Archive for the ‘Personal Injury Laywer Topics’ Category
Monday, March 26th, 2012
http://bestandflatt.com Venue is sometimes an important topic, especially in our personal injury cases such as auto accidents. If we have to file suit, we have to go to the county where the accident happened or the defendant resides. There are certain counties in South Carolina that have particularly conservative jury pools, such as Lexington County. An accident attorney such as myself does not want to see his case tried in Lexington County typically. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of choice sometimes.
If you have been injured and think you may have a personal injury case or claim, please contact us immediately at 803-252-1800 and we’ll be happy to consult with you.
Tags: accident, auto accidents, defendent, jury pools, personal injury law, south carolina, suit, venue
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
In a workers’ compensation case, sometimes the injured worker cannot get his employer to designate an authorized treating physician. We will tell him typically to ask his employer where they want him to go, and if they refuse to name one, or try and stall, we tell the client to go to an emergency room, an urgent care facility, or their family doctor to seek whatever urgent care is needed. We will then send the bill to the insurance company for payment.
If you need help with a possible claim or case, call us today at 803-252-1800
Tags: doctor, injured worker, insurance company, medical bills, workers compensation, workers' compensation attorney
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Personal injury lawyers like myself see everything! And accidents can happen anywhere.
I talked to a man recently who was injured in a local oil change store when they brought him into the garage to check out the car. I haven’t done my investigation yet, but I would think that violates the procedure, as most of these places have “No customers behind…” certain designated areas signs. A personal injury attorney such as myself will need to know what the procedures were, and was their negligence in causing this
injury.
Tags: accident, accident attorney, injured, injury, personal injury lawyer
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
One thing we accident attorneys have to be very careful with is the statute of limitations of our cases. When I take in a new case, I assign it the appropriate statute of limitations, and my paralegal logs it in. We keep an update SL calendar, and also have current SL lists. If a statute of limitations is approaching, we make sure the claim or lawsuit is filed. This is for both workers’ compensation and personal injury/auto accident cases.
Tags: auto accident, cases, claim, lawsuit, personal injury, statute of limitations
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
I just fielded a call from a man who was walking into a store, and mopping was going on, causing the man to slip and fall. The mopping was not marked, so no warning was given. This may be a case of liability, but I told him I’d like to know some more about his injuries before investing the resources to take the case. Slip and fall cases are more challenging for personal injury lawyers, so we have a different threshold for the injuries.
Tags: accident, injury, mopping, personal injury lawyers, slip and fall, store
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
I just talked to a gentleman who was on the job when his truck slid out of control in a one-vehicle accident. Unfortunately, since is an independent contractor, as opposed to an employee, he is not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. In order for WC to apply, you must be an employee. And since no other vehicle was involved, there’s not a third party liability claim. Workers’ compensation lawyers go through this kind of analysis all the time.
Tags: independent contractor, insurance company, on the job, truck, workers compensation, workers' compensation lawyer
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
I received a call from a woman who had part of her finger chopped off at a local factory. Unfortunately, the workers’ compensation statutes do not allow a tremendous recovery for the loss of a finger. For example, the loss of an index finger only results in 40 weeks of compensation. We injury lawyers sometimes have a tough time getting that across to our clients, but we can only recover what the law allows.
Tags: compensation, factory, injury lawyers, lost a finger, workers comp, workers compensation claim
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
Sometimes in a workers’ comp case, we’ll get treatment approved for our client with a specialist such as an orthopedist, but they won’t see the client for all of the injured body parts. The insurance company may approve treatment for the knee for example, but not the back. This can result in a real headache, because what’s really bothering the client is not getting checked out. this results in a lot of phone calls and paperwork for the workers’ compensation attorney.
Tags: injured, insurance company, paperwork, treatment, workers comp case, workers' compensation attorney
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
I received a call today from a woman who had been injured rather severely in a car accident, and was handling negotiations with the insurance company herself. The liability limits are low, and she has started talking to her own underinsurance carrier. I explained to her that if she signed a release with the at fault driver, she would be forfeiting her claim for underinsured motorist benefits. She really needs an auto accident lawyer to look things over for her.
Tags: auto accident lawyer, car accident, insurance company, liability, no fault insurance, underinsurance
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