How Do Insurance Companies Determine Compensation?
If you have been a victim of an accident, and you have a personal injury claim, then one of the things that you and your attorney will need to do is determine how much compensation you need [...]
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Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim Doesn’t Always Work
Every worker should understand that if they get injured on the job, they can file a workers’ compensation claim in order to obtain damages to help them recover from their injuries. While most workers usually understand this, [...]
Do You Need an Attorney for a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
In some ways, filing workers’ compensation claims is like filing any other insurance claim. You have to fill out forms and show your expenses for medical bills and damages. That seems like something you could handle on [...]
Common Types of Personal Injury
Personal injuries are one of the most common reasons lawsuits get filed. They come about when one party gets hurt and believes that someone else is responsible. Intentional harm done to someone would usually be a criminal [...]
Your Rights Under Workers’ Compensation Law
If your employer has workers’ compensation insurance, and you suffer an accident or injury while on the job, you have certain rights. Those rights ensure that you are able to get compensation for your medical bills, your [...]
Common Misconceptions About Workers’ Compensation
Although most people understand that their employer most likely carries workers’ compensation insurance for them, that doesn’t mean they fully appreciate what that entails. As a result, they can become frustrated when, after being injured on the [...]
Can I Take My Employer to Court?
Generally speaking, if someone’s actions, or their lack of taking action, end up getting you hurt, you can take them to court to collect damages. This is the basis of personal injury law. However, if you end [...]
Can Emotional Distress Count as a Personal Injury?
If you’re at all familiar with personal injury law, then you know that it covers a fairly wide spectrum of potential cases. You could sue a business owner if you slipped and fell on their property. You [...]
Assault and Workers’ Compensation
When most of us think of workers’ compensation claims, we usually think of someone slipping at their jobsite or something falling on their head. Depending on what caused the accident, the employer is generally found responsible because [...]
5 Reasons Why People Lose Their Personal Injury Lawsuit
Over the last two or three decades, the media has convinced the public that most personal injury lawsuits are frivolous and deserve to lose in court. Unless you’re familiar with the legal system, it may shock you [...]
Why You Need a Personal Injury Lawyer
Personal injury cases can cover a wide variety of different topics, including slips and falls, dog bites, medical malpractice and car accidents. If you have been injured due to someone else’s careless or purposeful actions, then you [...]
What Do You Have to Have for a Personal Injury Claim?
Personal injury claims can cover a wide variety of different issues and accidents. Because of the scope of such cases, they can also be quite confusing. For example, many people don’t know what it takes to actually [...]
Understanding Emotional Distress in a Workers’ Compensation Claim
If you have been injured while on the job, you likely have a workers’ compensation claim to file. However, you do not want to handle this on your own as there are many different legal issues to [...]
What if I Can’t Return to My Original Job after Injury?
After some workplace injuries, it is not possible to return to your original job. This may be due to new physical limitations or disabilities that would prevent you from fulfilling your old tasks and responsibilities. If this [...]
Hit and Run Accident Still Not Solved
Hit and run accidents, unfortunately, happen all too often. People know they did something wrong. They may have been drunk, high, or sleepy. So, instead of staying at the scene of the accident, they leave, hoping that [...]
ATV Accident Leads to Injuries
The vast majority of personal injury accidents happen due to slips and falls, but a great deal of them are also related to vehicle collisions - that includes other vehicles besides cars and trucks too. A recent [...]
Sentencing for Crash That Happened Last June
Almost a year ago, Juan C. Bastida-Martinez was involved in a vehicle accident that resulted in the death of Steven Miller, who was on a motorcycle. The accident occurred in the West Manhein Township, and according to [...]
Maryland Insurer Must Compensate Worker for Lost Leg
A few months ago, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire decided a worker’s compensation case involving a Maryland insurance company, Arabella Insurance. In the case, a worker was returning to the office after finishing a job in [...]
$400,000 Award for Workers Comp Death Benefits in Maryland
Several months ago, the widow of a worker who lost his life at work finally received a decision from the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission that awarded her $400,000. The incident that took her husband’s life occurred almost [...]
Man Suffers Fatal Injury While in Custody
There are multiple types of personal injury cases occurring in Baltimore at any given time, and they can vary greatly. Consider one story that has been making the news lately. A man who was in custody and [...]