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Rotator cuff injury settlements can range from modest five-figure payments to several hundred thousand dollars. Some cases are worth more. The difference usually comes down to surgery, the type of tear, prior shoulder problems, the injured person’s work, permanent limitations, and how convincingly the medical evidence connects the tear to the accident.

Insurance companies often treat a rotator cuff claim as an age and degeneration case. If the MRI mentions tendinosis, arthritis, retraction, atrophy, or chronic changes, the adjuster will argue that the tear was already there. That argument can be beaten. The strongest response is usually a clean preaccident history, immediate symptoms, a believable accident mechanism, objective weakness, and a treating doctor who will explain why the trauma caused a new injury or made a previously silent condition symptomatic.

Our lawyers handle rotator cuff injury cases arising from car accidents, truck crashes, falls, and other negligent conduct. Call us at 800-553-8082 or contact us online for a free consultation.

On this page, our car accident lawyers will look at Savannah Georgia auto accident lawsuits. We will explain some key areas of Georgia law that apply to auto accident injury cases and we also look at how much settlement compensation plaintiffs typically get in Savannah car accident cases.

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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 settlement amount with a formula is dangerous. It often causes plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers (and victims) to substantially undervalue a claim.

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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 it smooth and simple for the insurance company.  But it does not work that way, right?

There are several reasons that your claim may be denied. This denial can often cause a significant financial strain on you and your family. . If you’ve recently been in a car accident, you may be counting on the money from the insurance claim to pay medical and other bills.

If your claim has been denied, you need to figure out quickly why and what you can do to get the money you deserve.

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% gross payment alternative to dealing with Medicare on a lien.

It is certainly not the deal of a lifetime by any stretch. More importantly, it is only for cases that do not exceed $5,000. But the option applies in:

• Cases after November 7, 2011
• Involve physical injury
• $5,000 or less
• The option is selected in a to-be-determined time frame
• Medicare has yet to make a final demand
• The beneficiary does not expect to receive future third party injury payments

If these conditions are satisfied, a beneficiary will resolve and satisfy Medicare’s lien by paying Medicare 25% of the insurance settlement. While the primary application will now, more than likely, be small soft tissue car accident claims, a successful run might lead to larger scale implementation down the road.

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