Personal Injury

The “shabby millionaire” rule, also known as the “true value” rule, is a principle of recovery in personal injury law. When a defendant injures or kills a plaintiff, they are liable in civil court for damages resulting from the plaintiff’s loss of income—no matter how much that income was. It does not matter if the […]

Personal injury cases allow an injured person to seek compensation for physical, financial, and mental damages that resulted from the injury accident. The foundation of personal injury law is holding accountable someone who has been negligent, reckless, or purposefully harmful to another person, in which they should be liable for how that person suffered. Generally,

In some states, the law sets a maximum recovery amount for certain personal injury claims, also known as a “damage cap.” Many state legislatures implemented damage caps after the tort reform movement of the 1990s. The proponents of tort reform claimed that the risk of frivolous litigation hurt businesses and professionals, particularly medical institutions and

When someone who has suffered an injury comes to talk to a personal injury lawyer about compensation for their damages, the lawyer will begin by asking them to describe exactly what happened to them. Were they injured because of dangerous conditions on someone’s property—open land, a house, an apartment, a store? Or did another person

Life is full of difficulties today, and they do not stop when you are on the road. Texting, phone conversations, and arguments with passengers lead to distracted driving. Long work hours lead to fatigue and inattention. It’s all too easy to get into an accident that you should have seen coming, especially if another driver