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Dealing With Preexisting Injuries in Your Personal Injury Case

Experienced San Diego personal injury attorneys know that preexisting injuries to a body part that has been injured in an accident can be a significant obstacle to gaining the compensation you deserve. If the previous injury never fully healed‚ you have to prove either: (1) that the new injury was caused by the accident; or […]

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Aug 01

How Insurers Stall Injury Settlements by Claiming to Need Authority

Insurance adjusters are the “middle-man” in the personal injury settlement process. Although they are the person a San Diego personal injury attorney will negotiate with for a settlement‚ the adjuster must get the authority to settle from someone. Many experienced adjusters‚ including supervisors and managers‚ are fully aware of the value of a case‚ even […]

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Aug 01

How to Keep a Personal Injury Journal | San Diego Accident Attorney

If you have been in an accident and believe that you will be involved in a personal injury action‚ it important for you to be as prepared as possible for your court appearance. In this regard‚ it would be wise for you to maintain a record of your pain and suffering by means of a […]

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Aug 01

What Steps Should I Take After My San Diego Personal Injury?

If you have suffered an injury‚ the most important thing you can do to help your San Diego personal injury attorney is to recover to the extent that you are able. The law requires that you do what you can to “mitigate your damages.” In other words‚ you are required to do what you can […]

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Jun 27

San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Lawyer I Hot Coffee the Movie

15 years after the incident‚ the McDonald’s coffee case continues to be criticized and cited as an example of how an average citizen used a “frivolous” lawsuit to take advantage of America’s legal system. However‚ that story is far from the truth. Director-producer Saladoff‚ who spent 25 years practicing law in the civil justice system […]

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Jun 21

Sean Kingston Critically Injured in Miami Beach Jet Ski Accident

Hip-hop singer Sean Kingston and his female passenger were critically injured after he crashed his personal watercraft (PWC) into a Miami Beach bridge around 6 p.m. on Sunday‚ May 29‚ 2011. Luckily‚ a passer-by saw the accident and saved the pair‚ who was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital. The female passenger suffered minor injuries while […]

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May 29

CA Supreme Court Appears Poised to Side with Insurance Companies

We have previously written about the very important California Court of Appeals decision handed down in the case of Howell v. Hamilton Meats and Provisions‚ Inc. which clarified that the collateral source rule is still the law in California‚ thereby permitting injured people to recover the full amounts of their medical bills from the negligent […]

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May 29

Ottawa High School Explosion Highlights School District Safety Duties

Brenda Hollingsworth of Auger Hollingsworth‚ an Ottawa personal injury law firm‚ recently reported about a serious school accident that led to the death of a student. The accident happened earlier this week at Mother Theresa Catholic High School when gases in the shop ignited and caused an explosion when they came into contact with heat. […]

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Mar 13

UC San Diego Receives Brain Injury Grant from NFL

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego recently received a $100,000 grant from NFL Charities to study traumatic brain injury (TBI) in military personnel and will ultimately expand the study to include high school and college athletes. The grant represents part of a total grant package to 16 different research institutions across the […]

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Mar 02

Agents Still Not Selling UM/UIM Insurance | San Diego Injury Attorney

Last year‚ we wrote about a story where an insurance agent failed to sell an auto insurance policy upgrade to a client of Northern Virginia personal injury attorney Ben Glass. The result? It cost his client $900‚000 in underinsured settlement funds while an increase in the policy limits up to the $1‚000‚000 case value would […]

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