How important is it to pick the right law office after an accident? In short it can be the difference between no offer and a $100,000.00 policy-limit settlement. You may be asking yourself how there can be such a drastic change. Unfortunately, many attorneys either do...
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Statute of Limitations During the Covid-19 Crisis
Statute of limitations govern the amount of a time a person has to file a lawsuit. As an example, most injury cases in Ohio caused by negligent acts are governed by a two-year statute of limitations. Meaning, if you are in a car crash, you have two years from the date...
How Does an Auto Insurance Company Value My Car Crash?
The simple answer is : In a way that saves them the most money. Like most businesses, insurance companies want to save money - they want to settle claims as quickly and cheaply as possible. The Law Regarding Injuries; The Value of Injury The injuries that result...
Are The Cases In The “Stella Awards” Emails Real?
No. The "Stella Awards" email is fake news and has been used for decades to convince voters across the country that jury verdicts are out of control. The email claims to be sharing a list of the year's most outrageous personal injury cases and verdicts. It should be...
Can A Prosecutor Threaten Me with Additional Charges To Induce A Plea?
If you have been exposed to the criminal justice system, you've likely witnessed the tremendous power of the prosecution. In a criminal case, the prosecutor has a substantial amount of influence, even before a trial begins.A current example of the prosecution's power...
Hiring A Lawyer For A Misdemeanor
Criminal charges are scary. A criminal conviction, even a misdemeanor, carries several collateral consequences including employment restrictions, incarceration, lost school opportunities, and reputational costs. Fighting criminal charges can be costly and stressful.If...
Murder: Life In Prison, Sometimes Death Row
In Ohio, a person charged with murder is accused of killing another human being purposefully; in other words, "murder" is when someone intends to kill another person. If no intent to kill exists, then it's not "murder." Anyone that is convicted of murder must be...
False Confessions – They Happen All The Time
Most people believe that they would "never confess to a crime that they didn't commit." And yet, 38% of juveniles who were later found to be not guilty involved false confessions1. The Innocence Project found that 25% of cases where a convicted defendant was later...
Mount Carmel Hospital Lawsuits: What amount is a reasonable settlement?
Former critical care doctor, William Husel, was recently charged with murder for causing the deaths of twenty-five patients at Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Husel plead not guilty and the criminal case remains pending.Lawsuits - $4.5 million aggregate...
What You Need To Say To The Police In Order To Get A Lawyer?
If you are being questioned by the police and want a lawyer, you need to make a clear statement indicating you want a lawyer before your right to counsel is triggered.Criminal defense lawyers are dismayed at the dismantling of constitutional rights in recent years. We...