St. Louis, MO
Accident Date:
Mon, 02/13/2023Personal Injury Law
What is personal injury law?
Personal injury law involves injury which is caused accidentally, not intentionally, by another’s failure to use reasonable care. This type of law covers situations in which a person’s body, mind, or emotions are hurt, usually due to someone else’s negligence or carelessness. It includes wrongful death and situations where an injury results in a fatality.
How do liability and negligence relate to an insurance claim?
A person may be liable for the injury due to negligent or reckless action. The resulting injury must have been caused by the at-fault party, and must have been a foreseeable result of the at-fault party’s negligent action. So even if someone who commits a negligent action didn't intend for someone to get injured, that negligent party may still be the defendant in a personal injury claim.
What types of personal injury claims are most common?
Types of personal injury lawsuits often arise from automobile, bicycle, pedestrian, boating, aircraft, commercial trucking, and other kinds of vehicle accidents. Personal injury claims can also arise from medical malpractice, defective products, and slip-and-fall claims.
Why do people hire injury attorneys?
A successful personal injury claim may recover monetary funds for medical expenses, property damage, lost wages, emotional pain and suffering, burial costs, and other financial costs that result from the injury. Typically, a personal injury lawyer is hired to oversee the claim, to let an injured person focus on healing without the stress of dealing with the legal side of the accident. Injury lawyers typically offer a no-cost consultation, so there is no downside to speaking with a lawyer about your potential claim.
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Charlottesville, VA
Personal Injury Statute of Limitations in Virginia
If you wait too long to file a lawsuit, you risk having your claim dismissed by the court as untimely and losing the chance to seek compensation. Learn more here...
Charleston, SC
How Often Do Car Accident Cases Go to Trial?
Most car accident cases never make it to trial, even if the parties move from an insurance claim to a personal injury lawsuit.
How to Maximize Your Case Value After a Car Accident
The value of a car accident settlement depends on many elements. The biggest one is the extent of the injuries you sustained.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Wed, 07/13/2022Ft. Wayne, IN
Accident Date:
Tue, 06/08/2021Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
What Can You Do If Insurance Co. Denies Your Injury Claim?
While it’s extremely annoying when insurers deny your injury claim, it’s a routine practice. So what do you do when this happens to you?
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
4 Auto Accident Situations that Require an Attorney
So, how do you make the call? When should you pick up the phone and call a personal injury lawyer?
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Why You Shouldn’t Settle Quickly After Your Car Accident
So, while you get a quick offer that avoids a lot of stress and hassle now, that all can come back at you in much greater force later.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
$100,007 Car Accident Settlement by Attorney for Herniated Disc Injury
From the onset of the claim we let the liability adjuster know that we believed the at-fault driver’s actions were not only negligent but completely reckless.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Injured in an Auto Accident and the Other Driver Has No Insurance?
Texas law requires every driver to carry insurance when operating a motor vehicle. But, waving a magic wand and requiring everyone to do so by law doesn’t mean that everyone will follow through.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
How Car Accidents Get Classified (And Why You Should Care)
Yes. It’s boring reading. But it can greatly affect fault and how much you may or may not be able to win in an auto accident injury case.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
4 Ways to Avoid Damaging Your Personal Injury Case
Here are four ways to avoid damaging your personal injury case brought to you by the attorneys at Mullen & Mullen Law Firm.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
$932,500 Settlement by Attorney for Spine Injury Car Accident
Our client was on the job at the time of the car accident thus he had the option of filing a Workers’ Compensation claim. We discovered, however, that the vehicle he was operating was also covered under his employer’s large UM/UIM (uninsured/underinsured) motorist policy.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Acknowledge Prior Injuries to Avoid Damaging Your Personal Injury Case
So here’s some straight talk: Insurance companies do not exist to fairly compensate injured victims. They exist to make money for executives and shareholders.
Everett-Bellingham WA
How Bellingham car accident victims answer "How are you?" could impact their claim
One of the tricks insurance adjusters will try is to get a recording of you talking about your accident and claim. Of course they will try to get in writing anything about you that they can, including your complete medical records.
Everett-Bellingham WA
Bellingham accident victims can expect insurers to dispute future expenses
If a defendant is found negligent and responsible in an accident, the defendant is also responsible for compensating all future financial losses which are attributable to their negligent conduct.
Everett-Bellingham WA
Bellingham accident victims want to know: how long will it take for my claim to settle?
If you’re on this site, you are getting to know the ins and outs of personal injury law. You may be wondering, what exactly is a personal injury claim?
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
4 Tricks Insurance Companies Use to Steal Your Accident Settlement
In Texas, the unfortunate reality is that insurance companies have laws written in their favor. That’s the world you live in, whether you want to or not.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
How to Make Sure You Have Credible Witnesses Supporting You
While most injury claims do not go to court, about 10% do. And that’s where having credible witnesses can make a huge difference in your case.
Everett-Bellingham WA
How personal injury attorneys help accident victims and our whole society
The civil justice system was designed to fix the damage done by someone's misconduct, be it intentional or negligent. The system supports a process to determine a legitimate consequence for its citizens who don't act in accordance with the laws.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Things We Put in Your Demand Letter to Maximize Your Settlement
Your demand letter is possibly the most critical tool in the settlement negotiations process.
Don’t worry – you won’t be writing it. Your personal injury lawyer will because it’s critical to present all the facts and circumstances in a way that positions you well.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Attorney Settles Motorcycle Injury Accident in Frisco for $132,500
This motorcycle injury accident case illustrates just how important it is to have uninsured / underinsured motorist coverage. The minimum liability limits in Texas are just $30,000.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Attorney Settles Drunk Driving Injury Accident in Denton, TX for $52,500
Since the at-fault motorist was drunk, our client was entitled to punitive damages based on his reckless conduct.
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Neck & Back Injuries Car Wreck in Dallas, TX Settles for $44,000
This client did not have a truly objective injury I could point to. She did, however, have symptoms that mimicked those typically seen with a herniated disc. Even though the symptoms resolved, I argued to the adjuster that the injuries the client had sustained did have a significant temporary impact on her life entitling her to fair compensation.
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