Personal Injury
If you or a loved one is injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, your remedy lies in the civil justice system. Injury cases can vary greatly. These types of cases include auto accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, injuries suffered on public and private property, injuries suffered as a result of defective products, construction accidents, and other similar cases where an injury occurs as a result of someone's negligence.
Do you need a lawyer? The answer is almost always “YES.” The initial days and weeks following an accident of any sort are critical. First, you must deal with the trauma and shock involved with you or a loved one being injured, including doctors, missed work, and the upheaval of your life in many other ways. In the midst of that, you will likely be contacted by a skilled and experienced insurance adjuster - or “risk manager” - who will ask you a series of questions. The insurance companies and risk managers are not looking after your interests, and it is not your or your loved one’s well-being they are concerned with. They are working to protect their own interests by obtaining recorded statements (to be used against you later) or offering a nominal amount to settle your claim before you get a lawyer.
To have the best chance of preserving your right to a fair recovery – your right to justice – contact an attorney as soon as possible. Your attorney will protect your interests, and will deal directly with both your insurance company, the other party’s insurance company or any “risk managers” employed by those who caused you or your loved one’s injuries.
We will work swiftly to help you with not only on your legal matter, but with getting your life back on track. We will help manage the volumes the documents from health care professionals, keep track of the income you’ve lost, and more practical things such as getting your vehicle repaired or replaced swiftly.
If you or someone you know is in an accident, make sure to follow these basic initial steps to preserve your rights:
1. Do Not Talk - Don't talk about your case with anyone except your attorneys. Do not give recorded statements that will be used in a misleading way against you. Any innocent remarks will be used and distorted against you. If anyone contacts you, simply ask for their name and contact information and advise them that your attorney will contact them.
2. Photographs - Pictures will help tell the story and describe the accident, and your injuries. If you are injured in any sort of accident, remember to take photos of the scene, any damaged property, such as your vehicle or the other parties' vehicles, and take photographs of the injuries you or your loved ones sustained.
3. Do Not Sign Anything - Do not sign any statements, waivers, papers, reports, or any other documents unless you are advised to do so by a lawyer. Anything you sign may jeopardize important legal rights.
4. Call a Lawyer - We always offer free consultations with an attorney, either by phone or in person. A lawyer will be able to give you the best guidance and is trained to protect your legal rights. A lawyer can evaluate your case, and will be an intermediary between you and the other party and/or their insurance company.
5. Surveillance - Quite often the insurance company for the party that caused your injuries will hire a private investigator to conduct surveillance. You will not be aware of it, but it is quite possible that someone will be following you in your day to day activities, taking photographs, recordings, and/or video. The insurance company will attempt to use this information at trial to show that you are not as injured as you claim to be. However, video and pictures do not often capture your injuries or the pain and suffering you are enduring. Regardless, you must be careful and assume that you are under surveillance. This does not mean do not leave your house, or live in fear. It simply means only do the activities your injuries allow, and do not over-extend or challenge yourself. Do not engage in activities your physicians have recommended that you do not engage in.
Contact us 24/7 to discuss your case confidentially. We are confident that we can assist in your legal matter.
Do you need a lawyer? The answer is almost always “YES.” The initial days and weeks following an accident of any sort are critical. First, you must deal with the trauma and shock involved with you or a loved one being injured, including doctors, missed work, and the upheaval of your life in many other ways. In the midst of that, you will likely be contacted by a skilled and experienced insurance adjuster - or “risk manager” - who will ask you a series of questions. The insurance companies and risk managers are not looking after your interests, and it is not your or your loved one’s well-being they are concerned with. They are working to protect their own interests by obtaining recorded statements (to be used against you later) or offering a nominal amount to settle your claim before you get a lawyer.
To have the best chance of preserving your right to a fair recovery – your right to justice – contact an attorney as soon as possible. Your attorney will protect your interests, and will deal directly with both your insurance company, the other party’s insurance company or any “risk managers” employed by those who caused you or your loved one’s injuries.
We will work swiftly to help you with not only on your legal matter, but with getting your life back on track. We will help manage the volumes the documents from health care professionals, keep track of the income you’ve lost, and more practical things such as getting your vehicle repaired or replaced swiftly.
If you or someone you know is in an accident, make sure to follow these basic initial steps to preserve your rights:
1. Do Not Talk - Don't talk about your case with anyone except your attorneys. Do not give recorded statements that will be used in a misleading way against you. Any innocent remarks will be used and distorted against you. If anyone contacts you, simply ask for their name and contact information and advise them that your attorney will contact them.
2. Photographs - Pictures will help tell the story and describe the accident, and your injuries. If you are injured in any sort of accident, remember to take photos of the scene, any damaged property, such as your vehicle or the other parties' vehicles, and take photographs of the injuries you or your loved ones sustained.
3. Do Not Sign Anything - Do not sign any statements, waivers, papers, reports, or any other documents unless you are advised to do so by a lawyer. Anything you sign may jeopardize important legal rights.
4. Call a Lawyer - We always offer free consultations with an attorney, either by phone or in person. A lawyer will be able to give you the best guidance and is trained to protect your legal rights. A lawyer can evaluate your case, and will be an intermediary between you and the other party and/or their insurance company.
5. Surveillance - Quite often the insurance company for the party that caused your injuries will hire a private investigator to conduct surveillance. You will not be aware of it, but it is quite possible that someone will be following you in your day to day activities, taking photographs, recordings, and/or video. The insurance company will attempt to use this information at trial to show that you are not as injured as you claim to be. However, video and pictures do not often capture your injuries or the pain and suffering you are enduring. Regardless, you must be careful and assume that you are under surveillance. This does not mean do not leave your house, or live in fear. It simply means only do the activities your injuries allow, and do not over-extend or challenge yourself. Do not engage in activities your physicians have recommended that you do not engage in.
Contact us 24/7 to discuss your case confidentially. We are confident that we can assist in your legal matter.
