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IN PLAIN ENGLISH, BEFORE YOU HIRE AN ATTORNEY
If you have received serious injuries caused by someone else's negligence or carelessness, you may be facing a situation you have never faced before. I'm going to tell you some of what you can do about that here, and I also suggest that you get my little book, which is free if you live in Texas and gives you page after page of information that you can really use.
WELCOME to my web site I am Kurt Arbuckle, a Houston, Texas based personal injury accident lawyer. I have represented people who have been injured by the carelessness and negligence of others for over 30 years. In those 30 years negligence law or personal injury law has become so complicated and insurance companies have become so hard to deal with that I am providing this article and my book to provide you information about your case in plain English. The book is available for free to people who live in Texas. REMEMBER, I CANNOT GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE ON THE INTERNET, SO THIS IS JUST A GENERAL SET OF SUGGESTIONS. YOUR CASE MAY BE DIFFERENT.

WHEN GOOD HANDS BECOME FISTS
About 15 years ago, one of the biggest insurance companies in the United States had a report prepared on how it could be more profitable. According to people who have seen that report, it told that insurance company to delay the handling of legitimate personal injury accident claims, and to intentionally deny many of those valid injury claims. The report had the insurance company take advantage of the lack of knowledge of the people who have been injured in a car or truck collision, paying those injured people less than they deserve, or nothing at all. I say more about this in the book, but unfortunately, other insurance companies have now followed in the footsteps of this large insurance company, and if you have serious personal injuries caused by someone else's negligence or carelessness, you are facing dealing with an insurance company that values profits over people.
Very few people outside the insurance industry have seen this report. Obviously, the insurance companies want to keep it secret. While I have not seen the report myself, it is easy to understand what the insurance companies are up to.
Here is what the insurance company knows. If you have not hired a personal injury accident lawyer, you are trying to figure out how to handle the claim yourself, and this can be time consuming and frustrating. If you contact the insurance company, they tell you that you "must" do this and that before they will consider your claim. You don't know if you really must do all of those things, but you do know that the insurance company is saying that they will not consider your personal injury claim until you do. You have to get estimates, collect bills, maybe even get medical records. And when you give the insurance company what they said they wanted, they tell you that's not enough or it wasn't quite right. One thing my book will tell you is what you should not let the insurance company have. Order the book.
While the insurance company has you running around in circles, you are suffering the effects of the personal injury or bodily injury that you received. If your injuries are serious, and I'm going to tell you what I mean by "serious" in a minute, you are in the midst of receiving medical treatment. You not only have the physical pain, and physical disability, but you have all of the mental suffering that goes along with that. You are afraid that people will think you are some kind of weakling because you haven't just popped right back. Worse, you may be afraid that they think you are faking. Some kinds of injuries are embarrassing. Sometimes people don't seem to understand when you try to explain that you cannot do something because of your injury. You may have had to cancel plans for vacations or trips or even local outings.
Some people who have suffered serious personal injuries from a car or truck accident have nightmares, or even flashbacks while they are awake.
Many people who have suffered serious bodily injuries because of the negligence or carelessness of another person are angry. You ask yourself why the careless or negligent person just could not have paid attention. It may have been obvious that after the accident, the person at fault didn't really care whether you were hurt or not, only what was going to happen to them. While you received serious injuries, they may have walked away unhurt.
You are unable to do things you want to do. Your anger leads to depression, and this hurts your relationship with other people.
You may be afraid that the other side is trying to line up witnesses against you or even try to say it's your fault. You know it would be good to talk to a lawyer, but you do not know a good personal injury accident lawyer in Texas to talk to.
FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIRE A LAWYER

WHAT'S THE CATCH?
If you get my book, I also get something out of the deal. In fact, I get two things out of the deal. First the book contains information about the kinds of cases I handle and the kinds of cases I do not handle. The book also gives you information that will help you decide whether or not you want to talk to me about representing you on your personal injury claim. Second, if you do decide to talk to me about handling your accident claim, you will already have a lot of information before our meeting. This gives you a chance to think of the questions you want to ask me before you come into see me and saves time for both of us.
SO THE BOOK ISN'T JUST ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER?
No, the book is not just about hiring a lawyer in a personal injury accident claim. The book gives you a lot of plain English information. For example, you may have been wondering what I mean when I say a serious personal injury. I, and I think most other lawyers, consider a personal injury to be serious when it meets certain minimum standards. Some of those standards are:

Your main doctor is not a chiropractor.
Unless you were struck while on a bicycle or on foot, there was visible damage to the vehicle you were in.

Based on my years of experience, I limit my practice to only people with serious injuries. In addition to those serious injuries, someone else's carelessness or negligence has to have caused the accident that caused your injuries. Also, for technical reasons that I discuss in the book, I do not handle any claim that is nearly two years old before I start working on it.
DO I NEED A LAWYER TO HANDLE MY CLAIM?
You may or may not need a lawyer to handle your claim. If your claim only involves damage to your vehicle (called property damage) and you did not suffer any injuries to your body (called personal injuries), then you probably do not need a lawyer, and a lawyer would probably cost more than the amount of the property damage. If you get a copy of my book, it explains some of the things you can do in a case that is too small to have a lawyer handle your personal injury accident claim.
BENEFIT FROM THE INFORMATION IN MY BOOK
The book is entitled What To Do If You Have An Accident Injury Claim In Texas. Here are some of the benefits that you will get in that book, all in plain English.

What tort reform is and what effect it can have on your personal injury accident claim.
When you must pay your health insurer back out of money you receive in your personal injury accident claim.
Five things that you absolutely must not do, or you will lose your personal injury accident claim.

I PROMISE TO RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY
You have to give me your name and address to get the book. I send the book through the mail to make sure that it is only going to people who live in Texas. The book is specific to personal injury accident law in Texas. Outside of Texas, different rules apply, and I do not want to confuse injury victims not in Texas.
However, I promise you that I will not use your name and address for any reason other than to send you the book. I won't tell anybody else your name and address, I won't tell them that you have a personal injury accident claim, or anything else about you. I am not going to call you or bug you to try to get you to come see me. If you appreciate the information in the book, and you appreciate the information on this web site, I hope you will consider us if you have a serious personal injury that was caused by someone else's carelessness or negligence. But there is no obligation on your part.

GET THE RESPECT YOU DESERVE
The book is written in plain English. Once you read it, you will be informed about your rights, you will have the information that will increase your chances of wining your legitimate personal injury claim, and when you talk to a lawyer or an insurance adjuster about your claim, it will enable you to get the respect you deserve.
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