Personal Injury

The vast majority of personal injury lawsuits are settled without the need to go to trial. Most personal injury lawsuits are relatively straight forward with negligence clear and damages easily assessed. Additionally, the cost for an insurance company to take a case to trial can easily exceed the amount of monetary damages that the plaintiff was willing to settle for…

A personal injury can occur when another entity or person negligently or careless causes injury with an action or lack of action. Some common portals for personal injury might include: vehicle and other transportation accidents, workplace accidents, slips and falls, medical malpractice, product defects, unsafe drugs, defamation of character, and dog bites. Compensation For Personal Injury When a personal injury…

Have you been hurt in an automobile accident or any other accident due to someone else’s negligence? If so, then you are in need of hiring a personal injury lawyer to help you receive compensation for your injuries. Hiring a personal injury lawyer can be a bit overwhelming. Before you take the leap and hire the first personal injury lawyer…

This morning, the New York Times posted an article on their website (Titled “Deadliest for City’s Walker’s: Male Drivers, Left Turns”) sighting New York City as the number one hazardous city for pedestrians. Not only did the article go on to name some of the most dangerous locations for pedestrians to be walking at, but also included statistics indicating the…

If you have been the victim in a California car accident and have made the wise choice to hire a car accident attorney, then you may be trying to decide how to find the right car accident attorney for you and your situation. Hiring an attorney can be a highly personal choice and one that may impact your life for…

The term “negligence” often gets misused by the public. What non-attorneys consider to be a malleable description of a person’s actions, attorneys and others with a legal education know relates to a very specific idea in tort law. The definition of negligence is the failure to use reasonable care. The law of California declares that “everyone is responsible . .…

So you’ve been in a car accident, slipped and fell at the mall, tripped over a broken sidewalk or had another unpleasant thing happen to you? Here is a list of things you may not have considered before that are extremely important to your case: Contact an Attorney Immediately You may be an excellent teacher, construction worker, homemaker, hair stylist…

If you have been involved in an accident you may be entitled to compensation for the injuries you sustained in the accident. Accidents come in many forms: car accidents, airplane accidents; train accidents; motorcycle accidents; pedestrian accidents and many more. Regardless of what type of accident you were involved in, if someone else was negligent, you may be entitled to…

If you have been in an accident in California, you may be concerned that you were partially to blame for the accident. This becomes an issue most often in car accidents; however it can apply to many different types of accidents. The good news is that even if you were partially to blame, you may still be entitled to compensation…

If you have been involved in a California personal injury accident that was not your fault, you probably have a number of questions about how the legal process works once you have filed a lawsuit against the negligent driver. A personal injury lawsuit begins with the filing of a complaint against the negligent party or parties. Each side then tries…