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How to Handle Your Pre-Existing Condition When Involved in a Personal Injury Suit

A pre-existing condition can have an impact on a personal injury lawsuit. However, you can minimize the impact by doing a couple of simple things. Here are the two ways to ensure your pre-existing condition helps your case rather than hurting it:

• Don’t try to hide it – The fact that you have a pre-existing condition is going to come out. Trying to hide it is always going to hurt you. It makes it look like you have something to hide. That’s going to make it tougher to get a settlement, and it certainly can prejudice a jury against you should the case go to trial.
• Have your doctor compare your medical records – For example, if you suffer a neck injury in a car accident, but you already have a history of neck pain, there should be x-rays from both before and after the accident for a medical professional to compare. This can show that, regardless of whether you already had neck problems, the car accident made the issues worse. In this way, a pre-existing condition may be able to help make your case rather than being a hindrance.

Personal Injury Lawyers in San Diego, North County, and Chula Vista

If you have suffered an injury in southern California, regardless of whether you have a pre-existing health condition, contact the professional personal injury lawyers at Petrov Law Firm. From our convenient office locations in San Diego, North County, and Chula Vista, we can help you to maximize your settlement. Call 619-344-0360 to get started.

Pre-existing Conditions and Your Personal Injury Suit

You may wonder if having a pre-existing condition will affect your personal injury suit. The answer is likely to be yes, but not necessarily in the way you may expect. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind if you are filing a personal injury suit but have a pre-existing health condition.

• Always disclose your condition – This may seem counter-intuitive. However, you will have a much better chance of seeking compensation if you disclose the pre-existing condition than if you don’t and it is discovered. You never want it to look like you intentionally hid something.
• Your pre-existing condition is documented – This is a good thing. If you have back problems and you see a chiropractor, you likely have x-rays and an entire history of your condition and how it has affected you. If you are in a car accident that makes the injury worse, you can now compare the new x-rays to the old ones, and your chiropractor can testify to the effects the injury had on your pre-existing condition. Thus, you turn what seemed like a negative into a positive for your case.

Experienced Personal Injury Attorneys in the San Diego Area

If you are starting a personal injury suit, whether you have a pre-existing condition or not, you should get the help of an experienced personal injury attorney. Petrov Law Firm, based in San Diego, has the compassionate attorneys you want on your side to help you maximize your compensation. Call us today at 619-344-0360 to schedule a consultation.

What You Need to Know About a Personal Injury Claim if You Have a Preexisting Condition

If you are filing a personal injury claim, you want to be straightforward about any preexisting conditions you may have, especially with your lawyer. Why do clients sometimes withhold information about preexisting issues? What effect can this have on a claim? Read on to learn about this important factor in a personal injury suit.

Why People Feel the Need to Hide a Preexisting Condition

You may think that if you reveal a preexisting condition, it will affect the amount of your settlement. For example, if you get migraines but they become far worse after your car accident, you may neglect to mention you already would get migraines before. Why? Well, you may be concerned that opposing counsel will try to limit your medical compensation because the migraines were a preexisting condition and the fact that they got worse may have had nothing to do with the accident.

Why You Should Disclose Any Preexisting Conditions or Injuries

While the above scenario could be true, imagine how bad it will look when the condition comes out (and it will) during the course of a trial or negotiations. Now it goes from something that could have a minor effect on the settlement to something that calls into question your credibility as a whole. That can have a major effect on your case.

Personal Injury Attorneys to Help You in Southern California

Petrov Law Firm is here to help you with your settlement, so please don’t hide any preexisting conditions from our personal injury attorney. While you may be concerned it will hurt your case, comparing your medical condition before and after the injury may help make your case even more clear and help you to get a better settlement. To get started on your case, call us today at 619-344-0360.