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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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I am Jeremy Bradford, the founding and managing attorney of Bradford Law. From my offices in Charlotte, NC, I travel all across North Carolina helping injured people fight against insurance companies, in what could be life-altering circumstances. I have made a point to develop strong relationships with my clients. I take the trust my clients put in me personally and put myself into every case. If my client calls, my client will always be able to speak directly with me. You will get to know me as we work our way through the personal injury process. So when we make recommendations on whether to settle or go to trial, you will know your best interests are always at heart.. My entire adult life has been dedicated to serving others. I have a history of helping, teaching, educating, and protecting others in a variety of areas, including personal injury law. After obtaining my law degree, I moved to Charlotte, NC. I fell in love with Charlotte during my travels throughout the southeast. I arrived without employment, housing, or much money; however, I was certain that the right opportunities would become available with a little heart, hustle, and hard work. They did.. While hustling for an opportunity, I took an entry-level position with a popular consumer electronics store. I then secured an opportunity with a large Charlotte personal injury firm as an attorney. I maintained working both positions for several months through the end of the calendar year, as I did not want to leave my electronic store teammates in a bind during the Holiday Seasons.. I worked for many years at a large personal injury firm. I represented hundreds of clients and recovered millions of dollars. Due to the nature of the profit-focused business structure, the firm was representing large volumes of clients. I realized the quality of representation provided by the firm to each individual client suffered. Individualized attention to each client’s matter was not possible in this setting. Thus in 2011, I became a founding member of Bradford Hayes, LLP. Our focus emphasized tailoring each client’s representation to the client’s individualized needs. Focusing on client wellness, not profits and losses.. In 2021, I founded Bradford Law, P.L.L.C. where the client-centric mantra continues.
Andre L. Tippens is an honors graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Law. He is a native Charlottean, and strongly believes in giving back to the community.. Andre Tippens is licensed in North Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. He concentrates his practice on personal injury, workers' compensation, and wrongful death cases.. Attorney Tippens is a member of the North Carolina Bar and the Mecklenburg County Bar.. He is also affiliated with the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.. Andre’s clients find him to be a compassionate, organized and hardworking attorney.
Reed Hunt is a talented Personal Injury Attorney with over 20 years of trial experience. He has worked extensively in the District Attorney’s office, including time spent as an Assistant District Attorney for Mecklenburg County, NC. Reed offers his clients personalized support and leverages his wealth of knowledge to get them the compensation they deserve. When he’s not in the courtroom you can find Reed watching live music at his favorite artists’ concerts.. At DeMayo Law, I have the privilege of supporting my clients and positively impacting their lives. Even in the face of the most challenging opponents, I advocate fiercely for fair and full compensation
Trial Attorney Kurt B. Aktug describes his work at DeMayo Law Offices as “being part of a team of professionals dedicated to getting the best possible results for clients.” With 20 years of litigation experience, Aktug is a strong member of this seasoned legal team. His passion for helping others and restoring their justice makes his contributions to cases second to none. In addition to being licensed in North and South Carolina, Aktug can practice in the U.S. District Court. Kurt primarily focuses on car, truck, and motorcycle accident cases.. Kurt earned undergraduate degrees in English and Political Science from Clemson University before getting his J.D. from the University of Akron. When he isn't advocating for his clients, you may find him woodworking, boating, skiing, watching college football, or spending time with his family.
Attorney Suda joined Fellerman & Ciarimboli in 2015 and concentrates his practice on personal injury litigation, with a focus on representing victims of motor vehicle and trucking accidents, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation cases.. Attorney Suda was born and raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania, graduating from Bishop Hoban High School in Wilkes-Barre. Prior to beginning his legal career, Attorney Suda graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, as well as a Minor in Legal Environment of Business. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. While in law school, Attorney Suda consistently made the Dean’s List and was a member of the Syracuse University College of Law Criminal Defense Clinic. Attorney Suda was certified by New York’s Appellate Division Fourth Department to represent indigent clients in Syracuse City Court. During that time, Attorney Suda performed over 50 hours of Pro Bono service while simultaneously working as a law clerk for a civil firm in Syracuse, New York.. Before returning to his hometown, Attorney Suda worked as a legal consultant in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he assisted corporate clients during the discovery phase of litigation.. Attorney Suda is currently licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and resides in Wilkes-Barre. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and is avid sports fan. In his spare time, Attorney Suda also enjoys cooking, golfing, physical fitness and attending sporting events with his father.
Shandra is an attorney at the Kisailus Law Firm who works in general practice. Before joining the Kisailus Law Firm, Shandra clerked for the Honorable J. Wesley Oler, Jr., Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. She later spent time working under the Honorable William H. Amesbury, Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. Attorney Kisailus is a local graduate from Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre where she was in the top 10 of graduates. She is also a cum laude graduate of the University of Scranton with dual degrees in business management and philosophy. Kisailus obtained her law degree at the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, PA. Shandra was licensed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2013. Since then, she has joined the Kisailus Law Firm with her parents continuing a family tradition started 50 years ago.
Comerota Law, P.C. is a Pennsylvania personal injury and civil litigation law firm concentrating on car and truck accidents, wrongful death claims, medical malpractice, insurance bad faith and workers compensation matters.. Initial consultations are always free of charge.
Andrea Cohick is a dedicated Harrisburg personal injury lawyer and appointed shareholder at Metzger Wickersham. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a focus on legal studies. Passionate about the law, she went on to obtain her Juris Doctorate from the Widener University School of Law, where she was recognized for her academic excellence. She served as a member of the Student Bar Association and the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Attorney Cohick genuinely cares about her clients. She takes the time to know their story so that she can better represent them. This commitment has garnered her success and inclusion into organizations such as the American Bar Association, the Dauphin County Bar Association, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Allow her to use her skill and knowledge to help your case.
David Langfitt has practiced complex commercial litigation and mass personal injury litigation for more than 28 years and focuses on litigation and trials involving numerous parties, claims, and courts, both state and federal. He has litigated a wide variety of complex cases involving mass tort claims, the federal securities laws, professional liability, legal malpractice, Pennsylvania's Dragonetti Act (an analog to the F. R. Civ. P. 11), merger agreements, pre-packaged bankruptcy plans, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and infringement of patents and copyrights.. Mr. Langfitt currently spends most of his time focusing on large-scale catastrophic personal injury litigation involving both the National Football League and NCAA as defendants. He served on the Court-appointed Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the NFL Concussion Litigation and Settlement, which has become increasingly troublesome for players based on the resistance of the NFL to pay claims. He is among the leaders for all ongoing claims. He has personally represented more than a thousand former players against the NFL for latent brain disease and, while at his former law firm, received more awards for players than any other lawyer in the Settlement. He continues to represent hundreds of players against the NFL for the purpose of holding the NFL accountable to the players.. In cases involving the NCAA, Mr. Langfitt represents former NCAA football players with latent brain disease. He is currently litigating pending cases against the NCAA for players in many different state courts. Mr. Langftt and his team of lawyers regularly evaluate these cases and determine whether they are willing to take the case and bring it to a trial by jury. Mr. Langfitt is the lead attorney in the cases of Steven Schmitz v. NCAA, (Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga Cty., Ohio), Mary Ann Gera v. NCAA, (Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga Cty., Ohio), John Askin v. NCAA, (Jefferson Circuit Court, Tenth Division, Louisville, Kentucky), Robert Geathers v. NCAA, (Court of Common Pleas of Orangeburg Cty., South Carolina), and Michael Hamlin v. NCAA, (Court of Common Pleas of Orangeburg Cty., South Carolina), all of which are pending cases and expected to go to trial in the near future. He has litigated the Schmitz case since 2014 and obtained a watershed opinion in the Supreme Court of Ohio that can be found at Schmitz v. Natl. Collegiate Athletic Assn., 155 Ohio St.3d 389, 2018-Ohio-4391, and can be reached here. Video of the oral argument is available on the website for the Supreme Court of Ohio and can be reached here.. Mr. Langfitt is currently litigating a class action in the federal district court in Maryland titled Wilson, et al. v. Cordish, et al. On behalf of the plaintiff class, Mr. Langfitt has alleged large-scale violations of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).. For many years, Mr. Langfitt served as nationwide patent litigation counsel to Q. I. Press Controls, an international technology company based in Holland. He represented Q. I. in multiple cases in courts throughout the United States that involved patent infringement and disputes that arose out of re-examinations within the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. Representative opinions can be found at Quad/Tech v. QI Press Controls, et al., 701 F. Supp. 2d 644 (E.D. Pa. 2010), aff’d, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 5729 (Fed. Cir. 2011) and QI Press Controls v. Lee, 752 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2014).. Prior to founding Langfitt PLLC, Mr. Langfitt was a partner at Locks Law Firm in Philadelphia from 2010 until 2019, and a partner at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads LLP in Philadelphia from 2000 to 2010. He was an associate at Montgomery, McCracken from 1992 to 2000. While at Montgomery McCracken, Mr. Langfitt represented Federal Receiver David H. Marion, appointed at the request of the SEC and Federal District Court to recover, oversee, and distribute assets to investors defrauded by a Ponzi Scheme operated through Bentley Financial Services, Inc. of Paoli, PA. The Bentley Scheme was the largest Ponzi Scheme in the United States when it was discovered in 2001. Mr. Langfitt oversaw the recovery of $360,000,000 for the benefit of defrauded investors. This represented approximately ninety-three percent of the investors’ principal, one of the largest percentage recoveries ever. Mr. Langfitt also filed and successfully litigated multiple complaints against banks and others for aiding and abetting the scheme.. Mr. Langfitt has extensive experience litigating in bankruptcy courts and has represented creditors' committees (primarily members of the plaintiffs' asbestos litigation bar) in bankruptcies that were designed by corporations to repackage the corporate assets and liabilities of major entities to evade payment of claims, particularly asbestos claims. Some of those cases are In Re: Bondex (U.S. District Court, District of Delaware), In Re: Combustion Engineering (U.S. District Court, District of Delaware), and In Re: Nutraquest (U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey). He also served as lead litigation counsel to Celotex Corporation in multiple wrongful death and personal injury cases brought in multiple states, including personal injury cases resulting from a 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. He has negotiated settlements with USEPA regarding environmental regulations, control equipment, and clean air act issues.. Mr. Langfitt has experience litigating under the Dragonetti Act, the Pennsylvania law that puts in statutory form the common law remedy for wrongful use of civil proceedings. Mr. Langfitt defended and counterclaimed on behalf of one of the nation’s most successful plaintiff’s law firms against a Fortune 500 company determined to ruin the firm for allegedly filing a series of class actions without a sound basis. The law firm settled the case triumphantly on the eve of trial in a public settlement that included a $1,000 donation to the James Beasley School of Law at Temple University.. While an associate at Montgomery McCracken, Mr. Langfitt was Habeas Corpus counsel to former death row inmate Clifford Smith and succeeded in overturning the petitioner’s conviction for first degree murder in Smith v. Horn, 120 F.3d 400 (3d Cir. 1997).. Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Langfitt is a trustee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a trustee of The Episcopal Academy. He was a founding board member of the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia and served as Board Chair for more than ten years. He is also the author of the novel Winnabow, a legal thriller available on-line at Amazon Books and here.