Insurance Company Refuses Doctor Recommendations | Seattle Car Accident Attorney

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Working as a Seattle auto accident lawyer and fighting for the rights of victims in severe car accidents I know just how difficult it can be to deal with insurance companies. The strife between doctor’s opinions and insurance company’s opinions is experienced by thousands of people every single year suffering from a severe auto accident. Your doctor’s expert opinion is often countered by the insurance company’s “expert opinion” which is provided by a doctor on the insurance companies staff- paid to give an opinion in the favor of the insurance company’s pocket book. A Washington family recently experienced this strife when their young daughter suffered severe injury in a Seattle auto accident.

Zoey Abel was passenger in a Toyota 4-Runner when an accident ejected her from the vehicle. Zoey was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident and ended up suffering extensive injuries including a compound fracture in her leg, injury to her lung and kidney and a bad head injury including a fractured skull and brain trauma.

After extensive surgeries and being kept in ICU for quite a while Zoey’s recovery was finally starting to show positive improvements when the Abel’s insurance company, Group Health, informed them they would not be covering the cost of Zoey’s doctor recommended in-patient rehab instead choosing to send her to a nursing home where she would not receive the attention her doctors insisted she was in need of. Group health even ventured so far as to mention that the nursing home was a considerable amount cheaper- showing their true reasoning behind denying the doctor’s recommendations.

Zoey’s family was at a loss to know what to do and Group Health would not cooperate until King 5 news’ consumer investigator Jessie Jones became involved in the dilemma- simply hearing that Jessie was on his way to the hospital made the insurance giant instantly change its tune and grant Zoey 21 days of in-patient rehab.

It is horrible instances such as these that bring out insurance companies true colors and show how money hungry they really are. Without an experience Seattle personal injury lawyer or public figure such as Jessie Jones getting involved it is nearly impossible to make an insurance company pay for the medical care they should automatically cover. For more information on this horribleauto accident story or to watch the video click on the preceding link.