Category: Personal Injury Law
North Carolina Personal Injury Settlements consist of three main categories: medical expenses (or medical bills), loss of earnings (or lost wages), and pain and suffering. If you have found this webpage looking for an exact value for your North Carolina…
At many of my initial consultations with personal injury clients, I am asked about Punitive Damages and whether Punitive Damages can be recovered in my client’s motor vehicle accident case. In the majority of automobile accident cases, the damages recovered by the…
Determining the value of NC personal injury settlements really depends on your case, because determining the value of your personal injury case really depends on you and your case. In evaluating a personal injury case, I am really trying to…
This free form may be more for attorneys out there that are looking for a simple form contingent retainer and fee agreement. For our personal injury cases, like most plaintiff attorneys, we do not charge hourly. Rather, we charge our clients on…
Hidden in this question is the real question: Can my lawyer get more money than I can get if I represent myself? Or more specifically, can my lawyer get more than 33% more than I can get on my own?…
Yes. If you find yourself in a situation where the liability insurance proceeds are insufficient to pay for all of your medical bills and pain and suffering, then you still have a claim against the at fault driver. However, before…
If you are finding this page, it is likely that there is a lack of communication between you and your Durham personal injury lawyer. If you feel like your case is not moving fast enough, the first thing you should…
Normally, the insurance company will send a check to your attorney with your attorney’s name on it and your name on it. When the attorney receives the check, he or she will deposit the entire amount of the check into…
After being injured in an automobile accident, there are many doctors and medical facilities with whom you will treat with, including some of the following: ambulances, hospitals, emergency rooms, radiologists, chiropractors, primary care physicians, neurologists and/or orthopaedists. Creating a medical…
Let’s first start off by defining what negligence is. Negligence in North Carolina occurs when a person fails to act as a reasonable and prudent person would act in order to protect himself and others from injury or damage. The…
