This is in reference to two separate auto accidents in Florida where I was not at-fault.
I got rear-ended in December 2017. I went to the hospital to get my head checked out, but did not seek any kind of treatment after. I was involved in a second accident a year and a half later, and now have a neck/back injury for which I am being treated.
Question: could the first accident have contributed to the injury I have now, even though no significant symptoms appeared at the time? Would I have grounds to file a personal injury claim for the first accident, in addition to the second? Neither has been settled yet. The gentleman who hit me in the first accident had a 250K BI policy and I wanted to give his insurance company more incentive to increase their settlement offer. I have not brought it up to them yet though...
I have an attorney representing me for the second accident, but not the first.
Thoughts?
--Maggie
I got rear-ended in December 2017. I went to the hospital to get my head checked out, but did not seek any kind of treatment after. I was involved in a second accident a year and a half later, and now have a neck/back injury for which I am being treated.
Question: could the first accident have contributed to the injury I have now, even though no significant symptoms appeared at the time? Would I have grounds to file a personal injury claim for the first accident, in addition to the second? Neither has been settled yet. The gentleman who hit me in the first accident had a 250K BI policy and I wanted to give his insurance company more incentive to increase their settlement offer. I have not brought it up to them yet though...
I have an attorney representing me for the second accident, but not the first.
Thoughts?
--Maggie