How to Determine When To Pursue a Settlement In Your Personal Injury Claim

You don’t want to settle too early. You don’t want to settle too late. Your New York personal injury lawyer needs to find the right time to send a demand to the insurance company and to pursue a settlement of your claim. So, the question becomes when is the right time to pursue a settlement?
The Right Time Is…
Generally, the right time to start pursuing a settlement of your personal injury claim is when you are medically stable. “Medically stable” means that you have made a full recovery or you physicians have informed you of your medical prognosis.
Making a Full Recovery
There are many ways your New York personal injury attorney can determine if you have made a full recovery. The most common way is for your treating physician to make the determination.
Getting a Medical Prognosis
In order to get a prognosis of your future medical treatment, your attorney should enlist the help of a medical expert to explain how your injuries will affect you, present and future. Your attorney may also need to enlist the help of a life care planner to obtain a future prognosis.
The Alternative of Settling Too Early

The dangerous alternative of pursuing settlement at the right time is to settle before you know the important factors of your case. For example, if you pursue a settlement before you have a complete prognosis, you could develop another medical condition related to your accident that will require further medical treatment. If you have already settled, you will no longer be able to ask for an increase in your financial compensation.
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