March 2, 2008

Delayed Damage Still Merits Compensation

If you0ve worked in the construction industry, you0ll know how easy it is to slip or to pick something up at the wrong angle and to pull a muscle as a result. Usually this just results in a couple of days of taking it easy, and then you0re right as rain again.
However, sometimes a strain like this can cause what is known as delayed injury. The effects of delayed injury might set in months or even years later, but the location of the pain will make it clear which accident was to blame.
Delayed injury symptoms can include chronic muscle pain, interfering with your sleep and often making work impossible. It0s a serious problem, but what can you do about it? How can you make a claim when the accident which caused it was so long ago? This is where a construction accident lawyer can help.
A construction accident lawyer can assist you in two ways. Firstly, they can arrange for you to see a doctor who will be able to confirm the probable cause of your injury. Secondly, they can track down the people you were working for at the time and investigate their insurance policy. As part of this process, […]

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Serious Injury Motorcycle Accident Cases Are Complex Litigation - Part 1

Motorcycle accidents, unfortunately, often result in serious and catastrophic injuries. Some of the reasons are obvious, such as that motorcycles don’t have the surrounding metal cage, the safety designed interior padding, seat belts and air bags that protect auto drivers. Some of the reasons are less obvious, such as the “inattentional blindness” that impairs many auto drivers’ ability to “see” the oncoming motorcycle often leading auto drivers either to pull out into intersections from side streets or turn left directly into the motorcyclists’ path.
Motorcyclists may suffer quadriplegia, paraplegia, other spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injury, TBI, debilitating internal injuries, catastrophic orthopedic injuries and limb amputations. Our serious injury motorcycle accident lawyers will discuss two of those categories of cases, involving TBI and spinal cord injuries. However, every serious injury motorcycle accident case is “complex litigation,” much more complicated than “who ran the red light,” and so it is very important that the seriously injured client obtain the representation of qualified lawyers, highly experienced in the preparation and presentation of complex litigation, motorcycle accident attorneys capable of competently presenting to the settlement judge and jury the full measure of the motorcyclist’s general and special damages.
We’ll contrast the ordinary and serious […]

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Serious Injury Motorcycle Accident Cases Are Complex Litigation - Part 2

Similarly, in the ordinary motorcycle accident case, presenting past earnings losses may be as simple as counting the number of days the rider lost from work and multiply it by his daily wage. In the serious injury motorcycle accident case, presenting future lost earning can be extraordinarily complex. In the simplest serious injury case involving the daily wage earner, the qualified and experienced motorcycle accident attorneys will require a number of medical experts, and then perhaps most importantly, a “vocational rehabilitation expert” and an economist to establish the client’s “net loss” as defines the measure of future earnings loss damages. The vocational rehab expert speaks with the client, his medical doctors, the medical experts. He will review the clients school record and other information with regard to his clients earning capacity before and after the accident. He will then provide the report to the serious injury motorcycle accident lawyer outlining the occupations for which the client is now disqualified, and for which he may remain qualified. The information from the medical experts will also provide the serious injury lawyer with the critical information with regard to the client’s “work life expectancy” before and after the accident. The serious injury motorcycle […]

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