When you are involved in a car accident, confusion is one of the most common difficulties afterward. There is the stress of the moment, lots of commotion and questions to answer. Most people know to report collisions to police so we expect thorough investigations to explain who was at fault. The problem with this is… Read more »
I’ve been contemplating this question a lot lately because it’s not unusual for me to get calls from people who are either currently represented by other firms or have just terminated their relationship with another firm. What I have found from these discussions is that our firm does things differently than just about any other… Read more »
One of the things that occurs regularly when we go to trial on a case is that the jury never hears anything about insurance except for a brief period of time in jury selection (also known as voir dire). This includes car insurance as well as health insurance. So why is that? Jurors do get… Read more »
In a previous post on subrogation, I talked about paying your health insurance company back for the money that they paid for your medical care . But what if the amount your health insurance carrier paid is more than the amount of money available from insurance? This can happen under many circumstances. One example would… Read more »
I get asked this question a lot when potential clients are talking to me and I always tell folks the same thing: I can’t tell a person how long it will take to finalize their personal injury claim because each case is different and the timing of everything is entirely dependent upon the client’s injuries,… Read more »
I get calls on occasion from folks who tell me the facts of their case and are under the impression that just because the event that injured them happened, that must be enough to sue the other party. Unfortunately, that’s not the way this works. In the court system, whenever a case is filed, there… Read more »
Today I want to talk about the time limit you have to act if you have been injured in a car accident by another person’s negligence (it was someone else’s fault). You should be aware that the law places a specific time limit on your ability to be compensated for your injuries and this is… Read more »
My two primary areas of practice are personal injury and workers’ compensation so it isn’t unusual for me to see cases where a person has been injured on the job (called course and scope of employment), but the injury was caused by the negligence of a third party (such as a delivery driver being hit… Read more »
If you are a person who had a minor collision with minimal injuries that you recover from quickly, you may be contemplating settling your claim on your own with the other driver’s car insurance company (or possibly your own if the other driver did not have insurance). If this is the case, make sure you… Read more »
