Any time you are involved in a serious accident, you’re likely to suffer injuries that will lead to health care costs, lost work time, and more. Unfortunately, it is common for the initial settlement offers to be very low. Sometimes, those low offers are the direct result of your own actions. If you want to ensure that you are eligible to get the best settlement possible for your claim, you need to take some precautions.…
No one expects anything bad to happen when they are under the care of a physician. But, unfortunately, medical malpractice is not uncommon and can be found in a variety of situations, from surgery and childbirth, to incorrectly diagnosing a condition or prescribing the wrong medication. If you are the victim of medical malpractice, you are entitled to a financial settlement to compensate you for any medical bills you may incur due to the malpractice, as well as any pain and suffering you may have experienced.…
Learning how carriers process insurance claims for those seeking personal injury settlements may help you to maximize the amount of money you receive for being hurt. As you try to move forward, keep an eye on how these four steps are handled.
Sending a Demand Letter
In the early stages of the process, you’ll send a demand letter to the insurance carrier outlining what your injuries are and how much compensation you’re seeking.…
If you’re in the process of recovering from an injury caused by somebody else, you’ll be looking for ways to receive compensation to cover the damage. An injury lawsuit could be the best way to do it when you have extensive medical bills and lost wages that you need to get back. However, there are mistakes that can be made along the way that you’ll want to avoid.
Mistake 1: Signing Agreements Before Consulting A Lawyer…
Workers’ compensation is meant to compensate workers in case of work-related injury. Unfortunately, not all claims that are made are genuine.
Such fraudulent claims can cost you as an employer, huge sums of money. How do you identify and protect your business from illegitimate claims?
Conduct Background Checks on Employees
Before you hire an employee, make sure you get adequate information on them. Such information will include their employment history, educational background, credit, driving, and compensation records.…
Semi truck accidents are not just trucks that jackknife in the road, or skid and hit the cars ahead of them. No, no, no; semi trucks can get into some of the most unbelievable and horrific accidents possible. Then the drivers leave the victims or the victims’ families behind while the driver (in most cases) just walks away. If you were in an accident with a semi truck and survived, but you do not want to pursue a lawsuit, the following examples of some of the worst semi accidents may change your mind and prove to you why you need a semi-truck crash attorney.…
So, you have run into a once-in-a-lifetime situation; your license is about to get hit with another two or three points, and you are nearly at the max now. Your hearing for the latest traffic incident is only a month away. You can remedy this, in part, by yourself. You can also seek advice from traffic violation attorneys such as Wood & Rabil LLP. Here is how this is going to all pan out.…
You are going about your daily business when BAM! A driver in another vehicle hits your vehicle, causes a lot of damage, and lands you with medical bills. In any case, this is not a welcome situation, as car accidents can cause a lot of strife. However, if you find out that the driver for the other vehicle was an out-of-towner, things can get pretty complicated, especially if they were visiting from another state or another country.…
After undergoing a surgical procedure, you may have started to experience some strange, unusual symptoms that aren’t typically the type of side effects a person would experience after undergoing such a procedure. If you weren’t feeling well and were experiencing a lot of pain, you probably decided to go to the hospital for an examination to get to the bottom of the problem. During your stay in the hospital, you may have undergone a series of X-rays and scans to help the medical professionals get an idea of what was causing such pain when suddenly they noticed a medical instrument inside of your body that was left behind from your surgery.…
