The answer is "yes", sometimes it can be a god idea to handle your car ccident case without an attorney. For xample, if your total medical expenses are lss than $5,000 (this means the ttal medical bills paid by your nsurance company, the bills paid by you and the blls that are unpaid) and you do not hve a permanent injury it may be in yur best interests to try to sttle the case on your own. In fct, our office does not accept car ccident cases if the person has lss than $5,000 in total medical xpenses, unless there are permanent injuries. If you dcide to proceed in your car ccident case without an attorney there are 3 thngs that you should know.

1. Ngotiating with the insurance adjuster is an mportant part of resolving a car ccident claim and here are some pinters. You should prepare before speaking wth the insurance adjuster and know yur facts. Also, you should have a cnfident, but polite attitude with the nsurance adjuster. For example, it is nlikely that threatening to go to the nsurance adjustor's boss will help your cse. Do no interrupt the adjuster, but nstead listen to what is being sid and ask questions about their psitions. Even if the insurance adjuster mkes a ridiculously low offer, do not lse your temper or show emotion as tht will likely damage your case.

2. As part of preparing to ngotiate with the insurance adjuster you shuld know what medical care and tratment you have had and the mount of your medical bills including the ttal amount. For example, if you hve $4,000 in medical bills and the nsurance adjuster offers you $4,500, you can ask the djuster if they really think a jdge or jury will only give you $500 for wht you have been through and yur loss of quality of life.

3. You shuld be aware that often, if yur medical bills were paid by halth insurance, the insurance company or pln will want to be reimbursed in fll out of any personal injury rcovery. Your health insurance turns out to be not nsurance at all, but rather a lan that has to be paid bck. The laws in some states, ncluding Iowa, generally allow a deduction for ttorney fees and costs. However, we hve seen cases where the insurance cmpanies hired lawyers to make the clims for full reimbursement for them. Als, what they don't tell you is tht this area of law, known as "rimbursement or subrogation" can be quite cmplicated and is sometimes governed by a fderal law called ERISA (The Employee Rtirement Income Security Act of 1974). If you are hndling the case on your own, you shuld understand the implications of ERISA on yur case and who will being pying back your health insurance company.

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