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Top 4 Mistakes Personal Injury Plaintiffs Make During Depositions

Depositions are a procedural tool attorneys use to learn about civil cases.  Oftentimes in personal injury cases, the deposition of the plaintiff (accident victim) is the only deposition that is taken.  The plaintiff usually gives testimony about how the accident happened; what injuries he/she sustained; and, the medical treatment he/she received.  The deposition is important […]

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Make Sure Your Injury Attorney Is Clear About What He is Representing You For

Clients often seek evaluations with personal injury attorneys and bring a variety of issues, problems and alleged causes of action to the table.  It is common for an accident victim to want to pursue personal injury as well as workers’ compensation claims arising out of a single accident.  It is important to be clear as

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Medical Insurance Subrogation and Personal Injury

After a car accident or slip and fall, an accident victim may use his or her medical insurance to pay accident related medical bills.  There is nothing wrong with this.  However, most health insurance policies contain contractual clauses requiring the insured (i.e., the person covered by the policy) to alert the health insurance carrier when

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When to File a Louisiana Personal Injury Lawsuit and the Statute of Limitations (Prescription) in Accident Cases

The statute of limitations is called prescription or the prescriptive period in Louisiana.  The prescriptive period is the amount of time after an event that a person has to either file a lawsuit or settle a claim relating to the event.  In personal injury cases, the triggering “event” is the accident causing injury. Louisiana’s statute

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