Personal Injury - Page 8

I fell on Black Ice. Do I have a case? Black ice is typically caused by one of two things. It's either a natural weather event or it's caused by a condition of the property that is allowing water to accumulate and freeze on a specific area. If it's the latter of these two conditions that is causing the black ice condition you may have a claim. If, however, it's just a natural weather condition creating black ice that's smooth, that is naturally accumulating...

One of the questions that I am frequently asked is, who is going to pay my medical bills? Obviously this depends on what type of accident in which you've been involved. If you're involved in a motor vehicle accident, under Pennsylvania, we still have no fault insurance for motor vehicle accidents. So, your motor vehicle insurance actually pays a portion of your medical expenses, even though you are not at fault for this accident. There are limits to that...

Many times people call us and say I was a passenger in a friend's vehicle or family member's vehicle what do I do? And we explain to them that many times this person has insurance and this is why we purchase insurance to get people compensated for injuries that they've sustained. This doesn't mean that you're suing your friend or your family member, it only means that you're looking to their insurance company to get you compensated for the injuries and damages...

Many times people call us because their child has been injured as a result of an incident and they want to know if there's any way that we can help them. Often times when a child sustains injuries its caused as a result of somebody else, whether they've been bitten by a dog we can look to the owner of that dog to see if they're responsible by failing to keep their dog restrained. If the dog had actually attacked before, we can make a recovery against the...

Another question that's very important to potential clients is, what's my case worth? That's a difficult question to answer, particularly at the beginning of the case. Cases are valued based upon the injuries and the treatment the client undergoes. There are a number of other factors such as, out of pocket costs, liens from health care providers, including the Department of Public Welfare and Medicare. All of these elements add up to provide us with a sense...