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July 18, 2013

Personal Injury Urban Myths – The Phonebooth – The Other Side of the Story.

Have you heard the one about the pedestrian, who was severely injured in a phone booth by a drunk driver, who sued the Phone Company, Yuck, yuck?! This was a story blindly reprinted by the news media during the Regan Presidency. That’s when a lot of these “tort reform” ideas began to gain traction. Turns out that the drunk driver had little or no liability insurance. The permanently injured plaintiff was using the phone when he saw the car coming...

September 15, 2010

Comparative Fault in WV

...ty” bill. Just another reason to have an experienced, up to date, personal injury lawyer on your side. 2-27-2015.) Personal injury law in WV is based on fault. If you make a mistake (negligence) and injure someone else, you are legally responsible, SO carry insurance. WV requires us to carry $20,000 per person and $40,000 per occurrence of personal injury liability insurance. Homeowners are largely free of serious injury claims because the standar...

March 23, 2012

How To Read Burt’s Book?

...rsonal injury law, lawsuits, tort law, what it takes to be a good personal injury lawyer, and what’s involved in consulting a personal injury lawyer are “legion”. c. The examples of tragic consequences to people who tried to be their own lawyer are real, usually recent, cases. The clients have agreed their stories can be told. They generously wish for others to avoid what they went through. And sometimes I am just having fun while making a point;...

September 18, 2011

Obesity And The Law, And How Not to Be Fat

...ision unscathed than his overweight counterpart. I can turn a pre-existing injury into an advantage in a personal injury claim. I have explained that in other blog posts. A person with a bad back or knee, quite simply, is more susceptible to injury than one who does not have a weak back or knee, but making that argument is hard for a fat person, even when over half of the jury is probably significantly overweight. I tend not to gain a lot of weigh...

March 15, 2014

Premises Liability

...lass blower’s studio in the winter. There were no walkways. My client fell down a slippery bank and blew out his knee. Another client was injured at a courthouse when a piece of marble wainscoting fell off the wall and hit her in the head, resulting in a brain injury. If you have been injured because of a dangerous condition on another’s property, a personal injury lawyer can evaluate your case. To arrange a free initial consultation about your pr...

August 13, 2013

Self Representation – A Family Court Tragedy

...a pool of money to collect from (insurance); 3. There is money in personal injury. Doubt me? Watch daytime t.v. and see who is advertising. 3. Defendants in personal injury suits get free defense lawyers, paid for by their insurance companies. 4. Doctors in med mal cases and lawyers in legal malpractice get free lawyers, albeit after some hefty deductibles; 5. Juvenile defendants get a Court Appointed lawyer. 6. Their parents get lawyers to defend...

March 15, 2014

Oil and Gas Explosions

...300 wells drilled in the last five years. Every time you crack a well, there is the potential for setting off an explosion, as flammable material is brought up into the air. Gas and oil accidents are legally complex. They require proving that the employer’s negligence was so great that injury to workers was their deliberate intent. Not every work-related injury in the gas and oil industry meets that standard. I will investigate the circumstances...

March 15, 2014

Practice Areas

...urt by dangerous products or dangerous premises. Learn more about personal injury Medical Malpractice When doctors and other healthcare professionals make mistakes, the consequences can be devastating for their patients. I represent clients who have suffered a serious, permanent injury because of medical mistakes, from surgical errors and prescription errors to medical negligence resulting in birth injuries. Learn more about medical malpractice In...

August 20, 2012

Domestic Violence and Family Court

...is with some references to that, and I have many good articles on personal injury, insurance, trial preparation, mediation, and trials. God may reward me for writing the stuff below by sending me a good personal injury matter. In the meantime, someone has to pay the electric bill, and I am just as good in family law, which often involves violence and the threat of violence. In small town America, there is much less money in family law, and cases i...