During the last few months, I have had some clients consult me concerning a motor vehicle accident which occurred some many months ago but the clients have not received any medical treatment. Not obtaining medical treatment immediately after or very shortly after an accident can have a negative impact on your claim for compensation. The longer medical treatment is delayed, the less likely you can show that the accident caused the injuries claimed to have been sustained because of the accident. It is not uncommon for injuries to worsen after an accident, sometimes days or weeks later. However, there are very few injuries that can be reasonably claimed to have resulted from an accident many months earlier - it is possible, but making such a claim will be closely scrutinized. You will require medical evidence of the causation.
If, after an accident, you are not certain if you are injured, you should nevertheless seek medical attention and be examined. As said, it could take a few days or even weeks for you to feel pain. Often injuries are not apparent right after an accident and a health care provider can make an assessment and identify any injuries which you may have initially missed.
In many cases, reasonably, insurance companies will challenge injuries claimed months or even weeks after the incident which were not immediately identified and treated. The longer you wait, the more likely the insurance company will argue that the injury was not accident related.
Call us at Plant Quinn Thiele LLP - Ottawa Injury and Accident Lawyers. Marc-Nicholas Quinn. 613-563-1131
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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