If you are seriously injured and debilitated, you are going to lose time at work. The greater the debilitation, the more time you will lose which can add up to a significant amount of money. This time could be spent in the hospital but it may also be from trips back and forth for medical care, time in the doctor’s office or in rehabilitation, physical therapy or any other reason to be absent from work, related to the accident. Keeping records of this time is paramount to recovering the proper amount of compensatory damages in your personal injury case. Sick Time, Vacation Pay and Disability If [...]

When you are involved in an automobile collision, you probably think all you have to do is report it to your insurance company, provide the at-fault driver’s information, and then magically everything will be taken care of for you. If only things were that simple. Though you pay your insurance company hundreds of dollars a year, maybe even thousands (the average yearly cost stands at approximately $1,900 to $2,200), it’s not the best bet to rely on these corporations to protect your legal rights. Because these companies are in business to make a profit, they’ll only put in as little effort as they can because it [...]