No one wants to believe that the very people charged with protecting our safety could harm us, but it does sometimes happen. If you’ve been the victim of police brutality, we may be able to help you make your case.
We recognize that receiving a large offer from the insurance company following an injury can make accepting seem like the best course of action. Since you may not know how to evaluate how much that settlement must cover in the coming years, you may want to work with an attorney.
If you slipped and fell at a business, suffering an injury, call us as soon as you can. Deficient conditions inside the business could be repaired if you let too much time lapse.
When you get into a car accident, the other driver’s insurance company may not offer enough to cover your damages. If you’re not getting enough to cover your medical bills, we can help.
When it comes to spousal support modifications, in most cases the court will want to see evidence of a material change of circumstance. This means that the filing spouse will need to demonstrate that’s there has been a significant change in financial circumstances that necessitates a change in the interest of fairness.
Some of the legal language in custody battles can be very confusing. We'll make sure you understand the difference between things like "partial physical custody" and "shared legal custody."
Have you been injured while working on a construction site? Construction work demands liability consciousness and strict enforcement of rules and regulations. If these were not complied with at the time of the accident, you may have a case.
So what’s the difference between an annulment and a voidable marriage? While an annulled marriage pretty much never existed, a voidable marriage may have the same issues (such as one party already being married), but it continues to be valid until it’s annulled.
When you’ve been in a serious accident, the medication you’re prescribed for pain can also be serious. Rest assured that your legal team will handle as much of the correspondence with the insurance company as possible during your recovery so that you won’t have to think about your personal injury case until you have a clear head.
Back injuries can feel different for everyone and have different symptoms. Some of those symptoms are sharp pain, difficulty doing normal, everyday tasks, a persistent soreness in the back and sometimes even a partial or total paralysis.
Divorce risks increase when the annual marital income is too low, if a low education level is involved, if there is a lack of religion, if one of the parties is a child from a home involving divorce, and if the couple married at a young age. Also, married couples who lived together before they married experience a higher likelihood of being divorced later.
The majority of cases dealing with tort law, the primary field of personal injury attorneys, never go to trial. Scheduling a consultation with us can assist in determining whether or not your injuries warrant legal action.
Although every personal injury case is different, looking at settlements for similar past cases can be helpful. This will give us a starting point for putting a number on more amorphous damages like pain and suffering.
A stipulation is an agreement by attorneys on opposite sides of the case regarding any matter pertaining to the trial, and must be in writing. A stipulation of settlement is a formal agreement between the parties and their attorneys resolving the dispute.
While you may like the idea of only having one attorney for the both of you during your divorce, the money it saves in legal fees now could end up costing you dearly later. Remember, each party needs separate counsel to represent their interests.
If you’re in a hurry to make a permanent split with your spouse and begin your new life, it’s to your advantage to use a family law attorney. You may find that creating and filing the paperwork yourself can lead to unexpected delays when there’s an issue with any of the paperwork.
Sometimes, regardless of the nature of your injury or the amount of your medical bills and lost income, you’ll want to hire a personal injury attorney because an insurance company or government agency simply refuses to make a fair settlement offer.
When you’ve been the victim of an accident caused by the negligence of another person, you may only have one shot to prove your case. We pull from our vast experience to help you get the maximum settlement your case deserves.
After you’ve been injured, time may not be on your side to begin the legal proceedings that could provide you and your family with the compensation you need. Remember, it’s never too early to retain a personal injury attorney.
Unlike most other areas of law that require statutes to quantify rules (like penal codes), personal injury law tends to rely primarily on the discretion of the court. This is one reason why hiring a personal injury attorney is so important.
Are you concerned that the details of your accident will grow fuzzy in your head if you wait too long to start the legal process? Even if you’re still in the early stages of your recovery, it’s never too early to bring in an attorney to handle your case.
Today, the courts tend to favor strong rights for both parents in cases that don’t involve abuse or other major concerns, which can allow children to keep a stronger connection with both parents and limit some of the negative repercussions they once may have endured.
It’s important to remember that prenuptial agreements aren’t strictly for the very wealthy and elite. Depending on how your write your agreement, it could ensure that future assets from certain sources don’t get treated as marital property in need of division during a divorce.
Judge Learned Hand created the term “calculus of negligence,” which is a formula to determine if a legal duty of care has been violated. Judge Hand established this term in the 1947 case of the U.S. v. Carroll Towing, where a barge had come unrestrained from a dock and caused damages.
