Monday, January 28, 2008

What is accident law?

The occurrence of accidents mostly causes one to face undesired loses and there is physical injury and damage involved in the aspects of accidents. The party at fault in an accident is bound to pay to the party being injured and here the accident law comes into application. The accident law actually serves to make a person specifically the sufferers in an accident aware about their rights regarding an accident and at the same time help the affected person or the family to deal properly with the other party in claiming their dues to which they are particularly entitled.

Accident law also tends to protect public interest against the insurance companies which may try to take advantage of the family of the affected person in an accident. The accident law involves a lawyer when the person causing the accident refuses to pay the required compensation to the person who had the accident and the lawyer here tends to file a case against the party reluctant to pay the compensation.

One doesn’t need lawyer for all sorts of accidents but if one party tends to create problems regarding payments to compensate the occurrence of the accident to the affected party that’s when the lawyer specializing in accident law comes into the scene. Specifically in case of major damages and huge medical expenses of the injured person’s family one needs a lawyer to settle the dues with the other party. The lawyer also intends to solve if there is a problem with the medical insurance in case the insurance company is taking any advantage of the injured person or his family. For the lawyers convenience in an accident case one should have the required details about the other party like those of vehicle registration number, name and address of each party, identity card number, driver’s license number, phone number etc. and also keep a certified copy of the police complaint and police report.

The range of accidents may vary from road accidents to household accidents but in all the cases of accidents one needs to consult a lawyer to have a fairly good idea about the accident law in order to be able to claim their dues not only from the other party which has caused this accident but also from the insurance company which is liable to pay the affected party in case of an accident provided that the damaged accessories where insured prior to the accident. Other than the household and factory accidents the other aspects which involve the involvement of the legal field comprises of auto accidents and bus and train accidents which also require the indulgence of the legal field to help the families of the injured and affected people from claiming their dues not only from the other party but also from the insurance companies and the government as well and the aspect of accidents on construction sites involves the builder company to pay compensation to the family of the injured depending on whose fault actually resulted to the particular accident.

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