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Tips from Our Accident Injury Lawyers in Kansas City: How To Handle A Phone Call From An Insurance Adjustor.

If you have been injured in a Kansas City car accident, you will receive phone calls from both your insurance company and the insurance company representing the other party within a few days of the accident. The goal of these calls is to get you to agree to a recorded statement that will be used to minimize the insurance company’s payout on your claim.

Nervous? Don’t be. Our accident injury lawyers in Kansas City have compiled these tips to help you get through the phone call without jeopardizing your injury claim.

1. Keep records. When you get a phone call from the insurance company, write down the name, address and phone number of the insurance adjuster and of the insurance company. Take notes of anything that is said.

2. Don’t agree to have the conversation recorded.

3. Provide your full name, address and telephone number, but don’t discuss anything other than the basic facts of the accident.

• Where the accident occurred
• Date and time of the accident
• How many cars were involved

The insurance adjustor may engage you in friendly conversation; this is a ploy to get you to reveal more about the accident.

4. Do not give details about your work, income, or schedule. Do not give information about your family.

5. Ask the adjuster if they are aware of any witnesses to your car crash. But, don’t give witness names.

6. Don’t give any medical information including your doctor’s name.

7. Give only a general description of your injuries. Tell the insurance adjuster that you are still being evaluated and you will provide a complete, detailed, medical description of your injuries after the doctors have finished their assessment.

8. Do not agree to anything.

9. Do not sign anything.

10. If you feel uncomfortable, ask the agent to contact your attorney.

To learn more about protecting your rights after a Missouri car crash, download Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys’s free book: “10 Essential Steps You Must Take To Protect Your Injury Claim.”

The Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys represents accident victims throughout Missouri and Kansas. If you were seriously injured in a Kansas City car crash and would like to schedule a free consultation with our accident injury lawyers in Kansas City, contact Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys at 888-348-2616.

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