Can You File a Personal Injury Lawsuit When Your Injuries are not Serious
You are involved in a car accident and you know the other driver was careless. You know that the other driver’s carelessness has caused you injuries. However, your injuries are not that bad. Can you still bring a lawsuit if your injuries are not serious? The Threshold Law The answer is maybe. Here is the […]
A Medical Malpractice Case Involving a Delay in Diagnosis
A patient claims that the doctor failed to diagnose his fracture, and he wants to know whether he has a valid basis for filing a medical malpractice case against the doctor.
Does the Victim Receive the Full Amount Awarded by the Jury
Why is it that when an injured victim winds up winning a large verdict, which creates virtual ink in the online media and perhaps some real ink in the printed media, yet you never receive any news about what happens months or even years later, when that injured victim receives the actual final check.
Importance of Presenting the Proper Standard of Care in a Medical Malpractice Case
In a medical malpractice case, the doctor is often asked the question, whether he knows what is the expected standard of care in treating the particular medical issue.
In New York You cannot Question the Defense’s Medical Experts during a Deposition
In your medical malpractice case, can you question the medical experts of the defense during a pre-trial testimony in New York?
Is a Board Certified Doctor Immune from a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Board Certification is the Highest Certification in a Specialty
Should You Accept a Settlement for Your Medical Malpractice Case
A person has suffered significant injury because of carelessness of a doctor, and has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit to claim damages. Now, close to the trial date, the defense makes a settlement offer. The lawyer informs his client about the offer, tells him the amount, and recommends that the accept it. The client is very disappointed by the offer, and in fact asks his lawyer, whose side he was representing.
You cannot Consult Your Attorney before Answering the Questions Asked by the Defense
Can You Talk to Your Attorney during the Deposition You have filed a personal injury lawsuit, you are now being questioned at the deposition, which is a question and answer session, held under oath, much before the trial starts. At this session, you will be giving sworn testimony in an attorney’s office. The defense attorney […]
Should a Lawyer Tell the Jury What the Case is Worth in his Opening Remarks
Your personal injury case has gone to trial, and your attorney is in the middle of giving his opening remarks. You are thinking at the back of your mind, should your attorney be telling the jury at the end of his remarks, how much money you are seeking as compensation for your injuries. Mentioning the […]
Do settlement offers increase as the trial date approaches?
In your car accident case, the insurance company does not want to pay you, what you think your case is worth. What is the likelihood that they are going to increase their settlement offer as your case progresses towards trial? There is Various Possibilities when You can Reject Settlement Offer The answer is that they […]