Reimbursement of expenses after an accident can often cause trouble for clients of ours. Expenses are incurred almost immediately after a truck accident, car accident, dog bite, and any type of personal injury accident in Wisconsin.
You may have a desire to disclose the facts of your accident or information about the damages that you have incurred on social media platforms following your accident, however there are several ways this could impact your case.
Even when a person is making a claim, at times, the person that is making the claim will also be partially at fault for the accident. That in legal terms is contributory negligence.
In 2017 the PEW Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that over 77% of American adults have smartphones and the 2015 PEW report showed 92% of Americans own a cell phone.
Should you get a lawyer after a car accident? Or any accident? We often receive phone calls from injury victims who delayed contacting an attorney for help because “I am not the kind of person that would ever file a “lawsuit.”
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Your mail box, your TV, and your phone book are full of advertising by law firms to be the best firm to handle your personal injury or wrongful death claim. In the “old days,” such promotion did not exist as law firms were not legally allowed to advertise their services to injury or wrongful death victims or their families. As a result, clients found their way to a good firm simply by word of mouth from other satisfied clients.
After Receiving My Personal Injury Settlement, I Don’t Have To Reimburse My Health Insurer/Med-Pay Provider for Amounts Paid for My Accident-Related Medical Bills
Clients are always surprised and frustrated to learn that the jury is not allowed to hear that the other driver was issued a traffic ticket—often for following too close or inattentive driving in a rear-end collision, or for disregarding a traffic signal in an intersection collision. Almost always, such evidence will be excluded by the judge at a jury trial.
I fell on someone’s property, therefore, the owner of the property by law is automatically responsible for all of my injuries and damages: Wrong!
Schott, Bublitz & Engel s.c. has been meeting the legal needs of clients in Wisconsin for over 26 years. As the firm’s reputation has grown, so has the extent of our legal expertise.
Address:
640 West Moreland Boulevard
Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone:
262.827.1700
Email:
info@sbe-law.com