What to do if my wife was recently rear-ended and we are trying to handle her claim without an attorney since it was somewhat minor?
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What to do if my wife was recently rear-ended and we are trying to handle her claim without an attorney since it was somewhat minor?
The insurance comapany which is the “at fault” parties insurer is asking for release of her medical records. I would be more than happy to do this, however my wife seems to be a target for being rear-ended as she was just rear-ended 1 1/2 years ago and now has minor permanant shoulder damage. My concern is that they will see her med records and claim she already had medical problems and all pain in this claim in attributed to the other car accident and not this one.
Asked on January 23, 2013 under Personal Injury, Washington
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
What you can do is authorize the release of your wife's medical records up to a certain time period six (6) months or so after the prior accident in an attempt to resolve the personal injury matter that she was in. However, the other party is entitled to her medical records going back five (5) years before the current accident.
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