In personal injury cases, you typically have to prove that someone was negligent in their duty to you and that failure caused your injury. But what if your case involved an incident spawned by something much more than normal carelessness? Incidents that show extreme negligence and even
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Ordinary negligence and gross negligence are legal concepts that describe the level of carelessness or recklessness an at-fault party showed in causing an accident. There’s a legal difference between the two that can greatly influence the outcome of your personal injury case. The determined level of negligence
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You’ve endured pain, emotional trauma, and financial upheaval over an accident caused by someone else’s negligence. At such a challenging time, it’s important to find a personal injury lawyer who is qualified and has the experience to win your claim. Your lawyer should also be someone who
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Regardless of how hard your attorney might work on a case, it is always possible that the case will lose. In these situations, legal costs accumulate, and money doesn’t come in from the settlement or trial to cover the expense. So, What happens now that a personal
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The law of personal injury involves accidents, and accidents happen every day all around us. Victims are injured or killed in traffic accidents involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Other accidents might involve slip-and-falls, trip-and-falls, construction or industrial accidents, or dangerously defective products. In those cases,
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Legal fees in personal injury cases are almost always based on what is known as a contingency fee. A contingency fee is a type of financial arrangement where the lawyer’s payment is based on a percentage of the winnings of a lawsuit or settlement agreement. Contingency fees
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After being seriously injured in an accident that was caused by another person or legal entity, you don’t want to take a single step toward a personal injury claim or lawsuit without the benefit of a dedicated and qualified personal injury attorney’s representation. Personal injury law contemplates
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As opposed to property damage cases when damage occurs to real or personal property, personal injury cases are involved with injuries to one or more parts of a person’s body. They might even involve the wrongful death of a victim. Only a small percentage of personal injuries
Read more →Sherman Oaks is a growing city with over 9 percent population increase in the last decade, and with this much growth comes construction. New construction and remodel or repairs of homes, roads, business, streets, sidewalks strip malls and other types of construction is a regular occurrence in
Read more →After an accident, an injured person will talk to the insurance company for the other driver and tell them what happened. They might even say things like “I feel fine” or It’s nothing just a little sore.” But what if they later feel worse? Or maybe what
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