After a night on the town, a taxi is no longer your only option to get back home. Uber, and other “ride-sharing” companies, have given the taxi companies a run for their money by offering cheap(er) and easier transportation. The idea is great: link drivers and those in need of…
Metro Verdicts Monthly provides the following data to give the median (not average) settlement and verdicts for ankle fracture injuries: District of Columbia: $66,000 Virginia: $21,700 Maryland: $88,000 My comment? People rarely have minor ankle injuries in car accidents in my experience. So I think a lot of slip and…
If you have been in a serious car accident that was not your fault, you find yourself shopping for the best and most successful accident lawyer to take your case. Make no mistake. The best auto accident lawyers get the best results. Top-level auto accident attorneys have the skills to…
This is a sample demand letter in a relatively small case with approximately $18,000 in medical bills. But this personal injury car accident case settled for a lot more money than any kind of simple multiplier of medical bills. This “times special damages math” where you try to determine a…
We buy car insurance hoping we never need to go through the process of submitting a claim. When accidents happen, we hope the claims process is smooth and simple. Seems like a reasonable expectation because you or the at-fault driver paid your premium every month in a way that made…
I like many GEICO adjusters and lawyers. I like Warren Buffett. But I don’t like GEICO. This new opinion by a California appellate court in Mazik v. GEICO after a jury slapped GEICO reminds me why. Mazik v. GEICO Facts The plaintiff suffered a crushing type of foot fracture of his…
One thing I think we can all universally agree on it that there are just too many pedestrian accidents and deaths. Clearly, Chicago is not an exception. A report of pedestrian and vehicle crashes released by Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) in 2011, focused on this problem and the types…
A fatal school bus accident last week has prompted a lawsuit alleging unsafe conditions for the bus’ lack of seatbelts. The details here are sad. The 60 year old school bus driver and a five-year-old little girl were killed in the crash. The bus, which struck a bridge, was carrying…
Medicare continues to make efforts to try, post Haro v. Sebelius, to make for an easier solution for dealing with Medicare liens. The latest? In very small cases, they are more likely to be handled by injury victims themselves as opposed to personal injury lawyers, Medicare will offer a 25%…
The average car/truck/motorcycle accident verdict in New York is $837,020, which is stunningly high compared to most other jurisdictions. Why is this? Are New York jurors just that much more generous than, say, jurors in Maryland? The answer is that New York’s no-fault accident law requires that plaintiffs suffer a…