If you’re speaking with a personal injury attorney, don’t feel guilty if you’re wondering if you’re looking at the potential to get a very large jury award or settlement. This is natural. After all, if you hadn’t suffered some sort of wrong at the hands of a company or another individual, you wouldn’t be speaking […]
Category: Guest Legal Blogging on Personal Injury
Largest Personal Injury Cases in History
Damages that Entail Monetary Recovery in a Personal Injury Case
In order to recover monetary damages in a personal injury case, the person responsible for the injury must have been negligent. Whether you were driving, riding a bicycle, or walking when the accident occurred, in addition to dealing with the physical injuries, you also may have to worry about the financial impact of lost wages […]
Understanding The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Your Case
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your case is important to getting the representation you seek as you pursue just compensation for your personal injury accident. You can do this by getting a free case evaluation or a free consultation by or from a personal injury lawyer. When it comes to hiring a lawyer, it […]
Your Legal Rights When Pulled Over
Looking in your rear-view mirror and seeing the flashing red lights of a police car signaling you to pull over often causes immediate stress. It may be even more worrisome if you are pulled over due to suspicion of drunk driving. A MI drunk driving conviction can have serious, lifelong consequences. In Michigan, as in […]
Year in Review (2011)-Car Accidents
If you live in Alabama, you may already know that you are at a high risk of being involved in some kind of car accident at some point in your lifetime. Alabama’s US Route 431, once made a “Dangerous Roadways” list and was coined “Highway to Hell”. While some improvements have been made, the statistics […]
NHS sets aside £17.5 billion for medical negligence claims
After a sharp increase in the number of medical errors, the NHS has set aside £17.5 billion to cover the costs of paying compensation to thousands of people that are set to make clinical negligence claims. A report compiled by MP’s revealed that there has been a surge of 11 per cent in just one […]
No More Tired Visits Are Required To Court With Mediation Services
Innumerable people are visiting law litigation firms for settling legal issues. Settling down family issues is quite uncomfortable and disturbing for few. Now dissolving disputes are quite hassling free with mediation services. There are varied reasons but the chief among them is prolonged divorce cases and the following maintenance payments often seen to be raging […]
Are you more at risk of illness or injury in your working environment?
Any industry carries inherent risks to your health and well-being, however these have been significantly reduced owed to the respective health & safety department of each nation. In the United Kingdom the governing body for controlling these regulations is knows and the Health & Safety Executive or the HSE, these governing bodies track each reported […]
The Origins and Implications of Summary Jury Trials in Personal Injury Cases
In the early 1980s, District Judge Thomas D. Lambros devised the Summary Jury Trial (SJT) as a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for cases pending in the Northern District of Ohio. It was essentially a practice trial lasting no more than one day, and heard before a jury of six chosen via voir dire […]
Campaign Aims To Save Personal Injury Jobs
A campaign, called Save The Legal Industry, was launched last week in a bid to highlight the real implications of sweeping reforms made to the personal injury industry. Campaigners believe that the Job Loss Counter will show more than 100,000 job losses over the coming year ahead of the reforms, which include plans to increase […]