Usually, the driver that has felt an impact to the rear of the same driver’s vehicle has little trouble convincing an insurance company that the responsible motorist was the one that hit him or her. Still, that is not always the case. Read More
Situations Where Party Host Becomes Responsible For Accident Caused Injuries
In those judicial jurisdictions that exercise control over party hosts, the host at a social gathering becomes responsible for any accident-caused injuries. That ruling assumes that the same host has earlier offered alcohol to the driver of the vehicle that eventually collided with the injured victim’s vehicle, or with the injured victim. Read More
Liability Theories Used In Defective Product Claims
Not every defective product liability claim gets its support from the same theory. There are 4 different theories used in cases that focus on a product liability claim. Read More
Why Do A Majority of Personal Injury Claimants Decide To Settle Their Case?
Someone that has filed a personal injury claim has the chance to go after a huge award, by fighting the defendant in a courtroom. Still, most claimants choose to settle their case and avoid the need to appear in court. Why do they forsake the chance to seek a big payoff? Read More
Ways To Determining Value of Totaled Vehicle
There are a lot of aspects of a car accident that are inconvenient. Even a minor fender bender can be an inconvenience since you’ll have to take the steps to repair the vehicle. One of the more inconvenient situations with a car accident is when the vehicle is totaled. This is a term used by insurance companies to determine that it’s not financially worth it to fix a vehicle. So, the insurance company will give you a set amount and take the vehicle to the scrap yard and sell it for parts to try to recoup some of the costs. Read More
What Happens When You Do Not Report An Auto Accident To The Insurance Service?
You might be tempted to pretend a minor car accident didn’t happen by not reporting it to your insurance company. After all, the risk of the premiums of your car insurance going up are very real if an accident is reported. So, you might think, why bother increasing my expenses for something that doesn’t look like to be a big deal? Read More
What Expenses Arise During Litigation of A Personal Injury Case?
Litigation can be expensive. Yet lawyers do not use the term “expense,” when referring to money that covers the charge for a particular service, one performed by a client’s legal team. Instead that expense gets called a cost. Certain costs arise during the course of a trial. Read More
The Role of Mediation In A Personal Injury Claim
In the past, the legal system has guided the injured victims of an accident towards utilization of a confrontational approach to the resolution of disputes. Now, though, students attending law schools devote time to learning a good deal about mediation. Read More
Reasons For Seeking Lawyer’s Help With A Personal Injury Claim
The accident victim that has not suffered a serious injury might fail to see a reason for hiring a lawyer. Yet no victim can be certain of what the future might hold, in terms of development of new symptoms. By the same token, no one can be sure that a planned trial will proceed as expected. Those observations highlight the wisdom behind consulting with a lawyer, while planning a trial-free approach to the resolution of a specific dispute. Read More
Is It Wise To Handle An Injury-Related Claim Without A Lawyer?
The accident victim that chooses to deal, alone, with an insurance company lacks all of the knowledge that was acquired by the insurer’s representatives. In the absence of such knowledge, the claimant/victim may well feel forced to accept the argument made by the defense team (those same representatives). Read More