subject: Selecting The Perfect Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyers [print this page] Getting injured by a negligent or wrongful person can entitle you to monetary compensation for your current and future injury-associated medical bills, time that you've had to miss work, and pain and suffering. Hiring a good personal injury attorney and learning all you can about the legal process can make your case go smoothly and without incident, hopefully earning you the money you deserve at its culmination. The process doesn't need to be stressful, but the process of picking a good Los Angeles personal injury attorney directly effects the amount of money you can receive.
The first thing you can do is ask around for personal opinions about personal injury attorneys. The best information comes from personal experience, and this will probably end up being more helpful than online reviews or commercials on TV. Take a little while and flip through the phone book and online for attorneys that are local. See if a free consultation is a available, because many law offices offer one. While you talk to your potential personal injury attorney, make sure to assess him thoroughly. Good impressions are vital, and if you get a bad vibe from him in the beginning, chances are the relationship won't get any better.
There are a variety of questions that you should ask along with the ones have you formulated for your specific case. Ask how long he's been in practice, if he's experienced, he is probably more comfortable in a court room. However, don't make experience you're number one priority, it can often be a poor indicator of success. Next, ask if he's ever handled a case similar to yours, and if he focuses on a specific sort of case. Make sure to ask if your personal injury attorneys will be working with other paralegals or lawyers. They will also need to be evaluated by you, and should really only have a limited role in your case. Have your personal injury attorney state a specific time frame for when he'll return your calls. This alleviates any potential stress waiting for a phone call.
"Sometimes people are intimidated by the legal process. Lawyers and judges and legal jargon can be pretty overwhelming. Here's a quick lesson in legal vocabulary 101. Liability simply means responsibility, and negligence means carelessness. So to provide an example, if you are hit by a drunk driver, their negligence makes them liable for your injury. Negligence is calculated by comparing someone's behavior against what a ""reasonable person"" would do. That is, our drunk driver's behavior is below expected standards, so this qualifies their actions as negligent. ""Duty"" refers to the ""reasonable person's"" job to not in any way threaten the safety of those around him. The terms ""comparative"" and ""contributory"" are used to qualify a degree of negligence. Contributory negligence assesses how much you might have been responsible for your injury while comparative negligence assesses how much the offender is responsible."
by: Ben Pate
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