Category Archives: personal injury
When Can Mediation be Used in a Personal Injury Claim?
After filing a personal injury lawsuit, going to trial is one real option to seek compensation. Whether an auto accident, a big-rig collision, a motorcycle, slip and fall, a dog bite, or a workplace accident, your lawyer will try and negotiate with the insurance company to reach a settlement with the at-fault party. If… Read More »
What Is a Contingency Fee and How Does it Affect You and Your Personal Injury Case?
You have been injured and are considering hiring an attorney. But you can’t afford a lawyer. Unless you’ve previously been involved in a lawsuit, most Americans don’t realize that personal injury lawyers are almost always paid on a contingency fee basis. There is generally no money needed up-front to pay your attorney. They will… Read More »
Determining Lost Wages in a Personal Injury Claim
If you suffer the results of a personal injury accident, you may have to spend some time on the mend. An auto accident may render you unable to walk without assistance; a dog bite means you can’t use your hand; a slip and fall accident may keep you in bed for some time because… Read More »
Common Internal Injuries That Happen in an Accident
After an accident, many people say they are okay, but that may not be the case internally. Consider hitting the dashboard, the roof, the airbags, or a steering wheel, and you likely suffered some trauma to the body. You may want to believe you are okay, but internally you have no idea unless there… Read More »
Can Insurance Companies Follow Me after an Accident Injury?
While we hope you are never involved in an auto accident, statistics show you have a one-in-three chance in your lifetime. It is upsetting and may involve injuries to you or your loved ones. If the accident is the fault of the other party, you are entitled to recover what you have lost financially… Read More »
Coping with the Physical and Emotional Impact of a Personal Injury
You are going along with your day just like normal. That is, until the day becomes anything but normal. Maybe you are hit by another car on your way to the grocery store. Your child is struck by a school bus, your husband is in a big box store when a large box falls… Read More »
Can Returning to Work Too Soon Hurt Your Personal Injury Claim?
You have been in a car accident. It was not your fault and you’ve filed a lawsuit and hopefully are in the process of being compensated for medical expenses and lost wages. In the meantime, you are healing from the trauma. There may be head trauma, broken limbs, cuts, scrapes which are all visible…. Read More »
How Do Personal Injury Claims Work?
If you have been injured through the negligence of someone else, you may have the basis for a personal injury claim. The claim allows you to recover some of what you have lost. For example, if your car is wrecked in an auto accident that was not your fault, filing a personal injury claim… Read More »
Which Types of Auto Accidents Cause the Most Serious Injuries?
We hope you are never injured in an auto accident. Between the stress of being in an accident, and much worse, injuries, loss of your property, medical bills, and rehabilitation, pain and suffering, this will be one of the worst events of your life. In serious cases, a life is lost and you will… Read More »
Who is Most Likely to Engage in Distracted Driving?
The simple answer to the question above is every person has the potential to engage in distracted driving, no matter their age or status in life. Distracted driving has become a way of life since smartphones became mainstream. We are addicted to checking them on a regular basis and in doing so, we are… Read More »
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