Personal Injury

If you have been the victim of a California personal injury accident, one of the first things you will want to do is decide which personal injury lawyer to hire to handle your case. It’s almost impossible to turn on the television, listen to the radio, open a newspaper or even drive down the freeway without seeing or hearing an…

For anyone that has been the victim of a Victorville personal injury accident case, the question of compensation eventually arises. Naturally, the first concern should be medical treatment for any physical injuries you have suffered. The issue of who will pay for your treatment, however, is often of great concern to victims. Many victims of a personal injury accident case…

Victims of a San Francisco personal injury accident frequently have a number of questions and concerns. As a rule, the most immediate concerns revolve around medical care and treatment. Once a victim addresses the medical concerns she has, she often begins to consider the legal ramifications of the accident. The San Francisco personal injury firm of Ledger & Associates has…

It’s normal to have what may seem like an endless number of questions after you have found yourself the victim in a personal injury accident. One of the first, and most important, questions that most people ask is whether or not they need to hire an attorney to represent them in the accident. Despite what many people think, there is…

There are many marketing techniques available to lawyers and others. However, when a low attorney’s fee is used to entice a consumer as a “guarantee”, but then automatically goes up on some contingency, such as 90 days later the fee increases to a third, or 40 percent, and the consumer is confused; you may have a case for fraud and…

The average person will never need to understand what the “burden of proof” is or which burden of proof applies to a personal injury accident trial. It is one of those expressions that many people have heard on television but never really had a reason to understand. If you have been the victim of a personal injury accident, however, it…

For anyone considering taking a personal injury accident case to trial, the idea of having to testify in front of the jury and a courtroom full of people and me intimidating to say the least. In fact, for some victims the idea of having to testify can prevent them from going forward with an otherwise excellent personal injury accident case.…

There are an infinite number of factors that can affect the compensation that a plaintiff receives in a personal injury settlement or jury award. The extent and severity of the physical injuries received by the plaintiff are certainly some of the most important factors that both sides of the lawsuit will focus on during the negotiations or trial. Whether or…

Personal injury cases can encompass a variety of injuries. Most of those injuries start with a physical injury such as a back injury from a car accident. Some personal injuries, however, can exist without a predicate physical injury. Take for example emotional distress. While emotional distress can be included as a non-economic damage in a personal injury case where there…