Personal Injury

After an accident, fault is not always as clear as it first appears. Maybe another driver ran a red light, but you were speeding. Maybe you fell because a business failed to address a dangerous condition, but the insurance company says you should have seen it. Maybe everyone agrees someone else caused the accident, but […]

When car accidents occur, particularly severe ones, people often have different recollections of what went wrong and why. One driver may claim they were going within the speed limit when the car crashed into someone else’s bumper. Or another driver may say they weren’t using their smartphone while driving. It may feel like a “he […]

Despite ongoing chronic pain after an accident, many victims become frustrated when an X-ray or MRI comes back normal. Insurance companies won’t pay for injuries unless they see proof, but proof is hard to provide without diagnostic imaging to back it up.  The truth is that some scans have limitations on what they can see. […]

When insurance adjusters review your medical records, they pay careful attention to your doctor visits and diagnoses. They’re on the lookout for any mention of an old injury or illness. They will happily point it out as proof that the symptoms you’re currently experiencing were already present before your accident. A preexisting injury can certainly […]

Things aren’t what they used to be — and that includes the way serious injury claims move through the system. A decade ago, an insurance adjuster might review your medical records, conduct an interview with you, and rely on a handful of documents to evaluate the claim. Today, major claims trigger a far more intensive […]

For many, the prospect of calling a personal injury lawyer conjures an intimidating mental picture: a packed courtroom, a judge staring down from the bench, maybe a stressful, public fight. Some clients won’t even file a claim for fear of a drawn-out legal battle. The truth, however, is much less dramatic. In fact, very few […]