At least 58 children died in school bus crashes between 2007-2016. Most school buses have no seat belts to help keep our children safe. Seatbelts have been required to be installed in all personal passenger cars before we were able … Read More
Winning the Case When You Got the Ticket
One of the most common myths about car accidents is that the ticket establishes fault for the crash. In fact, the ticket is not even admissible in the civil case for damages. Don’t get me wrong that’s all that matters … Read More
Help For Back and Neck Pain
Just about all my clients had neck and back pain in addition to whatever other injuries sustained in their accident. Pain in the back and neck is one of the most common maladies. Here are some helpful home products, in … Read More
Do You Know Your States Statutes Of Limitations?
You have a limited amount of time to file a lawsuit regarding any injury caused by another. If the case does not settle, a suit must be filed on or before the date that the statute of limitations runs. Statutes … Read More
How To Manage Medical Bills After A Car Accident
Once you’re home from the hospital after a car accident, not only are your household bills still coming in, but now the medical bills begin to pile up. Ambulance, hospital, ER physician, radiologist, pathology and even doctors you are not … Read More
Are You Making Any Of These Financial Mistakes?
As an injury lawyer, I am allowed rare insights into people’s lives. I have seen personal and financial aspects of clients’ situations—as well as of defendants I have sued—for over 22 years now. Many folks make the same decisions that … Read More
Why Your Airbags May Not Deploy
We are now accustomed to seeing airbags at crash scenes. But what you may not know about them, is that they do not deploy as often as you might assume. Frontal Airbags are only designed to inflate in nearly-direct frontal … Read More
Concussions
Brain injuries can result from car crashes where no cut or bruise is on the head. The violent jerking of a rear-end collision, for example, can imitate the well-known “shaken baby syndrome.” Diagnostic tests typically will not show any changes … Read More
Tax Free Money
Physical Injury Compensation is one of the only areas of finance that is not taxed. Proceeds received from most personal injury claims are not taxable under any law—federal or state law. This is because this it is not “income.” Remember … Read More
Insurance offers to settle
Many times a client will be offered something by an insurance company prior to hiring me. The other day I met with a new client who had been offered $1000.00 pain and suffering for an accident that happened only about … Read More
Money Won’t Bring Them Back
One of the issues that is sure to come up in a death case or a serious injury case is that getting a check from the defendant will not bring the dead person back. And it will not make the … Read More
Big Settlements Can Create Big Disputes
One of the best parts of my job is giving big checks to families on occasion. Now, you know that not every case that I handle turns out to be as serious as the one I’m going to tell you … Read More