In the weeks and months following your truck accident, you should continue taking actions to help protect and prepare your legal claim for compensation.
First, you should be following all of your medical provider’s treatment instructions and recommendations. Ignoring or otherwise failing to follow your treatment instructions might lead the defendants in your truck accident claim to argue that you weren’t as seriously injured as you claim. They also may argue that you aren’t entitled to as much financial compensation as you claim because you have failed to mitigate your damages by obtaining reasonable and necessary medical treatment.
Next, you should keep a diary or journal tracking your recovery, describing the pain, suffering, and difficulties that your injuries cause you every day. This journal or diary can help you with a claim for compensation for pain and suffering or lost quality of life. Unlike medical treatment or lost wages damages, which can be readily calculated, pain and suffering and lost quality of life damages require a more subjective evaluation. It can often prove difficult to get the other side to accept your claim for these damages without a record of the negative impacts that your injuries have had on you.
Finally, you should try to stay off social media during your semi-truck accident and injury claim. Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers may monitor your social media profiles for posts that might contradict statements you’ve made about the accident. They may also be looking for photos or videos of you being active that might contradict your claims of injury.