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Most people who have ridden motorcycles will tell you that it is a uniquely fun experience. But unfortunately, being on a motorcycle can be a dangerous experience as well. On average, there are 5,500 motorcyclists killed every year and more than 180,000 motorcyclists treated in emergency rooms fo...

Most people hurt in car accidents want to get treatment to feel better, get fairly compensated for what they've been through, and then move on with life. Few people want to go to a jury trial. When you have a personal injury case, it is important to know at least a little about how the jury trial...

When you're injured in a car accident or slip and fall accident, there are a variety of medical providers that can offer care to you. Here's a quick guide.             Orthopedic surgeons are considered to be the ‘gold standard' in orthopedic care. These are medical doctors and their specialty i...

            If you watch TV during the day, you'll probably see one of the many advertisements for companies that will loan you money against your personal injury case. Should you take this loan?             I always advise my clients that before they get a loan from one of these funding compani...

            Insurance companies want to pay you as little as possible. If they can save $10,000 on your case and on 100 other cases too, that becomes a lot of money to them. To save money, insurance companies have several tricks.             One of the things that insurance companies do is have ...

I would have a lot of money if I had a dollar for every time that I talked with a client who told me they had “full coverage” for their auto insurance policy. Many people don't know what they actually have until they are in an accident, and then it's too late.  There really is no such thing as “f...

  Slip and fall cases often lead to very serious injuries. I have seen slip and fall cases that have led to permanent injuries to backs, necks, arms, and feet. I've seen cases where people have incurred almost $100,000 in medical bills because of their slip and fall accident.  Yet despite these ...

Insurance companies are usually quick to call the injured person after a car accident. Injured people are usually interested in talking with them and being cooperative. Nothing wrong with being cooperative, right? Actually, it is not in an injured person's best interest to talk to the insurance ...

Clients often ask me at an initial meeting what doctor they should see. My advice is to see a doctor as soon after the accident as possible. That might mean going to the emergency room or an urgent care office the day of the accident or as soon as possible. After the initial treatment, I recomme...

Oftentimes a client will ask me in an initial meeting “what's my case worth?” If the initial meeting is shortly after the accident happened, then any attorney who knows anything about personal injury will answer “I have no idea.” There are generally three things that go into winning a personal i...