There are TWO basic types of damages you can recover in your personal injury traffic accident case. They are what we call “special damages” and “general damages.” Special damages are those damages that you can pencil out on paper – these damages have fixed numbers. There are typically three types of special damages – Property […]
General Damages in a Personal Injury Case Pain and Suffering? Emotional distress? Inconvenience and annoyance? Those are all what we call “general damages.” Today, I’m going to elaborate on GENERAL DAMAGES. General Damages General Damages are more esoteric than Special Damages. These are not hard and fast numbers.This is the amount of money you can […]
Special Damages in a Personal Injury Case Today, I will elaborate on SPECIAL DAMAGES. Special Damages are those damages that you can pencil out on paper – these damages have fixed numbers. There are three types of special damages – property damage, medical damages and loss of earnings. Special Damages Property damage is the amount […]
Sally Morin continues her discussion of the three types of special damages you can recover in a personal injury case: property damages, medical damages and loss of earnings damages. Today, I’m going to elaborate on PROPERTY DAMAGE. Property damage includes: The cost to repair or replace your vehicle. If your vehicle is damaged, you will […]
Medical Damages in a Personal Injury Case This is a continuation of Sally Morin’s video blog series about damages in personal injury cases. To recap, there are three types of special damages you can recover: property damages, medical damages and loss of earnings damages. Today, I’m going to elaborate on MEDICAL DAMAGES. Medical Damages are […]
Sally Morin continues discussing the five most important things you must do when negotiating a settlement in your personal injury case. Now that you’ve established rapport with the adjuster and set the boundaries for who controls the information in your case, you need to make sure that you are getting good quality medical care that […]
Five Things You Must Do When Negotiating a Settlement in Your Personal Injury Case In this video we discuss the five most important things you must do when negotiating a settlement in your personal injury case. Although it is not always recommended, sometimes it is appropriate for people to present their own personal injury case […]
How to get paid for lost work in a Personal Injury Case This is the final post describing the details of the three types of Special Damages you can recover: Property Damage, Medical Damages and Loss of Earnings Damages. Today, I elaborate on LOSS OF EARNINGS DAMAGES. Loss of Earnings Damages include the amount of […]
Establish Good Rapport with The Insurance Adjuster Sally Morin discusses the first of the five most important things she think you must do when you negotiate a settlement in your personal injury case: establish good rapport with the insurance adjuster working on your case. My personal belief is that insurance companies care about one thing. […]
Sally Morin explains the five things you should do if you are involved in a traffic accident. Seek medical attention and tell your physician or surgeon exactly how the injury occurred and describe all symptoms and complaints. Insist that an accident report be filed.The police, sheriff or highway patrol will often say that no report […]