Safety and Health Reporter
- The Contingent Fee System
- Posted on June 15, 2012 by Brien Roche
- The contingent fee system is a common mechanism by which personal injury cases are handled, not only in the Fairfax, Virginia area but throughout the country. The principal advantage of the contingent fee system is that it allows people who do not have the funds to hire a lawyer on ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- How Much Is A Herniated Disc Worth?
- Posted on June 15, 2012 by Brien Roche
- How much is a herniated disc worth for purposes of a personal injury settlement in the Fairfax, Virginia area?
In answering that question there needs to be some definition as to exactly what the term "herniated" means. Physicians frequently use the term herniated to mean simply a bulging disc. A bulging ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Discharging Personal Injury Attorney
- Posted on June 14, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Discharging personal injury attorney ?
That probably is not a happy day for your attorney but sometimes it does come to pass that it is necessary to simply part company. In the Fairfax, Virginia area if an attorney has been discharged prior to the case being settled then the attorney typically is ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Return to Work While Personal Injury Claim Pending
- Posted on June 14, 2012 by Brien Roche
- The issue of a return to work while you have a personal injury claim pending is frequently a difficult one. The conflicting considerations are that it may not be in your financial interest to return to work because by returning to work that then puts a cap on what your ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Unhappy With Personal Injury Settlement
- Posted on June 13, 2012 by Brien Roche
- So you are unhappy with personal injury settlement that you reached.
In Virginia there is a cooling off period after you have signed a Settlement Agreement with an insurance company provided you are not represented by counsel.
Assuming that you were represented by counsel and you decide after the fact that you are ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Workers Comp and Personal Injury
- Posted on June 13, 2012 by Brien Roche
- There is a world of difference between handling workers comp claims and handling personal injury claims.
In the legal world lawyers that handle one frequently handle the other too. Increasingly, however, workers' compensation claims are becoming more and more specialized and there are many lawyers who do not handle both workers' ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Winning Personal Injury Claims
- Posted on June 12, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Winning personal injury claims is a function of how well "armed" you are. Being well armed typically means being represented by competent counsel and also having a favorable set of facts that justify your claim. A favorable set of facts obviously is not something that you can manufacture. The facts ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Defending Personal Injury Claims
- Posted on June 12, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Defending personal injury claims where you have been sued for negligence resulting in personal injury to the party bringing the claim can be a challenge. How do you defend this?
Your first line of defense should be to determine whether or not there is available insurance coverage that would protect you from the claim. ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Workers Comp Subrogation
- Posted on June 12, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Most workers compensation laws are like the law that covers the Fairfax, Virginia area which allows for the workers comp subrogation i.e.,insurance carrier to recoup any monies it has paid out either to or on behalf of the injured worker. This is referred to as a right of subrogation. The logic ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Underinsured Coverage
- Posted on June 11, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Underinsured coverage is something you should have to avoid the inadequacy of liability insurance policy limits of the at fault motorist.
In the state of Virginia motorist are only required to carry liability limits of $25,000. In some instances, they may actually be exempted from having any insurance coverage if they pay what is ...
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Posted in Auto Accident, Personal Injury
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