TOP 10 REASONS TO HIRE AN EXPERIENCED PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY EXPERIENCE ASSESSING CLAIMS. Personal injury attorneys are experienced with cases like yours and can tell you at the outset whether it is worth your while to pursue legal action. If you are unlikely to prevail, you will not need to incur the time and [...]
WHAT TO EXPECT DURING YOUR INITIAL ATTORNEY INTERVIEW AFTER AN INJURY During the initial interview, your lawyer will, of course, want to hear about what happened to you and collect a variety of information from you. The length of the initial interview can vary a lot, depending on your injuries. In a simple negligence case [...]
SLIP AND FALL INJURIES Slip and fall injuries are, as the name implies, injuries that occur when an individual slips, usually on a foreign substance or as a result of a dangerous condition, and falls. A common slip and fall case involves a plaintiff who is a customer in a grocery store and who slips [...]
Personal Injury Law: It Has Been a Week Since I Was Rear-ended and I Still Feel Terrible! Introduction It can happen to anyone—you’re driving down the road, and you hear a sickening crunch as your head snaps forward. You’ve been rear-ended. Immediately following an automobile accident, you may not even realize you have been injured. [...]
Diminished earning capacity. See “lost earning capacity.” Disfigurement. When the injury has left the plaintiff deformed or disfigured, e.g., by horrible scars or other insults on one’s personal appearance, the plaintiff may be able to collect damages for his or her mental suffering caused by being conscious of the disfigurement. These damages are sometimes [...]
In 1960, there were 3,545,693 miles of highway in the U.S. By 1997, that number had risen to 3,944,597 according to information compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). According to the DOT, the number of registered passenger cars in the U.S. has more than doubled from 61,671,390 in 1960, to 129,748,708 in [...]
THE DOs DO seek medical attention before doing anything else. DO summon the police, in appropriate cases. DO cooperate with all law enforcement and emergency personnel who respond to the scene. DO get the license plate numbers of all other vehicles involved in car accidents and the drivers’ names, addresses, telephone [...]