Pre-Lawsuit Phase of Personal Injury Claims Typically, there is a pre-lawsuit phase of the personal injury claims process, where the injured individual is trying to get well, and to get back on his or her feet. This period can be difficult both for the individual and his family: finding and paying for medical care, securing […]
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Longshore Claims Longshoremen and other harbor workers receive worker’s compensation benefits for their workplace injuries under the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Act. People who work for military contractors here and abroad can press claims for workplace injuries under the same law and principles, as is provided for by the Non-Appropriated Funds Instrumentality Act and the […]
Third Parties Responsible for Workplace Injury Some entity or person other than a worker’s employer is sometimes the cause of a worker’s “on-job” injury. The existence of such a third-party wrong-doer, or “tort-feasor” can dramatically increase the value and recovery of a worker for his or her work-place injuries. Instead of being limited to disability […]
Immediate Needs of Victims of Catastrophic Injury Persons suffering catastrophic personal injury, as well as their families and representatives, need immediate, substantial, and expert assistance in handling the consequences of such injury to preserve claims and minimize trauma and disruption to the lives of both the injured person and his or her loved ones. Such […]
Importance of Access to Your Attorney Access to one’s attorney is critically important, and the difference between success and failure in bringing a claim for personal injury or other wrongdoing. All too often, potential clients select attorneys based on their self-reported reputation and success, and are disappointed to discover their attorneys do not have time […]
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Is an Attorney Needed? An injured person might ask himself or herself whether an attorney is really needed to handle a claim asserting personal injury or some other wrongful act. The short answer to this question is that the person that caused injury or loss will have an attorney, including the seemingly nice insurance adjuster […]
Pre-Lawsuit Phase of Personal Injury Claims
Pre-Lawsuit Phase of Personal Injury Claims Typically, there is a pre-lawsuit phase of the personal injury claims process, where the injured individual is trying to get well, and to get back on his or her feet. This period can be difficult both for the individual and his family: finding and paying for medical care, securing […]
Longshore Claims
Longshore Claims Longshoremen and other harbor workers receive worker’s compensation benefits for their workplace injuries under the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Act. People who work for military contractors here and abroad can press claims for workplace injuries under the same law and principles, as is provided for by the Non-Appropriated Funds Instrumentality Act and the […]
Third Parties Responsible for Workplace Injury
Third Parties Responsible for Workplace Injury Some entity or person other than a worker’s employer is sometimes the cause of a worker’s “on-job” injury. The existence of such a third-party wrong-doer, or “tort-feasor” can dramatically increase the value and recovery of a worker for his or her work-place injuries. Instead of being limited to disability […]
Immediate Needs of Victims of Catastrophic Injury
Immediate Needs of Victims of Catastrophic Injury Persons suffering catastrophic personal injury, as well as their families and representatives, need immediate, substantial, and expert assistance in handling the consequences of such injury to preserve claims and minimize trauma and disruption to the lives of both the injured person and his or her loved ones. Such […]
Importance of Access to Your Attorney
Importance of Access to Your Attorney Access to one’s attorney is critically important, and the difference between success and failure in bringing a claim for personal injury or other wrongdoing. All too often, potential clients select attorneys based on their self-reported reputation and success, and are disappointed to discover their attorneys do not have time […]
Is an Attorney Needed?
Is an Attorney Needed? An injured person might ask himself or herself whether an attorney is really needed to handle a claim asserting personal injury or some other wrongful act. The short answer to this question is that the person that caused injury or loss will have an attorney, including the seemingly nice insurance adjuster […]