{"id":485,"date":"2020-11-23T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-is-a-letter-of-protection\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T15:38:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:38:15","slug":"what-is-a-letter-of-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/what-is-a-letter-of-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Letter of Protection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/personal-injury\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Personal Injury<\/a> | November 23, 2020<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/what-is-a-letter-of-protection.jpg\" alt=\"What is a letter of protection\"\/><br \/>\nA letter of protection (LOP) is not something that most personal injury victims will be familiar with. An LOP is a letter sent to a medical professional by a <a href=\"\/chicago-personal-injury-attorney\/\">personal injury attorney<\/a> who is representing somebody injured due to the careless or negligent actions of another individual. A letter of protection is meant to guarantee payment for medical treatment from any future lawsuit settlement or jury verdict award. Here, we want to discuss why a letter of protection may be necessary and how you can go about getting an LOP for your personal injury case.<\/p>\n<h2>What does a letter of protection mean?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/what-is-a-letter-of-protection\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What Is a Letter of Protection?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Injury | November 23, 2020 A letter of protection (LOP) is not something that most personal injury victims will be familiar with. An LOP is a letter sent to a medical professional by a personal injury attorney who is representing somebody injured due to the careless or negligent actions of another individual. A letter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is a Letter of Protection or LOP?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An LOP is a letter sent to a medical professional by an attorney who is representing somebody who was negligently injured.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/what-is-a-letter-of-protection\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What is a Letter of Protection or LOP?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"An LOP is a letter sent to a medical professional by an attorney who is representing somebody who was negligently injured.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/what-is-a-letter-of-protection.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Seidman, Margulis &amp; 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