2020

What To Know About Filing A Prescription Medication-Related Personal Injury Lawsuit

While prescription medication helps millions of individuals manage life-threatening conditions, it's possible for some prescription drugs to harm more than they help. This may be the case when a medical professional hasn't considered your entire medical history when prescribing a drug or when a pharmaceutical company hasn't been honest about the risks associated with a drug. If you've been harmed by prescription medication, a personal injury lawsuit may be an alternative to help you obtain compensation. Read More 

Changes To Child Support: When It Might Happen

As the custodial parent for your children, you've likely secured child support to help you cover the day-to-day expenses. However, it's important that you understand that your child support order isn't a guaranteed order for the rest of your children's lives. You should understand the situations in which you might find your support order adjusted at the request of the other parent. Here are a few of the times when your support order might be reduced. Read More 

How A Competent Lawyer Can Help You With Division Of Property After Divorce

Couples make many pacts and agreements when they are getting married and also during their happy moments. At some point, you have to move in together, which means buying a home jointly. You might even make a lot of investments together to secure your future. When the kids come along, one of the partners might decide to stay at home and take care of the kids while the other goes to work. Read More 

Birth Injuries Often Resulting from Prolonged Births

When a child's delivery is delayed, this can sometimes lead to a tragic birth injury such as brain damage. In the past, brain injuries due to delayed deliveries have lead to successful birth injury claims. However, you will need to first work with a birth injury lawyer to explain what went wrong during the delivery and how the medical staff was negligent.  1. Seeking Compensation for a Birth Injury If a baby is in a birth canal for more than 18 hours, that baby is in distress. Read More 

The 4 Ways Successful Injury Cases Are Paid

One of the most common questions a personal injury lawyer will field is "What happens if we win? How will they pay?" It's a good idea to think about what might happen if your claim or suit is successful so here are four ways you might receive your compensation. Lump-Sum Payment From an Insurer This scenario presumes that an insurance adjuster has approved a claim. Generally, the company will pay the claim out as a lump sum only if they consider it small by their standards. Read More