You’re injured, and medical bills are starting to pile up. Maybe you’re also out of work or dealing with ongoing physical and mental pain. All you know is that you need help, and you need it now. So, what is a civil lawsuit, and can it help you address your damages and losses?
Whether you get hurt as a result of your involvement in an auto accident, a slip and fall, medical malpractice, while using a product, or in some other way, you’re likely to have significant incident-related expenses.
Recovering compensation to pay your outstanding medical bills and for any future health care you might need is important. So too, is seeking reimbursement of any lost wages that mounted while you were hospitalized or at home recovering from your injuries. These are just some of the reasons why injury victims file insurance claims after their accidents—because it’s one of the ways our legal system allows those who are hurt to hold those who cause them harm accountable.
Despite being “man’s best friend,” dogs are responsible for the majority of animal-related injuries in the United States. Every year, about 4.5 million individuals are attacked by dogs—most of them children. Statistically, it’s more likely that you’ll be bitten by a dog in your lifetime than suffer a heart attack, stroke, or cancer diagnosis.
Canine attacks can cause serious damage. Last year, about 750,000 people were treated for dog bites in U.S. hospitals. Dog bite victims are often left with severe mental trauma like PTSD, injury (and sometimes permanent disability), and steep financial damages for hospital bills, medical care costs, mental health counseling, lost wages, and more.
Who’s responsible for those losses when another person’s dog attacks you or a loved one?
When you have a personal injury accident, such as a car crash, here in Jackson, MS, you will often receive an overwhelming number of promotional materials in the mail with attorneys advertising their services. While that doesn’t generally happen after slips and falls, medical malpractice events, and other personal injury incidents, Jackson attorneys like ours at Pittman Roberts & Welsh, PLLC regularly represent fellow Mississippi residents like you who have suffered harm due to someone else’s negligence.
Today, over 70% of the country uses social media daily. In a world where social media has become a platform to share even the smallest everyday occurrences, it’s normal for the victim of a major accident to want to post their story online. But when you’re in the process of filing a personal injury claim, sharing your status on social media can seriously hurt your claim.
We’ve compiled a list of six important social media tips for personal injury claimants. If you have questions about a legal matter, please contact our Jackson, MS law firm. A qualified personal injury attorney from Pittman Roberts & Welsh, PLLC can walk you through everything you need to know about filing an injury claim in Mississippi.
In personal injury cases, “pre-existing condition” can be a heavy term. A pre-existing condition is, in short, a health condition the injured party already had prior to the accident that caused their most recent injury. A pre-existing condition is also one of the most common reasons insurance companies cite when denying or undervaluing a personal injury claim.
So how do pre-existing conditions affect personal injury claims? A falsehood many insurance companies lead injured victims to believe is that most people have a completely clean bill of health before an accident. That’s simply not true. Almost everyone who is involved in a personal injury accident—whether a car accident, slip and fall, or medical malpractice incident—has some kind of underlying health condition.
Many bicyclists who found it too bitterly cold here in Mississippi to take their bikes out for a ride during fall, winter, and leading into the early spring often do so as warmer months set in.
Memory lapses can sometimes set in anytime someone takes time off from doing something, and this same logic applies to safely operating a bicycle or sharing the road with bicyclists.
With our southern climate temperatures and plenty of golfing, retirement, residential, and Gulf coast communities across our state, golf carts are a common sight on many of the roads of Mississippi. But if you own a low-speed vehicle (LSV) in the Magnolia State, you may be asking: Can I drive a golf cart on the road in Mississippi? Before taking your vehicle on a public street, make sure you follow all state, federal, and local laws for safe golf cart use.
Individuals who have been injured due to the fault of another party, whether in a vehicular collision, through medical malpractice, in a slip and fall incident, or through another kind of accident, may be eligible to receive damages. In legal terminology, “damages” refers to the sum of money a person is entitled to after another party has caused them harm through a breach of duty or violation of a right.
After an accident, you may be left with serious injuries and financial losses. As you’re trying to figure out how you’re going to recover and what it’s going to cost, you may also be dealing with filing a claim to recover for your damages. When you’re doing this, it’s important to have experienced representation on your side. A personal injury lawyer in Jackson will help you recover full and fair compensation for what you’ve been through. Pittman Roberts & Welsh, PLLC is familiar with the steps to filing a personal injury claim in Mississippi and can help you seek justice.
