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What To Do After An Accident | Arizona Personal Injury | Arizona Injury Lawyer 👨‍⚖️

00:00:00.080 this is ken gerber and you’re watching
00:00:01.920 law and gerber
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00:00:33.280 welcome back to another exciting episode
00:00:35.280 of law and gerber
00:00:36.800 megan and i are co-owners of a thriving
00:00:38.960 law practice in the beautiful state of
00:00:40.559 arizona and we absolutely love what we
00:00:42.800 do we thought we would share that
00:00:44.960 passion and love with everyone from our
00:00:47.039 little corner of the world and share
00:00:48.960 some of the simple and not so simple
00:00:50.800 things that come with being injury
00:00:52.399 attorneys now last time we talked a lot
00:00:55.039 about some of the different situations
00:00:56.719 that may arise when in an accident and
00:00:59.039 what some of the different things are to
00:01:00.559 look for when trying to decide if your
00:01:02.960 case will require an injury attorney or
00:01:04.959 not should you call us why why not all
00:01:08.720 of these are great questions and we want
00:01:10.240 you to be armed with the right
00:01:11.600 information
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00:01:14.400 informed decision should you ever be in
00:01:16.720 the unfortunate situation of needing our
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00:01:20.640 so let’s say you just got into a car
00:01:22.880 accident and your adrenaline is pumping
00:01:24.960 and you’re so confused and caught off
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00:01:28.799 the heat of a moment
00:01:30.240 what do you do
00:01:31.759 first call 9-1-1
00:01:34.240 you want to make sure that if there’s
00:01:36.000 somebody that’s in need of emergency
00:01:37.520 medical treatment
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00:01:42.560 if you’re able to make the call do it
00:01:44.320 right away a lot of times witnesses that
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00:01:49.040 the person in the other vehicle will
00:01:50.560 call 9-1-1 but if you’re able to do it
00:01:53.600 always make sure to call them because
00:01:55.680 you just never know what might be
00:01:57.680 happening in the other vehicles or with
00:01:59.520 other people involved
00:02:01.040 if it’s not something where there’s a
00:02:02.880 need for emergency medical treatment you
00:02:05.119 still need to call the police
00:02:07.439 a lot of times people will be like oh
00:02:09.520 it’s no biggie we can handle this
00:02:11.038 ourselves i’d rather not get the police
00:02:13.360 involved
00:02:14.480 but the problem with that is
00:02:16.480 that if there’s ever a point down the
00:02:18.319 road where the person who caused the
00:02:20.400 accident tries to make an excuse and get
00:02:22.800 out of the responsibility there’s no
00:02:25.120 documented police report to substantiate
00:02:27.599 your claim that you were the victim of
00:02:29.599 an accident who did what who said what
00:02:32.319 how did it go down without a police
00:02:34.400 report you have absolutely nothing to
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00:02:39.200 not at fault and i’ve seen it happen
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00:02:43.280 now this is going to sound like common
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00:02:48.840 definitely take pictures of the damages
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00:02:56.400 pictures from your accident on social
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00:03:00.879 okay thank goodness nobody was hurt
00:03:03.280 first of all insurance companies will
00:03:05.360 use those posts against you
00:03:07.599 that’s right
00:03:08.720 insurance companies will go sifting
00:03:10.319 through your social media pages like we
00:03:13.280 they try and find whatever information
00:03:15.040 you’ve made public that they can use
00:03:16.800 against you you may feel okay initially
00:03:19.519 but you can’t forget you’re still
00:03:21.680 literally flushed with adrenaline you
00:03:24.159 probably won’t even notice soft tissue
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00:03:28.959 right away all right so now what well
00:03:31.360 now that a police report’s been filed
00:03:32.879 and you’ve been treated or not treated
00:03:35.280 obviously your medical treatment is the
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00:03:38.560 so make sure you’ve been seen
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00:03:41.840 able to sit back and settle somewhat
00:03:43.920 into a normal mindset and then give us a
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00:03:47.120 share the details with us of what
00:03:48.879 happened and we’ll review everything and
00:03:51.040 ask any questions we may have pertaining
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00:03:55.439 your next steps
00:03:56.959 you don’t need to start negotiating with
00:03:58.560 anyone or discussing the details of your
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00:04:03.760 or your local attorneys if you’re
00:04:05.120 outside arizona because anything you say
00:04:07.840 about this accident could come back to
00:04:09.920 bite you in the rear
00:04:11.519 we’ll let you know if your case is
00:04:12.879 something that we can or should handle a
00:04:15.280 lot of cases are very straightforward
00:04:17.279 and don’t need attorneys
00:04:18.959 if it’s something that is simple and
00:04:20.560 doesn’t require our assistance we will
00:04:22.800 let you know right away
00:04:25.199 but listen
00:04:26.400 i can’t tell you the number of people
00:04:28.080 who have said to us it’s a quote open
00:04:30.560 and shut case and it’s really not
00:04:33.120 it may seem straightforward but we’ll
00:04:35.360 see many many intricacies and arguments
00:04:38.160 that the insurance company will make and
00:04:40.160 we know instantly it’s much more
00:04:42.320 complicated than it seems
00:04:44.160 if it is something that is more
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00:04:47.680 involved we may have more questions for
00:04:49.919 you that lead down a different rabbit
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00:04:53.600 different
00:04:54.639 no two cases are ever quite the same
00:04:57.280 what may seem like a simple accident
00:04:59.440 could be quite complex and likewise what
00:05:02.160 seems complex could be very simple
00:05:05.440 we do not want to take up your time or
00:05:07.680 any portion of your settlement if
00:05:09.280 representation is not required you never
00:05:11.680 have to worry about being taken
00:05:12.960 advantage of by us in fact we’re here to
00:05:16.000 make sure that you don’t get taken
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00:05:19.360 hey babe
00:05:20.560 guess what there’s a lady in the lobby
00:05:22.800 right now she was trying on a pair of
00:05:25.440 panties at victoria’s secret and a
00:05:27.840 rhinestone flipped off hit her in the
00:05:30.160 cornea scratched it
00:05:33.199 is this real yes go see it it’s gnarly
00:05:37.280 okay there’s a first time for everything
00:05:39.039 we’ll have to continue this again later
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00:05:54.160 now