Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Tips for Preparing To Meet With A Medical Malpractice Lawyer

September 10, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

If you have experienced injury, due to the negligence of a healthcare provider than you may have grounds for a legitimate medical malpractice lawsuit. Medical malpractice claims are hard to solve because there has to be substantial proof that there was a medical error occurred and that is what caused the personal injury. Since it’s often hard to prove negligence malpractice lawyers are extremely selective in the case that they decide to review and pursue. You should be well prepared when meeting when an attorney.

Meeting With A Medical Malpractice Lawyer

The first thing any decent medical malpractice attorney will want to hear is the facts of the case. Often times, people are eager to go into detail about their injury and pain. Although, this information is helpful and sets the tone for the case; actual documentation needs to be provided to determine the strength of your case.

How to Avoid Accident While Driving In Snow

September 9, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

Yes, California is known as the state that rarely rains or snows, but there will come a time during the winter months when we’ll have to travel out of state bounds. Driving in heaps of snow can be challenging, especially if you are not used to doing so. If you’re not extra careful and skillful you can easily have an accident. If the need arises for you to cross state bounds here are some tips you should keep in mind to ensure your safety on the road.

Prepare Your Car

First off, you should make your vehicle is ready to handle the snowy roads. Taking simple maintenance/mechanical precautions can prevent an accident. If you are not experienced in working on cars than its best you seek the professional help of a skilled and trustworthy mechanic.

Brain Injuries and Lasting Effects

September 9, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

As many as 1.4 million people suffer from some form of brain injury each year. While brain injuries can be caused by almost anything, lots of brain injury cases stem from some type of personal injury caused by someone else negligence. Sounds close to home? Well, if you’ve experienced head trauma it is vital to educate yourself on these types of injuries and its long lasting effects.

What Exactly Is Brain Injury?

Most head trauma cases are often mild because the skull is tough and provides the brain with an considerable amount of protection. Even seemingly mild brain injury can be debilitating. You don’t have to be involved in a serious accident to experience injury. There are three major types of brain injuries.

Importance Of Securing A Lawyer Before Meeting With Insurance Companies

September 9, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

Lately, the “do-it-yourself” attitude is no longer limited to simple house and car repairs. It’s common to hear of people handling their own personal injury claims and meeting with ruthless insurance companies without the help of a professional. It’s so easy to assume that in cases where injury is less severe that the case will be simple to handle. This is a big misconception. Whether you deem your personal injury case as being small or big, it’s important to secure the services of a lawyer before you even meet with an insurance company.

In personal injury cases, be prepared for individuals to not take responsibility for their actions even when it’s evident that they were at fault for your injury. Usually, in these types of cases insurance companies are unfair and will offer you a low settlement. Why? Well, insurance companies are just like any other business. The main goal is to maximize profits and that’s done by under-compensating.

Also, many people are unaware that as the victim, you are responsible for proving negligence on the part of the other party, proving that you are not a fault and you also have the obligation of providing proof of the damage that was done. By law you are also required to mitigate or minimize the damage. Here are a few things you will have to consider:

Gastric Bypass Surgery Can be Deadly

August 23, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

Gastric Bypass surgery has gained popularity in recent year. Overweight people who have tried many forms of weight loss with no success will often use this surgery as a last result to remove dangerous pounds. Weight loss procedures like gastric bypass, LAP Band, gastric banding, and sleeve gastrectomy are considered elective surgeries and despite their common occurrences, they still carry a risk for death and/or serious injury should something go wrong.

While all of these elective weight loss surgeries are fairly commonplace, gastric bypass is the most common. The procedure can be minimally evasive with only short recovery time needed. Doctors take a loop of bowel and bypass a large section of the stomach. Using a smaller pouch of stomach leaves the patient feeling fuller with smaller portions and increases weight loss.

There are several different types of gastric bypass surgery options. These include:

Brain Injuries Can Permanently Change Your Life

August 17, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

Brain injuries are some of the most terrifying and devastating injuries a person can sustain. Brain injuries can occur as a result of accidents, surgical error, during birth and myriad other ways. A brain injury can cause persistent vegetative state or brain death, coma, memory loss, paralysis and even death. Any malady caused by brain injury will cost a great deal emotionally, physically and financially.

A person’s brain controls their ability to move and control the body as well as think, reason and communicate. To lose any portion of these capabilities is to lose a major portion of one’s life. A situation like this is a big blow not only to the victim but to the friends and family of the sufferer.

Often, when a person suffers a closed head injury they forget all about it after the initial pain subsides. Unfortunately, trouble may still be present. Complications from brain injuries often lay hidden and emerge sometime later after the initial accident.

The Basics of Medical Malpractice

August 13, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has released findings that show medical negligence as the third leading cause of American deaths. Only heart disease and cancer are ahead. During 2012, the $3 billion in payouts for medical malpractice cases averaged out to one payout every 43 minutes.

To understand medical malpractice, one must understand that all professionals in the legal field must follow a standard of care that is universal. The standard of care is thought to be whatever a competent, reasonably judicious medical professional would or would not do in similar circumstances. Should his or her behavior deviate from this standard of care it is considered negligent. When a doctor’s negligence is the cause of a patient’s injury, a medical malpractice case exists.

Medical malpractice can include a number of different circumstances. However, not all patients whose health care is compromised or worsened is a victim of medical malpractice. Negligence can be proven in cases like failure to diagnose, surgery errors and birth defects but not all cases are due to medical negligence.

What to Say and What Not to Say After A Motor Vehicle Accident

August 13, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

Car accidents can be very tricky situations. No one wants to be at fault. Unfortunately, there are some unscrupulous drivers and insurance agents as well, that will go to great extremes to show themselves or their clients as above reproach, even if it isn’t true.

Hopefully, you’re a prepared driver and have all your information at the ready, in your car. Your insurance validation, registration forms, and a valid driver’s license are all needed at the scene of a car accident.

Everyone involved in an accident wants to be seen in the most favorable light and what you say at the scene of the accident has a great bearing on the settlement outcome. Even if you’re the victim, things you say to the police and to the negligent driver can have an effect on the trial. It is important to know what to say and how to say it, if you’re ever involved in an accident.

How Much Car Accident Claims in Sacramento Are Worth

August 13, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

The strength of a car accident claim is based on two factors; damages and liability. The intricacies of these two factors determine the amount of money an injured person can ask for in a car accident settlement.

The liability of a case refers to how much of the accident was the plaintiffs fault. The plaintiff is the person filing the claim, most often the victim of the accident. The defendant’s insurance company will attempt to assign a portion of the blame on the victim. The portion that is assigned will have an impact on the amount the plaintiff can ask for in the settlement.

Should the plaintiff be found 50% or more guilty they are unable to file a claim in the accident. Whatever percentage they are found responsible for will reduce their claim by that much. For example, if the plaintiff is found to be only 20% responsible for the accident, their claim is reduced by 20%.

Sources of Car Accident Compensation

July 23, 2013 | by Moseley Collins

One very important reason to hire an experienced attorney like Moseley Collins for your car accident is his experience in finding fair compensation. Simply filing a suit against the insured person’s insurance isn’t always enough. Often, the policy isn’t enough to cover all the damages done in a car accident. It may simply be insufficient to cover extensive damages.

It is at this moment that car accident victims often feel doubly victimized. Feelings of panic and fear race through their minds constantly. Where will the money come from to restore the damages done? Who will pay for the injuries and loss of income if the negligent drivers insurance isn’t enough to compensate?

Every accident victim requires someone who will resourcefully scout out every avenue of compensation in all areas of recovery. Only an experienced personal injury attorney can accomplish this successfully. There are several other routes available to recoup the expenses of an extensive accident. The victim driver and his/her passengers may have injuries and damages that should be part of a claim on another individual or entity that bears a responsibility in the accident.