Why Do I Have To Pay My Health Insurance Company Back From My Personal Injury Settlement?
Every major health insurance company that I am aware of has provisions in their insurance policy that allow them to recover, from your settlement, for expenditures that they made for medical care for an injury caused by an at-fault third-party. Why Do I Have To Pay My Health Insurance Company Back From My Personal Injury Settlement?... Read more »
Three Common Mistakes To Avoid When Pursuing Personal Injury Benefits After A Maryland Car Accident
Personal injury protection benefits, typically referred to by the acronym PIP, are mandatory*, first-party insurance benefits in Maryland, unless waived, affirmatively, by you. This means that they are: included on your car insurance policy you paid the premiums, and they are payable on a no-fault basis Benefits will typically cover a portion if your lost... Read more »
Can I Get Compensation From All At-Fault Parties If I Am Injured By More Than One Person In An Accident?
An individual who has been injured by the negligence of another is entitled under the law to be “made whole” for their injuries. The remedial purpose of the law here is to restore that individual, as nearly as possible, to their pre-accident condition by way of monetary compensation called damages. Money damages might be a... Read more »
What Is Your Reduced Attorney Fee Program For Baltimore Personal Injury Cases?
For more than a decade I’ve been proud and honored to extend a reduced attorney fee program to Maryland residents that have been injured through the negligence of another. I’ve extended this program to hundreds of Marylanders who have been injured in car accidents, falls, and other mishaps where allegations of negligence have been made.... Read more »
How Can The Reduced Attorney Fee Program Save Me Money On My Personal Injury Case ?
How Can The Reduced Attorney Fee Program Save Me Money On My Personal Injury Case ? There are two things to keep in mind here. The first is that my reduced contains a lower attorney fee percentage than that typically found in personal injury fee arrangements commonly seen in Maryland. The second is that, by... Read more »
Top 3 Reasons To Consider Using A Reduced Attorney Fee Program For A Maryland Personal Injury Case
The principal advantage in the reduced fee program may be no different than the greatest advantage in all contingent fee arrangements. It may well be the absolute lack of risk to the injured person. Under a contingent fee arrangement, for the client or injury victim, there’s no exposure or risk of non-recovery. In other words, the... Read more »
The Impact of The Two-Way Center Turn [“Suicide”] Lane on Baltimore Personal Injury Cases
Many years ago, highway engineers in Maryland proposed utilizing a two-way center turn lane on divided highways. The suggestions were adopted, and these center lanes were constructed throughout Maryland. The use of this lane, sometimes referred to by the euphemism “suicide lane”, has perhaps generated more personal injury related litigation in Maryland than any other... Read more »
Do I Have To Come To Court And Testify In My Personal Injury Case?
Do I Have To Come To Court And Testify In My Personal Injury Case? As a long time injury and accident attorney, I get the fear of getting up in front of people you don’t know, and talking about personal details. Let’s look at the likelihood of being a witness. If you go back and... Read more »
Top Three Reasons That A Baltimore Personal Injury Case Can Be Lost.
There are no statistics kept on this, at least not to my knowledge, but I Attorney Eric T. Kirk would hazard a guess that the top 3 reasons a personal injury case is lost in court, are, in no certain order: contributory negligence; a finding of no negligence on the part of the defendant; failure of... Read more »
Does It Really Matter If The Insurance Company Uses A Computer Program To Determine The Value Of Your Personal Injury Case?
Other articles on this site discuss computer settlement software such as the Colossus program utilized by Allstate, among others, and the TEACH program utilized by State Farm. Years ago, many, if not most major insurance companies began to use settlement software to arrive at the dollar figure they would extend as an offer of settlement... Read more »
How Much To File and Pursue A Baltimore Personal Injury Lawsuit?
It likely does not come as a surprise to anyone that litigation is expensive. It goes without saying that if an injured individual has chosen to hire a personal injury attorney for representation in a claim, that the attorney is to be compensated for their time and efforts. The lawyer and client are free to... Read more »
What Types of Cases Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Handle?
I field a great many interesting inquiries from prospective clients. The start of many of these conversations is “what types of cases do you handle” or “do you handle “_____________” type of case”? To be sure the practice of law is divided into practice areas, or case types, or areas of law by both lawyers... Read more »
