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Williamsburg Virginia Personal Injury - Will The Insurance Company Spy on Me With Video Surveillance?
One thing you might have heard about insurance companies, is that they will spy on you to test out if you’re faking it. This absolutely happens in both personal injury cases and long term disability!
One insurance company that is notorious for this is the Hartford, which does it a lot. Once your lawsuit has been filed, this is when they strike in to test out the authenticity of your claim. So how can you avoid having your case destroyed by your insurance company spying with video surveillance? Well, the first thing is you have to be brutally honest with your own insurance company and with your lawyer about what the extent of your activity level is. No “white lies” here – this could destroy your case if you’re not being completely honest with your Williamsburg Virginia Personal Injury Attorney.
I’m sure you’ve heard on the news and in the media about people have been exaggerating their case or flat out lying about their injury, and blew it when the insurance company turned on the record button. This is by far the number one rule and pretty much all of the rules. If you’re involved in a disability case and you get from Prudential or Hartford an activities questionnaire, that’s a bit of a red flag that they’re going to be attempting video surveillance with you.
Be careful! What you write and describe in your activities chart is what the insurance company is going to be looking for specifically. If The Hartford wants you to do a field visit and sit down with you in your house or attorney’s office, typically that means they already have you on video surveillance!
This means you can’t be doing the things you say you can’t – no exceptions here! If you can’t lift more than 2 pounds at once, you better not be caught carrying a few bags of groceries from your car to the house. This WILL destroy your case if you’re caught, and there’s a good chance the insurance company will be the ones catching you.
As with everything you should discuss this with your own Williamsburg Virginia personal injury attorney, and get his or her advice on how to best handle your own personal injury case.
For more useful legal information click on this link to access a free sample chapter of The Five Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Injury Claim.
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