Personal Injury

Most personal injury cases settle before trial. However, some personal injury cases are  decided by a jury in a trial court. Moreover, other personal injury cases are dismissed  before getting to trial for several different reasons. In some cases, the…

You may have heard that insurance companies have a secret way of figuring out how  much compensation you are entitled to for your injury. There may be a formula but it's  relatively easy to understand. And the formula doesn't determine…

Most personal injury claims are not handled in the same manner. Clients regularly are curious  about what types of settlements or verdict they might get for their injuries. However, it can be very  challenging to identify what the quantity of a…

Throughout the years, we have found that some clients are reluctant to acknowledge pre collision health problems. If a client comes to see us after a motor vehicle accident and  is complaining of soft tissue injuries to the neck, shoulder,…

After submitting an auto accident claim, you can anticipate that there  will be some level of investigation demanded on the part of your  insurer. Even if they do not suspect fraud, they will typically attempt  to decrease the value of…

Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, if an employee causes harm to another person  while acting within the scope or course of his employment the employer may be held liable  for those injuries. If the employee is not working within…

Several basic steps of current civil cases. However, it is important to note that at any point in the  litigation process of plaintiff may decide to drop his or her lawsuit or settle with the defendant  out of court. In…

Sometimes a plaintiff may behave in a careless and unreasonably dangerous manner, without  taking note of the risks involved with their conduct. We call such behavior contributory or  comparative negligence. Other times, however, a plaintiff enters a course of conduct…

A motion for summary judgment is a tool that is designed to kick cases or parts of cases, out of court that have proven during litigation to have no merit—or not enough evidence to meet any burden of proof. Technically,…

A mother and father’s worst nightmare is getting a call informing them that their child has been involved in an accident or has been injured in some way. While the physical and emotional suffering from such an event can never…