If a person has been seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision, sometimes it is easy to determine which driver is at fault.  For example, if a driver runs through a stop sign, the insurance company for that driver will be responsible for paying the medical bills, wage loss and other damages sustained by the […]

For 16 years my law practice focused primarily in representing insurance companies in car accident and other personal injury cases.  As an insurance defense lawyer I was expected to keep jury verdicts as low as possible.  As each trial date approached, I would carefully review all of the evidence and prepare and rehearse my trial

At the same time that some states are moving toward marijuana legalization, a recent study reveals that fatal car crashes involving marijuana have tripled during the previous decade. “Currently, one of nine drivers involved in fatal crashes would test positive for marijuana,” said Dr. Guohua Li, director of the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

Persons who have been injured in a car crash or who have sustained injury from some other type of trauma require good medical care to get well.  Their medical providers may also need to give testimony in a court case if the at-fault party’s insurance company refuses reasonable settlement offers. Obtaining copies of the treating

If police investigate a motor vehicle collision, sometimes a traffic citation is issued to one or more of the drivers involved.  Question – what impact does a conviction to that citation have on a personal injury claim brought by one of the parties injured in the crash?As background for answering this question, it is important

Sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of America, this month focuses needed attention to the prevalence and seriousness of brain injury trauma.  Consider: Each year in the U.S. 2.4 million people, including 475,00 children, sustain a traumatic brain injury.  5.3 million individuals live with life-long disability as a result of brain injury. 52,000 people will die,

If you are injured in a car crash or sustain injury from some other type of trauma, your claim for money damages may require your attorney to take your case to trial. Your attorney may need to subpoena witnesses to testify at this trial.  For example, there may be witnesses who observed the car crash,

There are approximately 2,500,000 traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the United States every year.  Of these, about 1,000,000 result in the patient being hospitalized.   Many of these injuries arise from motor vehicle collisions or other incidents involving negligence.   These injuries can cause substantial cognitive, physical and emotional disability. Physicians and psychologists have traditionally faced difficulties

Doctors report that four paralyzed men haven been able to move their legs for the first time in years after electrical stimulation on their spinal chords.  The four were Americans, although the story of their amazing progress was reported in the British Journal Brain. The spinal cord acts like a high speed information line, carrying electrical

Frequently an attorney representing a person who has been injured in a car crash has to deal with two insurance companies – the insurance company of the at-fault driver and the client’s own insurance company. If the policy limits of the at-fault driver’s insurance company are not sufficient to pay for the client’s losses, then