Carefully guard your words about the accident. Insurance reps, investigators, and police officials may appear at your door or bedside and ask you questions, or insist that you sign papers or statements. Steadfastly refuse their requests. Avoid them at all costs. Even if they insist you must talk to them, you do not have to. You have a right to consult with your trusted lawyer-advisor before you talk to anyone about how your injury happened.

Should You Talk with Strangers about Your Injury and How It Happened?

Some people want you to talk so they can use your words against you in court or settlement proceedings.
Even strangers who seem to have nothing to do with your case can turn out to be undercover investigators for those who might try to claim later that your injury was your own fault. Don’t entrust strangers with the details of your injury and how it happened.

Should You Talk to Your Doctors and Medical Caregivers?

Yes, answer all of the questions asked of you by medical people you have asked to treat you. They need the information for evaluating your case, and it’s important that you tell them absolutely every complaint and injury you suffered, no matter how minor or silly it may seem to you at the time. But only talk about your medical complaints to your doctor and his/her assistants, never to an insurance rep or other investigator.

Should You Talk to Your Spouse?

Of course, talk privately with him or her. They’re your most trusted friend and mate, and it helps to talk about such traumatic things as your accident.

Should You Talk to a Counselor?

Sometimes an accident can result in post-traumatic stress which a good counselor can help you relieve. If you talk to a licensed psychological counselor or an ordained religious advisor, you can tell them anything about your accident without harming your law case.