Catastrophic injuries are life-changing. Not only do they often demand long-term medical care, but they also often leave their victims unable to live their lives as they did before their accident. Although the American Medical Association defines catastrophic injuries as those that cause severe injury to the brain or spine, the legal definition of this…
Anyone who has ever had their life disrupted by a car accident knows first-hand how hard insurance adjusters will work to refute your story. Proving you were not at fault for an accident is essential to receiving the damages you are entitled to. This is one of the reasons many drivers have opted to install…
After being harmed in an accident, many people experience serious injuries, property damage, and mental anguish. As medical bills and other damages begin to accumulate exacerbated by being unable to work, worrying about how you are ever going to afford quality legal representation is an understandable concern. Most personal injury attorneys work around this issue…
When you put your aging loved one in a nursing home, you expect the staff to treat them with the respect and dignity they deserve. Sadly, that isn’t always the case. In its instructions to long-term care ombudsmen, the Administration on Aging defines abuse as “the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or cruel…
Most people want to avoid taking their personal injury claim to court. After all, courts mean trials and trials are lengthy, expensive, and terrifying. In fact, about 95% of personal injury lawsuits are settled without seeing the inside of a courtroom. Due to this, many victims think a personal injury attorney only needs to have…