The value of your personal injury case depends on a number of interconnected factors. If you are wondering how much money your case is worth, the issue ultimately boils down to a question “damages”. In a personal injury case, money damages can be paid to the injured party as the result of a negotiated settlement, jury verdict, or judgement of the Court. Damages are broken down into two categories — Compensatory and Punitive. Compensatory damages are damages awarded to compens

Can I lose my job? Alabama has a law against an employer firing an injured employee solely in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim for an on-the-job injury. Many times, after suffering an on-the-job injury, an injured employee is held off of work for an extended period of time. During that time, the injured employee is often unsure about how much work he or she can miss and what his or her employer can do while he or she is being held off work. Other times, an

Who will my doctor be? If you suffer a job-related injury (an injury that was caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of your employment), your employer has the right to select the doctor you will see — given that it will pay for the treatment. The approved doctor is known as an authorized treating physician. The law further requires that the injured employee must submit himself for examination by the employer’s physician at all reasonable times if requested to

Nothing in the law forbids that. So… you can, but the question is whether you should. First, when people eat out, they rarely complain about leaving a 15% tip, if the waiter has done an adequate job taking the order, bringing the food, and re-filling tea glasses. For that same 15%, you can hire a lawyer to render advice on the fairness of your proposed settlement. Second, the other side is hiring someone who has graduated from high school, college, and law school, and who has