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Personal
Injury
Accidents
can result in extensive injuries and disabilities. In thousands
of such situations, our law firm has obtained settlements and
court verdicts highly compensating our clients for just about
every type of physical injury, including amputations and death.
Often what may appear to be minor injury begins a degenerative
process that can become a serious medical problem. Certain types
of trauma from relatively simple accidents can result in
problems which often are overlooked by family doctors and
emergency room personnel, and which only qualified specialists
can diagnose accurately.
It is
extremely important that an injured person, after getting
initial medical care, retain an experienced and knowledgeable
attorney who can help guide in the selection of appropriate
medical specialists to evaluate symptoms so as to document
medical conditions that could degenerate into more serious
problems at a later time. The injured victim’s attorney should
have a trained office staff to follow up with all of the details
in obtaining police reports, medical records, reports and bills,
wage impairment information, witness statements, photographs and
diagrams, and many other functions that are essential to
preparing for the optimum monetary settlement or trial, should
that become necessary. Although most injury cases are settled
without a trial, your attorney should treat every case from the
beginning as though it would have to be tried, and only an
experienced personal injury trial lawyer can do that
effectively.
Different
types of injury claims require different approaches. Individuals
injured in a fall caused by some defect on someone’s property
face greater obstacles in building a liability case than faced
by people who are rear-ended while waiting at a stoplight in
their vehicle. Your attorney needs to understand the special
difficulties in these types of cases and deal with them
effectively. Some people are injured because of a defect in a
product, such as an improperly designed or manufactured vehicle,
a deficient piece of machinery or hand tool, a substance
containing toxic or carcinogenic elements. This firm has
recovered substantial compensation for clients among whom
include a quadriplegic injured due to defective auto components,
a brain-injured machine operator whose hair was caught in a
drill press, the grieving parents of a deceased young man who
was electrocuted by a defective sign, the loss of an eye from a
defective firecracker, the loss of a leg when a load of lumber
fell on an individual due to a defective crane.
Among our
attorneys, we have more than 100 years of collective experience
representing injured victims.
Work
related permanent injuries can justify substantial Worker’s
Compensation awards. Often, work injuries appear to be
temporary, such as a back or neck strain, but later deteriorate
to a permanent degeneration that may even require surgery. It is
important to retain an attorney immediately following your
injury so you do not become victimized by your employer’s
insurer directing and managing medical treatment by insurance
designated physicians.
Social
Security Disability benefits for permanent total disability
resulting from accident, illness and disease can provide you
with lifetime monthly income, regardless of your age. To
qualify, you must be physically and/or mentally disabled from
any gainful employment. Without an attorney, a large percentage
of applicants are rejected for benefits by the Social Security
Administration. Our firm has a high rate of success in obtaining
benefits for individuals initially rejected.
Most important to injured persons, who usually have limited
funds, is that we accept your case on a contingent fee basis.
This means that we put forth the time, effort and expenses. You
only pay a fee if we are successful on your behalf, which is
then deducted from your settlement or award.
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