All Entries in the "Injury" Category
Why Video Evidence is Rejected by the Courts
Let’s say you’re a personal injury attorney working with a videographer to develop a video documentary that portrays how your client’s life has changed as a result of being injured. Such video evidence is usually called a ”Day-in-the-Life” or ”Slice-of-Life” documentary, and focuses on the client’s ”activities of daily living” (getting out of bed, eating, [...]
The Rise of the Compensation Culture
A few years ago, if someone had tripped over an uneven paving stone they probably would simply have cursed the offending stone and hobbled home, trying to remember to be more aware of their surroundings in future. Nowadays that same event is more likely to result in taking out a compensation claim against the company [...]
Misfortune or Negligence – How Can you Tell the Difference?
However careful we are in our everyday lives, sooner or later we end up tripping, or stumbling, or falling and hurting ourselves. Accidents happen on a daily basis and although many are minor they can still result in pain and discomfort lingering long after the accident itself. But does this mean we should take action [...]
Undiscovered Tactics Of An Injury Claim
What is it they’re selling? Is it insurance, electricity, gas, telecommunication services? Or is another company patrolling your area ‘informing’ people, they can claim injury for an accident, which wasn’t their fault? An insight in to the history of personal injury claims
How To Avoid Injury Compensation Claim Dilemmas
You then become frustrated with salespeople asking, or begging for a compensation claim? You don’t know them and they want to be your best ‘buddy’. For a while, I guess?! You don’t have a clue about their company, what they do and how they complete. But you’re about to make a mistake, thanks to their [...]
Accident At Work – Who’s In Charge; You, Or The Company?
An accident at work is impossible to avoid! If it happens, it happens. It’s something you didn’t plan and it’s an incident you have to live with. There’s over 70% of the population working on business premises, if not, it’s business transports. So be warned now as accidents never sleep.
Personal Injury Solicitor – 5 Things To Consider Before Choosing
Making sure you have the right personal injury solicitor to represent you in your accident compensation claim is vital. However, with so many people claiming to be accident compensation solicitors, how can you possibly know which accident claim solicitor is going to be the best one for you? Simple, ask the following 5 questions:
CHOOSING A PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY
Personal injury attorney advertising is rising rapidly. Every time you turn on your TV or radio there are more personal injury attorney advertisements. Ironically, most personal injury attorneys and, in my opinion, most of the better personal injury attorneys, did not want to advertise and resisted for a long time.
How To Make A Successful Car Accident Claim
A car accident is never the same, similar but never the same. So logically a car accident claim can never be the same. Accidents do on the other hand occur in the millions every year, however making a successful compensation claim is difficult to get right if you don’t make the right moves. All Car [...]
How To Make A Successful Road Accident Claim
How long can you glue your eyes to the road for a long journey? It can be boring… very boring. Tired, exhausted, shattered but still driving towards your destination. You always plan for a safe journey, but somethings don’t always go according to plan. Your car breaks down or an accident occurs. Now this is [...]
Automobile accidents in New York State
An automobile accident is sometimes a simple routine case or at times can be a very complex matter. It all depends on the circumstances surrounding the accident, types of insurance coverage available, whether an accident reconstruction expert needs to be retained and whether the case also involves defects in the cars involved. A case could [...]
Personal Injury Compensation Claims Culture
The “compensation culture” has been given a rather bad name over recent years; this is due to the large increase in no win no fee compensation claims not just in the States, but also across the globe. The question is, who is really to blame for this increase in claims?
7 Things You MUST Know Before Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer
If you suffer an injury resulting in significant damages you will need to hire a personal injury lawyer. But in any given city, there are probably over 20 pages of personal injury attorney listings in the phone book. How do you pick the right one? What do you look for? What questions should you ask?
New York Scaffold Law Protects New York Construction Workers
There is a great deal of misinformation concerning the New York Scaffold Law. The Insurance and Business Community are wrong when they say that construction workers who are ”lax about wearing safety gear” and fall from a height and are injured can hold their employer liable under New York Labor Law Section 240, the ”scaffold [...]
How To Deal With Catastrophic Personal Injury Cases
t is always a good option to ask for specialized legal support in case of catastrophic injury cases. Some of the injuries may be catastrophic but if taken care of properly, chances are that the victim may recover excellently. Significant suffering, permanent disability can significantly shorten an injured person’s life span. Some of the biggest [...]
Where to Find the Best Lawyers
If you are looking for names of attorneys, you can look for it from many resources. You can ask the advice of your friends or a health professional or even your family doctor. The Yellow Pages can be a good search or the online lawyer directory. If you still cannot find one that is best [...]
Choosing A Personal Injury Attorney
Personal injury attorney advertising is rising rapidly. Every time you turn on your TV or radio there are more personal injury attorney advertisements. Ironically, most personal injury attorneys and, in my opinion, most of the better personal injury attorneys, did not want to advertise and resisted for a long time.
Why Your Personal Injury Case Is Taking Too Long
Being disturbed is never new to someone who has become aggravated and dissatisfied in something. This is also factual after you file your personal injury lawsuit; you will be disappointed at your lawyer because such a long time passes between the time the lawsuit has started and any settlement or trial. In most states, the [...]
When Should You Instruct A Car Accident Lawyer
If you want to file for a claim through a car accident lawyer, you must, of course, be involved in a car accident and have experienced some injuries. You don’t really need to be a driver in order to file a car accident claim. You can be the driver, a cyclist, a pedestrian or a [...]
Automobile Accidents in New York
An automobile accident is sometimes a simple routine case or at times can be a very complex matter. It all depends on the circumstances surrounding the accident, types of insurance coverage available, whether an accident reconstruction expert needs to be retained and whether the case also involves defects in the cars involved. A case could [...]