Category: Personal Injury FAQ

Certain aspects of a head-on collision make it difficult to determine the at-fault driver for that particular incident. (more…)

Anyone that has been involved in an on-road accident should make a point of calling officers to the scene of the crash, so that those same officers can file a police report. (more…)

After a policyholder has reported his or her involvement in some type of accident, the insurer puts that report in a file. One of the insurance company’s adjusters receives that particular file. The recipient of the same file wants to gather all the facts; therefore, he or she launches an investigation. (more…)

When the opposing parties agree to settle, then the plaintiff is assured of at least some money, and the defendant has some control over the size of the compensation. (more…)

Sometimes both parties are partly to blame for the occurrence of a given accident. Different legal systems have different ways for approaching that particular situation. (more…)

Most insurance companies rely on delay and deny tactics, when seeking to force a claimant to reduce or abandon a personal injury claim. One or both of those tactics might be combined with an effort to minimize the size of the claimant’s compensation. (more…)

Show that you appreciate the need to be reasonable. Show that you are ready to compromise. (more…)

There are 2 sides to any dispute, including one that concerns claims of a personal injury. Consequently, the defendant has a chance to present his or her side of the story. That presentation could take the form of a courtroom argument, one that must be directed at the 12 members of a jury. (more…)

As a phrase that is linked to a theory, the 2 words respondent superior could dictate the outcome for a personal injury case. Those words indicate that an employer can be held responsible for an employee’s conduct. (more…)

In the case of an intentional tort, the plaintiff has been harmed by an intentional act. In an instance of negligence, the plaintiff has been harmed by careless and neglectful act. (more…)