Blog: Personal Injury - Page 4

If you have been seriously injured through no fault of your own, the insurance company of the responsible party may usually offer a settlement to end the case. However, insurance company representatives are generally not interested in providing you with the fairest settlement. In fact, in many cases, their job...

A statute of limitations is the amount of time permitted for a lawsuit to be filed, the length of which depends upon the nature of the lawsuit. For adults, the statute of limitations for filing a personal injury claim is just two years after the injury occurred or damages were...

If you have received injuries from an accident caused by another party in Burlington County, you have a limited amount of time under New Jersey state law within which you can file a lawsuit. The statute of limitations for filing personal injury lawsuits in Burlington County is two years from...

Because the majority of personal injury cases are settled out of court, appealing a case is usually not an issue. However, in those minority of cases that are decided by a jury or judge, the plaintiff and the defendant both have the right to appeal the verdict. Burlington County personal...

It was not that long ago when, in December of 2016, two guests at a New Hampshire wedding were injured from a drone when it was flying through the air and crashed into them. The case made national headlines and it had many questioning the safety of drones, and whether more...

While it is not always necessary to retain an injury lawyer, it is important to understand the risks associated with trying to handle a case on your own. The only conditions under which a person can handle a personal injury claim on their own would be the type of case...

Affirmative Defenses Affirmative defenses are defenses raised by people who are claimed to be responsible for an injury to avoid responsibility. Affirmative defenses could impact either the settlement value of a case or the likely verdict value of the case if the case went to trial. With the help of...

A personal injury appeal in Camden County is something that happens after there has been a legal ruling or a verdict that one party is not happy with. Under New Jersey law, an individual has a right to appeal it to another level of the court system, called the Appellate Division....

There are certain factors to consider when deciding whether or not to handle your own accident claim. If you are involved in an accident and you have not been injured, the other person was not injured, no one in your vehicle was injured, and the only issue is property damage...

While economic damages are damages that can be calculated with certitude, such as lost wages, and medical bills, non-economic damages include things like suffering, pain, disability, impairment, disfigurement, and the loss of enjoyment of life. These are called human damages because there is no formula and no book to look...