According to the American Judges Association, only 3% of civil cases go to trial. The rest are settled out of court. This is especially true of personal injury cases involving motor vehicle accidents, dog bites, slip-and-fall, and other cases involving serious negligence-based physical injuries. So, if you are harmed in an accident, your case stands…
If you sustained injuries in an auto accident that was caused by someone else’s negligence, you may be entitled to financial compensation from the at-fault driver or their insurance carrier. However, to successfully prove that the other driver caused the crash, you need to provide strong, reliable evidence. One type of evidence that could lend…
The primary difference between a settlement and a verdict is that one involves both parties coming to a satisfactory financial arrangement without going to court and the other involves a jury trial. The Hampton personal injury attorneys at Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp have been recovering maximum financial compensation for our clients by both taking cases to trial and by settling…
Personal injury cases are founded on the legal theory of negligence. This theory is comprised of four distinct elements, all of which must be proven before you can recover compensation for your damages. Fault, which is the correlation between the defendant’s actions or inactions, and the injuries sustained by the plaintiff, is one of these elements….
You’ve just been injured in a car accident, you are unable to work and have medical bills stacking up, and you just found out your insurance claim was denied. Unfortunately, a lot of car accident victims find themselves in this distressing situation. Although the insurance company has the right to deny your claim, they are…