What Should You Look For in a Written Contingency Fee Agreement?
Feb 01, 2011
The retainer agreement you sign for a lawyer to represent you in a personal injury or malpractice claim has a lot of important parts.
The retainer agreement language is a big factor in how much you...
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The Importance of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Dec 04, 2010
As apersonal injury attorney who represents accident victims I frequently get a case in which the blameless victim has been horribly injured by a drunk or careless driver who either does not have insu...
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My Case Settled and My Attorney Hasn't Paid Me!
Nov 30, 2010
Your personal injury case dragged on for two years. Finally, your attorney gets a settlement check; it is deposited to their trust account and you don't get your check. What is going on?
In theory your...
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Does Lawyer Advertising Help Clients?
Nov 30, 2010
Ever since the 1977 Supreme Court case of Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, lawyers have been free to advertise. Does this help or hurt clients or not make any difference?
Attorney advertising falls into ...
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Should Attorneys Find Doctors for their Injury Clients?
Nov 29, 2010
To many people the idea of a personal injury attorney sending their clients to doctors seems sleazy: Wouldn't the client find "real" doctors on their own if they were really hurt?
Not always. Let'...
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How Do You Want your Lawyer to Relate to the Other Side?
Nov 28, 2010
If you look at legal advertising you will see that many attorneys market themselves as "aggressive." Sometimes lawyers even use pictures of sharks or snarling dogs to convey the message that they are t...
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Federal Vaccination Compensation Program
Nov 28, 2010
The Federal Government has a program providing compensation to people suffering certain reactions to most vaccinations. The program pays attorneys fees and cost so the claimant does not have to pay mon...
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Jury Trial or Judge Trial in a Las Vegas Personal Injury Case?
Nov 27, 2010
As a Plaintiff's attorney I almost never have to ask myself whether I want a jury or a judge trial. I can lay 1000 to 1 odds in most cases that the defense (in a personal injury case defended by an in...
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When is the Uphill Property Owner Liable for Water Damage to the Downhill Property?
Nov 27, 2010
There is actually a Nevada Supreme Court case in point, Shepard v. Harrison, 100 Nev. 178, 678 P.2d 670 (1984). In that case there were two adjacent homes, one higher than the other. During a heavy rai...
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Defective Product Litigation--Examples of Dangerously Defective Products
Nov 27, 2010
If you have been hurt by a defective product you may have a great case. For decades courts have taken the position that as a matter of public policy manufacturers (and people who sell their products) ...
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