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An easy, informative how-to story book for lawyers, people with serious injuries and their friends and family, and for people who want to know what it is really like to fight a personal injury battle in court and how to manage after the case is over.
TO MANY IT IS. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE.
Forty-five years of practicing law has taught me that people do not understand personal injury lawsuits.
You may have a personal injury lawsuit when another individual or entity is responsible for your injuries either through fault or negligence.
The most common personal injury lawsuits are motor vehicle and slip and fall accidents.
Personal injury lawsuits are call tort law suits. Torts are civil wrongs that result in injury or damages and are punishable by law to compensate victims for injuries and deter others from committing similar wrongs. Tort law varies from state to state.
To establish a personal injury lawsuit, you must establish liability and damages. Liability refers to the person at fault for your injury. Liability is proven on the basis of negligence, strict liability and intentional wrongdoing.
A party is found to be negligent if they did not take appropriate behavior to prevent your injury.
Strict liability holds a manufacturer or supplier responsible for injuries caused by appropriate use of their product, regardless of fault.
An intentional wrong is committed when an individual knows their actions will cause harm, but proceeds with the action anyway.
Damages include the physical, mental and emotional harm endured from an accident.
Laws governing personal injury lawsuits are complex and the very nature of personal injury claims is complicated. For information about a personal injury lawsuit, you are advised to consult a lawyer. If you have questions about a lawsuit about a serious injury, The Stark Injury Group is available for free consultations. http://www.starkinjurygroup.com
INSURANCE COMPANIES often rush SERIOUSLY INJURED people into quick, cheap and unfair settlements. They try to save money at your expense.
The sooner you call a lawyer with experience, an investigation can begin for you. Time is on the side of the insurance company. The longer you wait, the more you are at a disadvantage. Witnesses forget, or, worse yet, move. Physical evidence disappears. Claim deadlines may run out.
ACT NOW. I know how insurance companies think. I know insider secrets to winning a personal injury battle.
For a consultation, call Albert Stark or a member of the Stark & Stark injury team at 1 609 896 9060. I have a network of experienced lawyers in every state, developed during the 45 years of representing seriously injured people.
“How do you charge?” I can not count how many times I have been asked that question by someone who suffered a serious injury.
When you are considering various personal injury lawyers, whom you would like to hire, a very important question going through your mind will be the monetary part of it or the fees which they can charge. There is no doubt that when it comes to hiring a personal injury lawyer, the principal concern that most people have is fees. It will be good if one can better understand how fees are evaluated in a personal injury case.
Usually personal injury lawyers charge contingency fees. To put it in other words, the lawyer will only earn a fee when he or she is triumphant.
If your case needs experts for the trial, you will also have to bear the cost of these experts. In New Jersey, those costs, as well as other costs such as filing fees, are deducted before a lawyer’s fee is calculated. That is not true in most other states.
It is always very important to keep in mind that in some cases the law firm can hold you being responsible for all expenses made for your case during the course of the trial even if you do not win. So it is extremely important that you read the contract associated with personal injury lawyers thoroughly. Be sure that you have completely and properly understood your rights and obligations associated with the contract for legal services offered by the firm before you sign an agreement.
If you have questions about a lawyer’s fee in a serious personal injury case, consult with another attorney. Lawyers in the Stark Injury Group are always available to discuss your questions about fees. http://www.starkinjurygroup.com
My years representing people with traumatic brain injury
have shown that there are general tips to help recovery from traumatic brain injury.
- Get lots of rest. Don’t rush back to daily activities such as work or school.
- Avoid doing anything that could cause another blow or jolt to the head.
- Ask your health care professional when it’s safe to drive a car, ride a bike, or use heavy equipment, because your ability to react may be slower after a brain injury.
- Take only the drugs your health care professional has approved, and don’t drink alcohol until your health care professional says it’s OK.
- Write things down if you have a hard time remembering.
- You may need help to re-learn skills that were lost. Your health care professional can help arrange for these services.
Attorneys in the Stark Injury Group help people with traumatic brain injuries. For more information, visit http://www.starkinjurygroup.com. Initial consultations are welcome.
The severity of a TBI may range from “mild,” i.e., a brief change in mental status or consciousness, to “severe,” i.e., an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury.
My experience representing people with traumatic brain injury has show me that TBI can cause a wide range of functional short- or long-term changes affecting thinking, sensation, language, or emotions.
- Thinking (i.e., memory and reasoning);
- Sensation (i.e., touch, taste, and smell);
- Language (i.e., communication, expression, and understanding); and
- Emotion (i.e., depression, anxiety, personality changes, aggression, acting out, and social inappropriateness).
If you or a family member or friend has been injured and exhibits the symptoms listed, you are encouraged to visit http://www.starkinjurygroup for more information. Consultations with a Stark and Stark brain injury lawyer are welcome.
