Personal Injury Client Expectations About Settlement & Verdict Amounts

What Should You Expect (And When) From Your Orlando Auto Accident Case?

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As an Orlando car accident lawyer, I believe it is very important that new clients have proper expectations about the range of possible outcomes in their cases.  Unfortunately, billboards touting high dollar value verdicts have done nothing to help consumers understand what really happens, and what they should fairly expect, following an auto or other accident […]

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The Importance Of Hiring A Personal Injury Attorney Who Is A Good Writer

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The massive lack of public understanding about personal injury lawsuits often amazes me. Consumers generally do not understand the critical importance of hiring a personal injury lawyer who can write effective & persuasive legal arguments, particularly when the case involves serious injuries or death. Did You Know Some Personal Injury Plaintiffs Never Get Their Day In

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Warning About Personal Injury Attorneys

HUGE Warning About Hiring Your Personal Injury Attorney

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Typically when you hire a Central Florida personal injury attorney to represent you, he or she will require that you sign a “Retainer Agreement.” This is the contract between you and them, which lays out the terms of your agreement. Typically this contract will cover such things as the percentage of recovery that you will

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Written Pain Logs For Injury & Accident Cases

Day In The Life Video & Written Pain Logs: Compelling Proof Of Pain & Suffering

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As a Florida personal injury lawyer, one of the most frustrating parts of my job, in addition to the fact that no amount of money will take away my clients’ pain, is that communicating the extent of their pain and suffering is challenging, either during mediation or trial. You Have To Prove Your Pain &

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Huge Car Accident Case Jury Verdict

How To Receive The Highest Possible Personal Injury Settlement Or Verdict

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As a personal injury lawyer in Central Florida, the biggest question most of my clients want to know is how they obtain the highest possible personal injury settlement or verdict.  Actions you take, or fail to take, can have a tremendous impact on your ultimate financial recovery after an accident or injury. The first thing

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How Has Tort Reform Hurt Consumers? And What Is Tort Reform?

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As an Orlando personal injury attorney, I sometimes answer questions online relating to personal injury and accident law.  This is just a quickie article, which originally was a comment to this post, in which a concerned consumer, Kelline Pickett, had been asking me and another attorney, James Novak, about tort reform.  Since my comment was

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McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case: Why Were The Damages So High?

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As a Florida personal injury attorney, I know many people across the country were outraged when the jury awarded Ms. Liebeck 2.9 million dollars in the McDonald’s Hot Coffee case.  To understand the good reasons for the verdict, one must understand the types of damages available in personal injury cases, including burn injury cases, and

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McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case: What Were The Real Facts? And Do They Support Tort Reform?

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Way back in February of 1992, an elderly woman named Stella Liebeck burned herself on McDonald’s hot coffee while holding the cup between her legs when she was driving, which was a highly offensive form of jackpot justice.  She was the undeserving recipient of the most outrageous variety of lawsuit lottery winnings the country had

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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Caps On Non-Economic Damages In Wrongful Death Medical Malpractices Cases

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This is BIG news for the plaintiffs’ personal injury and medical malpractice bar in Florida.  Many Florida plaintiffs’ personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys have been waiting on the edge of their seat for this Florida Supreme Court decision (Estate of McCall v. U.S.). Economic Versus Non-Economic Damages In Florida Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Cases

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Do Personal Injury Attorneys Take Frivolous Lawsuits? Part II

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Text or Call 24 Hr Attorney Hotline (407) 803-2139 As an Orlando personal injury attorney, I am often drawn into debates about so-called “frivolous” lawsuits.  During Part I of this article, I shared my opinion regarding whether filed lawsuits are often frivolous.  Now I want to discuss some little known facts about thousands of cases

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