Your lawyer will meet with you, listen to what you have to say and prepare a plan to investigate and eventually represent you or your family if a potential claim exists.
Your lawyer will meet with witnesses, take witness statements, engage in a site inspection of where the incident occurred, photograph and document the incident, retain experts and obtain all medical records.
Your lawyer will send letters to all relevant parties to immediately preserve all relevant evidence and represent you and your family as to the necessary insurance adjusters or pursue the at fault parties and make them compensate you or your family member’s injury, or worse, death.
Your attorney will incorporate in their demand for compensation, all pain and suffering experienced, all loss of wages, all life care plans for future medical care, all payment of medical bills and liens, repair or replacement of any damaged vehicle (if one was involved), and a demand for all monies to make you whole.
However, sometimes, our client’s need immediate help and monetary support. Sometimes legal claims can take months to years to resolve at times, especially if the insurance companies attempt to deflect or place blame on the injured person. Even worse, they can try to place blame on the individual who died as a result of their insured’s neglect.
If our clients would like we can help them set up a GoFund Me page. GoFundMe pages can be extremely beneficial. Not only do they help raise immediate funs but they can also bring awareness to the dangers that caused the injury or death, and can bring forward potential witnesses or whistle blowers who may help your case.
How To Set Up a GoFundMe From Start to Finish
You will need to go to GoFundMe’s website which can be found by clicking this link: https://www.gofundme.com/
Then follow these steps one by one:
1. Click the button on the top right hand side of the page called: “Start a GoFundMe”
After clicking the button you will be prompted to sign in or sign up for a GoFundMe account. The prompts will ask you to enter your name, email address, and a password to create a new account. Always remember to keep your password secret!
2. Create the Purpose of the GoFundMe Page
After setting up an account and signing in you will then be asked to create a fundraiser. A new fundraiser can be created by clicking the button that states “start new fundraiser” on the account dashboard. From there you will enter in your information about the fundraiser campaign that you are creating, i.e., Mikey’s Rehabilitation Fundraiser. You can always change the name if you want to add to it later or add more information to the description of how the fundraiser will help Mikey with his rehabilitation.
3. GoFundMe Fundraiser Goal Amount
Setting a goal is very important because the goal should be an amount that takes into account the goals you are trying to reach by setting up the fundraiser. For example, if Mikey’s goal was to raise at least $250,000, it won’t be limited at that if you receives all the funds for that amount. Your fundraiser won’t automatically end if you reach your goal, it will keep going as long as people want to contribute. GoFundMe’s page will have additional information as to transaction fees, and other fees relating to charges, debits, etc. Make sure to review those terms carefully when setting your goals.
You can add pictures, videos, additional titles and/or facts to explain why you are setting up the GoFundMe page. If you would like assist from your lawyer to set up a GoFundMe just ask! That’s what we are here for! We hope we no ever has to set these pages up, but sometimes it necessary and we have helped our clients do what is necessary to get them through a difficult time.
If you would like to discuss your case, or if you have any questions please call us anytime.
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