...s 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 premises-related injury, please contact my office in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Call toll free 304-472-7477....
...use and violence), I would like my paralegal to focus on civil litigation, personal injury, insurance law, and the family court. 2. I think a WV paralegal must know the rules: a. The Rules of Civil Procedure. These cover preparation and filings of pleadings, motions, related affidavits and cover sheets. They also cover the “rules of discovery” which are key in gathering information from the other side about the disputed and undisputed facts. b. Th...
...h as child custody, or child support, or alimony. When there is an alleged personal injury or civil wrong, it can be a suit over a car wreck where the insurance company won’t pay a fair settlement, or a dispute over the validity of grandpa’s will, or a boundary-line or right-of-way dispute between neighbors. A civil claim can also result from an industrial accident or alleged unjustified refusal of an insurance company to pay its own insured’s val...
...0 worth but is only five, it is nearly impossible to prove their case. All personal injury lawyer and insurance adjusters know “Damages are tied to ‘specials’ “. Specials are medical bills, expenses, and lost wages. 26. They cannot afford the risk of trial. So, they settle. 27. The divorcing Mother has to put my retainer on a credit card, so she sure cannot afford medical care for herself when she needs it. In WV, a disabled parent, by default, lo...
...any. 3. Insurance coverages are critically important. Liability coverages, personal injury and property damage, underinsured coverage, in case the guy who hurts you had too little, uninsured, in case he had NO insurance, and “medical payments coverage”, or “med pay”. 4. Depending on fault, the amount of liability coverage may control your financial future. 5. Unless you absolutely know you had no physical injury, GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM! The cont...
...good for the service you require. So, how do you find the right lawyer? In personal injury and family and civil litigation, you can just Google us. Bigger budgets of course can provide greater visibility. And then there are the reviews. I invite you to Google “Reviews of J. Burton Hunter III”. I am proud of them. They are real reviews by real people. A family law lawyer, especially, is vulnerable to a disgruntled client or adversary. Emotions run...
1. First; let’s define the kind of case. If it is a fault-based personal injury claim, such as serious injuries resulting from a rear end collision, the kindest think I can say to a person who tries to document and settle that case without counsel is “foolish”. Forget your pre-conceptions and just give me a call. You will learn a lot, at no financial risk. 2. In those cases, the lawyer works for no fee until the money is collected. Most charge 25...
...of whom are paralegals. Two do family law work and other duties; one does personal injury and civil law, and my wife/office manager Nancy does billing, purchasing, etc. I copy them in nearly everything, but blind copying all but one so the other side doesn’t get nervous. I don’t want them to think I am setting them up. But the receptionist needs to know what going on. My billing clerk certainly needs to have a feel as to why a case is building up...
...of how much coverage is enough. It is essential for you to carry adequate personal injury and property damage liability coverage. 9. And, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages when the other driver carries little or no insurance? Just think, the person coming around that curve could put you or your loved one(s) in a hospital for months and pay little or nothing to assist in your recovery. No lost wages, medical expenses, payment for walke...
