SEVEN MISTAKES YOU CAN AVOID WHEN INJURED ON THE JOB – PART 3

5. IF CONTACTED BY INSURANCE COMPANY – If you are contacted by the insurance carrier (or their investigator) regarding a “statement” that they want to obtain from you – if you are represented, contact your attorney immediately. If you are not represented let the person know that you will be more than willing to speak with them, but you will not agree to a recorded statement and you will not sign any statement.

Do not let them convince you that you must, by law or otherwise, provide a recorded or signed statement (other than a signed claim form )as to how your injury occurred, any previous injuries you have had, the doctors you are seeing, your current treatment or the parts of body you are claiming injured, as well as your current symptoms and complaints. It would be a mistake to either let your “statement” be recorded or let an interviewer prepare a statement and ask you to sign it. The reason for this is because, without proper representation, you could say something potentially damaging to your claim, say something that effects your ability to receive benefits or fail to state something that could have an equally disastrous consequence.