California Personal Injury Attorney Announces Free Seminar Series

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoAccident.com (the Law Offices of Edward A. Smith) announces a January 27th free, limited-space luncheon seminar providing information and valuable tips to persons who are considering handling their own auto accident and other personal injury claims.

"Handling personal injury cases is an incredibly complicated process for an experienced attorney, let alone for an injured person handling their own claim," says Smith.  "Insurance companies – even an individual's own insurer – have their own bottom line in mind rather than fair resolution of property damage, injury, and wrongful death claims.  Knowing how to navigate the insurance and legal systems, knowing how to preserve and establish evidence in cases as diverse as motor vehicle collisions, slip-and-fall incidents, and dog bites, knowing how to collect and analyze medical records covering everything from neck and back strains to traumatic brain injuries or chronic pain – all of this is crucial to achieving fair settlements." 

Topics to be covered in the seminar are scheduled to include:

• Evaluation and resolution of property damage claims.
• Recovering for the decreased value of a repaired vehicle.
• Acquiring police department traffic collision reports and other accident investigations.
• Using health insurance, auto medical payments insurance, and private payments to cover medical expenses, and the consequences of each, including ERISA and other insurance company reimbursement demands.
• Evaluating and securing compensation for lost wages and lost future earning capacity.
• Compensation for future medical care.

"It is critical that a person who is handling their own injury claim be ready to deal with these complexities," says Smith, "and the sooner they are prepared to deal with them, the more likely their claim will have a fair outcome."

Mr. Smith has been a trial attorney since 1982, has a coveted Avvo.com rating of 10.0, is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, has successfully handled thousands of personal injury claims, and provides free case evaluations for those who have been injured in these types of accidents. 

The seminar is scheduled for 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012.  Lunch will be provided.  Persons interested in reserving a space should contact:  Law Offices of Edward A. Smith, AutoAccident.com, 800-404-5400, 1900 Point West Way, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA  95815, [email protected], on Facebook, and on LinkedIn.

SOURCE Law Offices of Edward A. Smith