EXPERT WITNESSES / LAWYER WRITING

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Every case of mine needs at least one expert witness because my client and I are not allowed to say that an arm was fractured or a herniated disc herniated without a doctor saying it. Them’s the rules. So, I spend a decent amount of time and effort reading the experts’ reports both from my side and the opposing side. …

WHAT MY CLIENTS GO THROUGH

NeuwirthLawAuto Accidents, Case Matters, For Lawyers, Insurance

I write a lot about the business of personal injury law. Today, I am going to write a little bit about things I don’t often write about and that is what my clients go through before and during their cases.  Here are two examples: Sally is a new grandmother and very excited about her new role and spending time with …

Go/No GO

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Deciding whether to file suit on a case is often just a business judgment on my end. Based on having done this for 20 year plus, is this a case that is worth putting into suit? Recently, I have had the difficult conversation with clients in two cases that simply did not make sense to put into suit. What does …

TRIAL NOTICES

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When a case is getting close to trial, the Courts will let us know by sending out a trial notice. When I was a younger defense lawyer with an oversize volume of cases, this would start a panic at the office as we struggled to make sure everything was ready for Court. As a plaintiff’s lawyer, while trial notices are …

No Free Bites

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Dog bite cases trouble insurance companies because it is very hard to question the dog about his motives. I say his because I have never had a female dog bite a person. I’m sure it happens all the time, but not in my case files.  Dogs can do a lot of damage or a little damage depending on the dog …