Howard Robert Roitman’s Answers

the complaint logs of all lawyer regulatory groups indicate that many lawyers are terrible communicators. If every time you have a problem there's a delay of several days before you can talk to your lawyer on the phone or get an appointment, you'll lose precious time, not to mention sleep. Almost nothing is more aggravating to a client than to leave a legal project in a lawyer's hands and then have weeks or even months go by without anything happening. You want a lawyer who will work hard...

the insurer has a duty to settle the lawsuit within your policy limits, if it can. One of the classic cases that demonstrate the insurer’s duty to defend involved an insured named Curtis Campbell, who was in an auto accident that killed one person and injured another. When Mr. Campbell was sued, his insurer, State Farm, refused to settle the case for $50,000, his policy limit, even though State Farm knew he caused the accident. At trial, the jury found Mr. Campbell liable and awarded $136,000...

If you bought it. Ask your lawyer to review your Dec page. She will know what that means

As a technical matter the answer seems to be yes. It is however a subject that may be modified by statute, insurance commission ruling or contract. In general ability insurance pays indemnity: Indemnity is often used as a synonym for compensation or reparation. All three can be construed as obligations to act on an injured party's behalf given the occurrence of a contractually-specified event. However, indemnity as a legal concept has a much broader meaning than the other two terms; namely, an...

See a doctor and then see a lawyer.

Issues addressing the procedures involved in the hiring and training of drivers are starting to surface. There are certain standards and requirements that must be met before just anyone is allowed to sit behind the wheel of a big rig. To protect your legal rights following severe injury or wrongful death resulting from a trucking accident, big rig crash or auto accident, it is wise to immediately consult with an experienced attorney. Each year thousands of motorists and big rig drivers are...

Depends on who breached there duty.

For the purpose of tax treatment, awards and settlements can be classified into two distinct groups, viz. claims arising on account of physical injury and those resulting from non-physical injury. Each of these claims can further be classified into the following three categories, Punitive damages Emotional damages Actual damages Punitive damages are awarded to the plaintiff in order to punish a defendant and forestall others from committing similar acts. However, these are contingent on the...

Determining Legal Liability Most accidents happen because someone was careless. The basic rule is: If one person involved in an accident was less careful than another, the less careful one must pay for at least a portion of the damages suffered by the more careful one. Legal liability for almost all accidents is determined by this rule of carelessness, and by one or more of the following simple propositions: If the injured person was where he or she was not supposed to be, or somewhere he or...

If you have been hurt badly you should see a lawyer.