Blog: Personal Injury

Can I Still Sue When Insurance Paid My Medical Bills?

May 23, 2018

When you’ve been injured in a Impacts of Health Insurance on Medical Bills When medical insurance has already taken care of initial bills, it’s still possible to hold the responsible party liable for these medical expenses. If you are successful in getting reimbursed, then this monetary amount will be awarded to the insurance company that paid your bills. Any amount received that is higher than what your insurance company paid will be given directly...

The Worth of Your Personal Injury Case

Apr 26, 2018

When you’re injured in an Calculating Your Personal Injury Case An experienced attorney can help evaluate your case and determine the amount of compensation you could potentially receive by pursuing a claim in court. Compensatory damages are used to reimburse the victim for what they lost in the accident. The amount of compensatory damages is based on a number of different factors like the medical treatment you received due to your injuries, the income...

Accidents and Injuries Due To Negligence

Jan 24, 2018

Everybody knows how the old adage goes: Accidents happen. But what does that really mean? Does it mean that accidents just happen and everyone should just accept that? There is no cause? No way to prevent them? Well, that just is not the case. Accidents and the injuries from them do happen but they can also be prevented or avoided. There is almost always a cause for the accident and more often than not it...

What Happens if a Personal Injury Lawsuit Goes to Trial?

Oct 11, 2017

In general, Personal Injury Trials Personal injury cases often go to trial when disagreements arise during the pay-out process. If one party faced damages and injuries that could not be resolved with the insurance payout, a lawsuit begins to fight for additional compensation. When a personal injury lawsuit goes to trial, it begins by selecting a jury, often made up of 12 individuals who will be interviewed and selected to serve based on certain...

3 Common Causes of Daycare Accidents

Aug 22, 2017

Entrusting anyone else to watch your child may be one of the most difficult decisions to make as a parent. Whether it be just for a single day, or every day when you go to work, when you leave your child with someone else for the day, it can be scary not knowing what goes on while they are there. In most cases, daycares end up being just fine and extremely safe. Though, every now...

Overlooked Advantages of Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney

Jul 12, 2017

Many people think of hiring a personal injury lawyer only when they intend to sue another person or company for negligence. While your attorney can certainly help you pursue that goal, an experienced lawyer can also help you resolve your situation in a number of other ways—many of which don’t even require setting foot in a courtroom. Here are some of the overlooked advantages of hiring a 1. You don’t have to talk to...

5 Tips for Preventing Swimming Pool Accidents

Jun 19, 2017

Summer time is quickly approaching and with that comes a variety of fun activities. Among those many activities is the good, old-fashioned pool party. But while pool parties can be fun, they can also be a common setting for a devastating or even fatal accident. In fact, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a staggering one in four children are killed every year in unintentional drowning accidents. Below are five tips for...

Receiving Monetary Compensation for Lost Wages

Jun 12, 2017

On the surface, many personal injury cases seem like an open and shut situation. An injured party will sue an offending party for compensation for injuries sustained. But an often overlooked, if not completely ignored facet of a personal injury claim, is compensation for lost wages. If a person has been injured and has missed work, even if they’ve used vacation days, compensation for injuries may simply not be enough. Lost Wages Lost wages is...

What Are Mass Torts?

Jun 5, 2017

When a personal injury suit occurs at a large scale through a shared cause, many people turn to a lawyer to sue the offending party. The claimants may not know that their injury is a shared experience on a larger scale. As the number of claimants grows in their suit for the same cause, it often makes more sense to sue as a large group. The process of multiple people suing the same party is...

When Dog Attacks Become Fatal

May 25, 2017

Dogs are generally friendly pets to keep around. They’re playful, fun, and make great company. In some situations, though, dogs can be uncontrollable. When someone’s dog is untrained or impulsive, it can cause others injury or worse. According to statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, well over 4.5 million people are Despite and training and care a dog may receive, they are largely unpredictable creatures and a fatal attack can occur...