The insurance company will take those authorizations and get every medical record that has ever been generated on you. I am talking every single medical record from your entire life. They will then use those records to trump up the charge that the accident didn't hurt you, you were hurt all along. In other words, that little back strain you had ten years ago from going at it to hard in the garden on the weekend is what injured your back, not the car wreck.
If you hire a Board Certified Personal Injury Attorney - and you should ONLY hire a Board Certified Attorney - he or she will only allow the insurance company to obtain relevant information. Also, the attorney should be able to limit the amount of past medical issues the jury gets to hear at trial.
If you have more questions or would like more detail on this issue, call us at 877-307-9500 and speak with a Board Certified Personal Injury Attorney about your case.
Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Attorneys Tony Denena and Chad Points of Denena & Points, P.C. provide legal services to the cities of Houston, Galveston, Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Texas City, Channelview, Baytown, Bellaire, Pearland, Angleton, Dayton, Katy, The Woodlands, Humble, Kingwood, Sugar Land, Richmond, Rosenberg, Conroe, Spring, Tomball, Waller, Hempstead, Brenham and Austin. We handle cases throughout Harris, Brazoria, Galveston, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Chambers, Polk, Austin and Travis counties.