Contact Louisville accident and injury attorney Karl Truman of Karl Truman Law Office, LLC if you have been injured in a car or boating accident or if you have been injured in any way through no fault of your own. http://louisville.injuryboard.com/tag/whiplash/ <p> </p> <p>It is a common misconception in a low impact auto accident that if the vehicles involved sustained minimal damages, the people in that accident received minimal to no injuries. While it&rsquo;s possible for people to get in an accident and walk away uninjured, the reality is that victims in a low impact auto accident may have difficulty understanding or even explaining to their insurance company the extent of their injuries. This is especially true with low impact accidents since insurance companies often look at the amount of damages to both vehicles in assessing the seriousness of the accident.</p> <p>In an article entitled <a href="http://occaraccident.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/the-truth-about-low-speed-auto-accidents/">The Truth about Low Speed Accidents</a>, Dr. Dr Barry L. Marks sheds some light on the issues surrounding an injured party in a low impact auto accident:</p> <blockquote> <p>This causes tremendous disputes between injured parties and the insurance companies that are responsible for compensating them for their car accident claim. To insurers, there really is no speed at which they want to admit an injury could occur. For economic reasons they try to dismiss whiplash or car accident injuries entirely, as if they don&rsquo;t exist.</p> <p>Thanks to recent irrefutable research studies proving the existence and exact mechanism of whiplash car injuries, insurers are hard pressed to try the &ldquo;whiplash is a hoax&rdquo; defense nearly as much as in the past.</p> <p>A more recent tactic is to claim the speed of the collision is too low to cause injury.</p> </blockquote> <p>The fact is that low impact injuries are one of the leading causes for soft tissue injuries such as whiplash. Although not every cut and bruise as a result of an accident is claim worthy, a person should have themselves evaluated by a physician as soon as possible after an accident to ensure that any non-prevalent injuries are documented and most importantly, treated to prevent any long term consequences.</p> <p> </p><a href="http://louisville.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/what-to-do-in-low-impact-car-accident-.aspx?googleid=261052">Originally posted</a> at <a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com">InjuryBoard</a> by <a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Robin-Bara/">Robin Bara</a> http://louisville.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/what-to-do-in-low-impact-car-accident-.aspx?googleid=261052 Louisville Personal Injury Lawyer - whiplash Automobile Accidents Whiplash Low-Speed Accidents Robin Bara Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:54:00 GMT