What If there is much more damage to the vehicle that caused the accident than to your own car? How can that affect your case?
Some jurors in accident cases believe in the myth that property damage equals injury. This means that jurors likely will believe that unless your vehicle sustained substantial property damage, you were not injured. Ironically, this commonly-held belief is refuted entirely by the body of medical and scientific evidence that has been developed over years regarding
Why the Body Shop’s Damage Photos Can Help Your Case
Body shops take pictures of the entire damage, often storing those photographs on a computer. Later, if the insurance company has any questions about the actual damage to the vehicle, the body shop can email or mail photos of the car to support their findings. These photos are critically important to your case, if you
How the Property Damage Repair Documentation is Vitally Important to Your Case
The problem with accidents where injury is involved, is that, generally, property damage exists where it cannot be seen, such as underneath the bumper cover to the actual metal behind the cover. Consequently, it is very important that even if you think there is little or no damage to your vehicle, promptly to get a
Does the Amount of Property Damage to Your Car Matter in Your Injury Case and What Myths Do People Presume to be True?
According to medical documentation provided by neurologists and orthopedists, there is no direct correlation between the amount of property damage in an accident and the type and severity of injuries received. Everyone has a different injury tolerance, and it is very common for two people who experience the same accident to have different injuries. That
Traffic Deaths Increase in 2012
Traffic deaths in the United States have jumped almost 14% this year alone. This is in contrast to a decrease in traffic deaths over the last 5 years. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration estimated that approximately 7,630 people have died in the first three months of 2012, up from 6,720 in the first
Why choose to be a member of a class action lawsuit rather than file an individual mass tort claim?
Often large corporations will charge fees to individuals that they are not allowed by law to charge. For example, a bank or credit card company may charge each customer an unallowable $2 per month fee. If the bank or entity has 10 million customers and they charge that monthly fee to each customer, the bank
How Lawyers in Mass Tort Actions Operate
Lawyers in mass tort actions typically work in groups. Usually 3-10 law firms form a group or consortium to work and fund the cases. These groups form steering committees to push litigation forward, develop strategy, and direct all aspects of the litigation. The reasons for creating these consortiums to handle mass tort cases are twofold.
Keys to The Courthouse Part II
While not available for every type of case, the other way in which a wronged party may be able to obtain the “keys to the courthouse” is to hire an attorney on a contingency fee basis. Under a contingency fee agreement, the lawyer is paid a percentage of the recovered proceeds when the case is
Know Your Rights – Keys to The Courthouse
Know Your Rights One of our founding fathers’ primary goals was to make sure all persons in the United States have access to our legal system, if they have a grievance. In today’s world there are two “keys to the courthouse” — one most people can afford and are able to use if necessary, and
