i got hurt at a hardees and spent a whole day in the er what do ?
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i got hurt at a hardees and spent a whole day in the er what do ?
There was a bunch of water on the floor with no wet sign at all . I slipped and hit the floor and now my back and leg hurt. I went to the er they took about 13 x-rays and said I need to get an MRI done. What do I do?
Asked on March 16, 2012 under Personal Injury, South Carolina
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I assume that an accident or incident report was filed with Hardee's when you slipped and fell. You will need to contact Hardee's and obtain the name, address and telephone number of their insurance carrier and inform the insurance carrier of your personal injury claim. Verify that the insurance carrier is accepting liability before incurring huge medical bills. When you complete your medical treatment and are released by the doctor or are declared by the doctor to be permanent and stationary which means having reached a point in your medical treatment where no further improvement is anticipated, obtain your medical bills, medical reports and documentation of any wage loss. Your personal injury claim filed with Hardee's insurance carrier should include these items. Compensation for the medical bills is straight reimbursement. Compensation for wage loss is straight reimbursement. The medical reports will document the nature and extent of your injury and will be used to determine compensation for pain and suffering, which is an amount in addition to your medical bills. If the case is settled with Hardee's insurance carrier, NO lawsuit is filed. If you are dissatisfied with settlement offers from Hardee's insurance carrier, reject the settlement offers and file your lawsuit for negligence against Hardee's. If the case is NOT settled with Hardee's insurance carrier, you will need to file your lawsuit for negligence against Hardee's prior to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations or you will lose your rights forever in the matter.
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