One of the most traumatic things that can happen in anyone’s life is losing a loved one. It’s bad enough when we lose someone because of old age or a disease or illness, but the pain and agony is amplified when a loved one dies because of another person’s negligence. When this happens, the last… Read more »
In my practice, the statutory offer is such an important piece of information to provide to clients that I generally go over it at least three times – once when the client signs up with me, once when we start litigation (this one we do in writing) and finally when we are getting ready or… Read more »
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 »
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 »
One of the most common injuries that I see is the concussion. Now I know there is a lot of media attention on concussions due to the NFL player studies that have come to light in the last few years along with Hollywood memorializing the discoverer of CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), Dr. Bennett Omalu, in… Read more »
One problem I see on a regular basis is that people will go and see a doctor after a car accident but they expect the doctor to ask them questions to gather information. I point out to my clients that doctors are not mind readers and their diagnoses and treatment are only as good as… Read more »
