Saturday, October 22, 2011

Personal Injury Lawyers Fight For Highest Payouts

By Lisa Blackstone


When you visualize personal injury law cases you may visualize car accidents and slip and fall cases, but there is a lot more that can be viewed as well. Illnesses brought on as reactions to prescription medication, or injuries suffered from a mistake by a doctor, all constitute personal injury. Construction accidents aren't required to involve being crushed or falling. Such things as asbestos poisoning, and lead paint in buildings that have not been brought up to the current health standards, can make demolition crews very ill too.

It seems as though you can not switch on the television today without observing a commercial for a product that we all thought was healthy, winding up making people very sick or worse. We have also read the headlines of people that have taken law suit against companies for serving coffee that was too hot. In 1994 an 82 year old New Mexico woman was awarded 600,000.00 because a fast food restaurant did not properly secure the lid to her cup and the coffee spilled in her lap and scalded her. If you or someone you love is suffering from a personal injury, you need a personal injury lawyer to fight to get you the compensation that you deserve.

Personal injury attorneys will help you complete the difficult and often confusing legal process of trying to find compensated for your losses. They will often offer a no win, no fee stipulation to your case, meaning if you do not collect any winnings or compensation you will not pay them for their legal services. If you do collect a monetary settlement with the company, the attorney can ask to claim about 30 to 45% of your settlement. This fee ideally should be negotiated when you first begin the entire process of trying to collect compensation.

You will answer several questions for your attorney when you initially meet, so try to be as detailed as you can. Describe how the injury happened, where it happened, was anyone else affected by the situation as well as any contact you've had with members of the other party. After you have secured your attorney, they will tell you what situations like yours are usually compensated. The personal injury attorney will then counsel you that any correspondence or contact that you have with the other party has to be done within the confines of the law office.

They will help you avoid the insurance adjusters. They will be a buffer between you and the other attorneys, as well as anyone else that might try to change your mind about pursuing your personal injury law suit. Trying to navigate the waters of a personal injury suit may be difficult. However, with the right personal injury attorney you will be able to get through this difficult experience rather easy than without one.




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