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.

Back and spinal cord injuries can be serious, causing complete or partial paralysis. Paralysis can be caused by trauma that damages or tears the spinal cord. The spinal cord is the “electric wire” that sends messages back and forth from the brain.

Two types of Paralysis

1. Quadriplegia causes a person to have paralysis in both arms and both legs.

2. Paraplegia causes a person to be paralyzed in the lower half of the body.

Where an injury occurs of how severe the injury is determines how much paralysis a person experiences.

I have learned that spinal cord injuries are not always recognized. Oftentimes, an injury causes swelling around the spinal cord which takes days to find. Therefore, I recommend a thorough examination by a doctor. Failure to diagnose a spinal cord injury can result in permanent disability.

Some of the signs of spinal cord injury a person should look for are:

1.Loss of sensation

2.Pain

3.Muscle spasms

4.Difficulty breathing

5.Loss of movement

6.Numbness or Tingling

Back and spinal cord injuries can devastate a person’s life and career. They require rehabilitation and care for the rest of one’s life. If an injury is caused by someone else’s carelessness, a person with back or spinal cord injury may seek compensation. A lawyer with experience in spinal cord injuries can advise you on the best course of action to take to recover for pain and suffering, medical bills, drugs, time missed from work and on-going care. Information about those rights is available at http://www.starkinjurygroup.com

“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

During January, I blogged about Trial by Jury. I will devote February to spinal cord injuries.

Spinal cord injuries (SCI) happen in accidents such as car and truck collisions. SCI need expert medical attention. If you are in an accident and have a SCI, youra top priority should be to medical care. Your next priority should be getting financial assistance because medical care is expensive.

Recovering from a person or corporation that caused your SCI is not easy. Here are some tips to follow in choosing a lawyer to help you.

The attorney should be experienced handling SCI.

The attorney should have an impressive record in winning spinal cord injury lawsuits.

The attorney should have board certification by the state bar or court.

The spinal cord attorney should have published or lectured about SCI.

The attorney should handle your case from start to finish.

I invite SCI victims to seek help in finding an SCI attorney. You may read more about how to select an SCI lawyer in Insider Secrets to Winning Your Personal Injury Battle. The book is available on Amazon.com or at http://www.personalinjury411.com. People who have suffered spinal cord fractures may consult with Albert Stark Esquire at http://www.starkinjurygroup.com

More information about SCI will appear on my blog in the coming weeks.