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Understanding Personal Injury Law
Personal injury law allows individuals who have been harmed because of another person's negligence to seek financial compensation. These cases arise when a person or business fails to act with reasonable care and another person suffers injury as a result. Personal injury attorneys represent accident victims and help them recover damages for medical bills lost wages and pain and suffering.
In the United States personal injury claims are governed by state tort law. Victims may pursue compensation through insurance claims or civil lawsuits. Lawyers investigate accidents gather medical records interview witnesses and negotiate with insurance companies. Because insurers often attempt to minimize payouts, legal representation can significantly improve the chances of obtaining fair compensation.
Serious injuries may lead to long term medical treatment disability or permanent changes in lifestyle. Lawyers help ensure compensation accounts for current and future medical costs rehabilitation and lost earning capacity.
Common Personal Injury Cases
- Car and truck accidents
- Slip and fall incidents
- Workplace injuries
- Defective products
- Dog bites
- Medical malpractice
Each type of case requires evidence such as accident reports photographs medical records and expert testimony.
When You Should Contact a Personal Injury Lawyer
Victims should consider contacting a lawyer when injuries require medical treatment or when insurance companies dispute liability. Legal advice is especially important when injuries cause long term disability or significant financial loss.
How the Legal Process Works
- Initial consultation and case evaluation
- Investigation and evidence gathering
- Insurance negotiations
- Filing a lawsuit if necessary
- Settlement or trial
Cost of Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer
Most personal injury attorneys work on contingency fees meaning clients pay no upfront legal fees. Lawyers typically receive between twenty five and forty percent of the recovered settlement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a personal injury lawyer do?
Personal injury lawyers investigate accidents gather evidence negotiate settlements and represent clients in court.
How long do personal injury cases take?
Some cases settle within months while complex cases involving serious injuries may take years.
What compensation can victims recover?
Victims may recover damages for medical expenses lost wages rehabilitation costs and pain and suffering.
Do most cases go to trial?
Most personal injury claims settle before trial through negotiation.
When should I hire a lawyer?
It is best to contact a lawyer soon after an accident so evidence can be preserved and legal deadlines are not missed.
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Barry I. Dunn is a personal injury trial lawyer with over 23 years of significant litigation experience. He has practiced mainly with law firms representing injured plaintiffs, but also practiced for a few years with insurance defense law firms. Mr. Dunn’s practice areas are mainly in the field of personal injury. Mr. Dunn has conducted numerous trials, mediations and arbitrations in a wide variety of cases. His personal injury experience includes automobile accidents, premises liability, construction casualty, product liability (products include defective pharmaceutical drugs, asbestos, automobiles and products used in manufacturing), insurance bad faith and medical malpractice. Mr. Dunn has also been a successful construction defect trial litigator for approximately three years at a prominent insurance defense law firm in the Denver area.. Mr. Dunn’s experience also includes over 20 successful appeals, representing both appellants and respondents. Some of these appeals have been published: Chen v. Superior Court, 54 Cal. 168 (1997) (subsequently ordered de-published by the California Supreme Court); Traweek v. Finley, Kumble, Wagner, et seq., 235 1128 (1991); and, Puckett v. Johns-Manville Corp., 169 1010 (1985) (Sole author of the appeal, and main responsibility, as a law clerk. This appeal resulted in hundreds of longshoremen in California, who were injured by asbestos, having had their cases reinstated on appeal after the cases were dismissed by the trial court).. Mr. Dunn is actively licensed as an attorney in Colorado and California. He received his B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, 1974, and his J.D. degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1984. Mr. Dunn is admitted before all Colorado and California state courts, United States District Courts for the District of Colorado and the Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits. He is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Boulder Bar Association, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice (also known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) and the National Trial Lawyers (where he was selected as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” in Colorado; the selection based on a multi-phase process which includes peer nominations combined with third-party research).
Andrea Schofield has over a decade of experience as a personal injury attorney. She took over The Green Law Firm because she wanted to ensure all clients continue to be treated as individuals. Schofield & Green Law was the end result with Andrea wanting a firm where people come first.