Most clients do not appreciate how long a personal injury case can take, especially when their attorney is committed to preparing the case for trial. To succeed in your case, you must understand your case will go through a “life-cycle” with four distinct stages. Each stage has its own unique problems, challenges, and opportunities. You [...]
The Pre-Suit | Investigation Stage of a Nursing Home Case
Depending on the facts of your case, you may have upwards of two (2) years from the date the date of negligence file a lawsuit. This is known as the Statute of Limitations. You usually have time to slow down and prepare – prepare your case [...]
First, you must know and appreciate right off that if you try to settle your case early you are going to have to sacrifice part of its value. It is a trade off. Will you take less money now or are you willing to wait and do battle for more money later? It is also [...]
“Litigation” is the time in your nursing home case between when you file the lawsuit and when you go to trial. If you have ever noticed on the TV lawyer shows, they never have episodes showing attorneys poring over legal research and writing motions. It just is not nearly exciting to watch as a lawyer [...]
Trial begins with preparation. We will meet several times before trial to get prepared. On the first day of trial, the parties will pick a jury. Typically, the Judge will ask a series of questions and the attorneys will ask a series of questions. Both the Judge and the Attorneys can exclude certain jurors based [...]