Seven children were killed on Scotland’s roads last year, according to new figures released by Transport Scotland. This is an increase on 2010, when four children died as a result of road accidents. The figures – provisional statistics of road injury accidents and casualties reported to the police in 2011 – show that five of […]
Category: Personal Injury Claims Law
Atlanta Auto Accident Attorney Discusses Importance of Having UM Coverage
(US Law) This is an article from our personal injury website regarding the importance of having UM coverage and lots of it on your automobile insurance. As an Atlanta auto accident attorney, I too often have clients involved in car accidents with an at-fault driver who only has minimum liability coverage ($25,000.00 in the State […]
How To Protect Yourself When Hurt On The Job
(US Law & general legal tips) People who are injured on the job in New York are entitled to worker’s compensation. Worker’s compensation covers employees’ medical bills as well as providing them with some of their wages if they cannot work due to the injury. If you have been injured on the job, there are […]
Top 10 most viewed personal injury law blogs on PIClaimsBlawg: May-June 2012
Below are the top 10 most viewed personal injury law blog posts published on PersonalInjuryClaimsBlawg over May and June this year (out of a total of 32 blawg posts published in that period). These have been ranked by the number of pageviews according to Google Analytics, which is often a useful indicator of quality of […]
Schoolboy Wins Unlikely Car Accident Compensation Claim
A young boy, who is just 16 years of age, has initiated a car accident compensation claim against the insurance company of a driver after sustaining a serious head injury on the way to school. The identities of those involved in the case must remain concealed at this stage due to legal reasons. The car […]
Writing an Effective Demand Letter for Your Injury Claim
This post was written by Dan Applegate, for Fisher & Talwar. Dan has written on multitude of legal subjects on popular injury attorney websites. Traffic accidents are inevitable and virtually impossible to predict. Drivers who are involved in an accident have the option of contacting the insurance company of the driver who is at fault. […]
How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim
Guest personal injury blog post contributed by Alison Mackenzie, for Henry Carus & Associates. Alison is a law student and freelance writer. She enjoys writing about various law topics and cases. Accidents happen as an ordinary part of life; however, sometimes those accidents should have been prevented before someone got hurt. Whether the accident was […]
Insurance Companies Try to Deny Claims Using “Pre-Existing Injuries” as an Excuse
Pre-Existing Injuries “Pre-existing injuries” is an injury one has before an accident. The term is used for the excuse used by many insurance companies to avoid awarding compensation to people who make claims against them when they have sustained an injury in an accident. However, it is extremely rare for an individual to make a […]
How no win no fee changed personal injury claims
What existed before no win no fee personal injury claims? Before the arrival of no win no fee cases lawyers were paid in one of two ways – either directly by their client, or from the government if the person they were representing was entitled to legal aid. However, to receive legal aid you had […]
Distracted Driving, Cellphones and Corporate Liability
A recent string of serious and even fatal car accidents caused by the careless driving of employees behind the wheel of company cars and trucks while using their cellphones is shifting the nature of some personal injury lawsuits in Virginia. Experienced car accident law firms are increasingly going after the deep pockets of corporations whose […]