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Twelve tips to improve your personal injury claim
If you've been injured and it was not your fault, you most likely have a personal injury case. What do you do this situation? Here are twelve tips and considerations in beginning a personal injury claim.
How do personal injury lawyers get paid? [VIDEO]
If you're in an accident, and you're hurt, you probably can't work. Maybe just for a short time, maybe you'll never be able to return to that job again. You might have injuries that needed medical help, and you're getting bills in the mail. If you decide to go after the person whose mistake harmed you, does this mean you've got to pay high lawyer's fees in order to get good legal help?
Personal injury attorneys aren't paid that way in most tort law cases. So how do personal injury attorneys get paid? Hint: it's not until you do. Bill Coats, of Bill Coats Law, explains how contingency fees apply in personal injury cases. Click here to watch this video explaining contingency fees.
Negligence is the key issue in most personal injury cases
Negligence is one of the biggest factors in personal injury - otherwise known as tort - cases. The idea behind negligence is the belief that every member of society is supposed to act responsibly and avoid putting other people at risk – much like the golden rule. Every time someone is hurt doesn’t automatically mean negligence was involved, however. So it’s up to the plaintiff to show that a reasonably prudent person in the defendant’s position would have done things differently under those same circumstances, and that would have avoided the problem in the first place. To learn more about negligence and how it factors into personal injury claims, click here.
As mass transit systems grow across Rhode Island and Massachusetts, bus accidents occur regularly. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Statistics related to bus accidents in Providence and New Bedford
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years nationally:
As mass transit systems grow across Florida, bus accidents occur regularly. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of bus accidents in Orlando, Daytona Beach, and Melbourne
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years:
The number of buses involved in fatal crashes decreased from 274 to 251, an 8% drop;
Truckers are a growing motorist group using California’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Truckers are a growing motorist group using California’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo regions. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Truckers are a growing motorist group using North Carolina’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem regions. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
As mass transit systems grow across Virginia, bus accidents occur regularly. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of bus accidents in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport News
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years nationally:
The number of buses involved in fatal crashes decreased from 274 to 251, an 8% drop;
As mass transit systems grow across Virginia and Tennessee, bus accidents occur regularly. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of bus accidents in the Tri-Cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years nationally: