Personal Injury
Catastrophic Injury Lawyer: Life-Care Plans, Future Damages and Liens
What makes an injury catastrophic, how life-care plans and future damages work, Medicare and Medicaid liens, structured settlements and choosing the right lawyer.
Personal Injury
Personal Injury
How Often Do Auto Accident Settlements Exceed the Policy Limits? Rarely, and Here's Why
Auto accident settlements rarely exceed policy limits. Why, when it can happen (bad-faith refusal to settle, personal assets) and how UIM coverage helps.
Personal Injury
How Much Does a Steroid Injection Increase a Settlement? An Honest Answer
No fixed amount. A steroid injection adds medical costs and documents an injury, but settlement value depends on causation, necessity, records and damages.
Personal Injury
In a Negligence Case, the Plaintiff Must Establish: Duty, Breach, Causation and Damages
In a negligence case the plaintiff must establish duty, breach, causation (cause in fact and proximate cause) and damages. Each element explained with examples.
Personal Injury
How to Find the Best Motorcycle Accident Lawyer: Fees, Questions to Ask and Deadlines
How to choose a motorcycle accident lawyer: license checks, contingency fees, deadlines, types of injury claims and extra questions for catastrophic injuries.
Personal Injury
Should I Get a Lawyer for a Minor Car Accident? How to Decide
Many minor car accidents don't need a lawyer. Here's when you can handle the claim yourself, the warning signs that you should get advice, and steps to take.
Personal Injury
I Won My Workers' Comp Case, Now What? Payments, Taxes, Medicare and Next Steps
After a workers' comp win: when you get paid, lump sum vs. award, Medicare set-asides, whether benefits are taxed, returning to work and reopening a claim.
Attorney
What Percentage Does a Lawyer Get in a Settlement Case? How Contingency Fees Work
Lawyers' settlement share is set by your written contingency fee agreement. How the percentage works, costs before or after the fee, and legal fee caps.