How Much Is My Case Worth? Will You Make a Good Witness at Trial?
Is there a subjective component to how much compensation you recover? You bet there is, which highlights some of the inherent complexities in assigning value to a case. Seasoned Baltimore personal injury and accident lawyers that try their cases have no doubt heard a defense lawyer say after a deposition: “Your client will make a good witness”, or,... Read more »
If I Don’t Go To Physical Therapy Does It Affect the Value of My Case?
Everyone has day-to-day responsibilities and obligations. Jobs, kids and the like. Being involved in an automobile accident can make getting those obligations met all the more difficult. It’s not just a question of being injured, sore and a little less mobile. Many Baltimore car accident victims need a course of physical or chiropractic therapy, with sessions... Read more »
Is a Clear Liability Case Worth More Than Disputed Liability Case?
Multiple chapters in these guides have addressed the various rules and doctrines that determine if you can recover for your personal injuries, and from whom. Implicit in these discussions is the notion that the more likely there will be a recovery, the more the case is worth –at least in terms of settlement value. I... Read more »
Should I Document All of My Expenses After A Car Accident?
I Attorney Eric T. Kirk discussed in another guide a concept familiar to all experienced Baltimore personal injury and accident lawyers that try their cases- the pain diary. [i.e. a day-to-day chronology of the ways that a car or automobile accident effects the life of the injury victim]. Some of us are natural organizers and record keepers-others are not. I... Read more »
Is It Best to Take My Case to Trial, or Is It Best to Settle My Case?
In other articles, I Attorney Eric T. Kirk discuss in great detail one of the most, if not the most- important role of a personal injury lawyer- giving you an intelligent, informed opinion as to the value of your case. In fact, we have numerous articles in these volumes detailing all of the factors that go into the... Read more »
Can A Computer Tell Me How Much I Should Recover Or How Much My Case Is Worth?
Insurance companies believe they can. Maryland car accident lawyers believe that something in the neighborhood of 7 out of 10 property insurance companies use “settlement software”. Foremost is the ‘colossus’ program- but don’t think it’s going to spit out colossal settlement numbers. Maryland car accident lawyers have a general idea of how these program function,... Read more »
Is State Farm a Tough Insurance Company to Settle Claims With?
State Farm is the largest auto accident insurance company. State Farm generates mammoth profits each and every year. Baltimore personal injury and car accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk are well aware of many of the methods employed by State Farm to defend against, deny, delay or defeat claims. Insurance industry analysts will tell you that an insurance company’s... Read more »
Is Nationwide Considered a Difficult Insurance Company to Settle With?
Nationwide, the nations 8th largest auto insurer, is a gargantuan operation with in excess of 30,000 employees. Nationwide posted profits of 893 million in 2010 and 716 million in 2009.1 More recent figures suggest Nationwide is even more profitable today. According to the company 2 2015 produced 1.2 billion in net operating income an increase of 10% over the prior... Read more »
Is It Difficult to Get a Good Settlement from Progressive Insurance Company?
Progressive insurance company is the fourth largest automobile insurance company in the United States. Personal injury and accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk in Baltimore have seen that Progressive typically uses “in house” personal injury defense lawyers to contest the claims Progressive has denied in court. Progressive is an enormously profitable business. Bloomberg.com reported Progressive had net profits exceeding 1 billion... Read more »
Is GEICO a Fair Insurance Company to Get A Setlemement From?
GEICO is one of the largest auto accident insurance companies in the land, and the largest in Maryland. GEICO is massively profitable. If you have any doubt about that, consider these two salient facts. As Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you. Warren Buffet bought the company, and they spend almost a billion dollars a year... Read more »
Is Liberty Mutual a Good Company to Get a Settlement From.
Liberty Mutual is an enormously profitable American insurance company. Baltimore personal injury and car accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk have also seen that the major auto insurers employ different methods to generate enormous profits. While paying less out in claims is perhaps a business model, or part of a larger model, it is certainly not the... Read more »
What Is Med Pay or Medical Payments Insurance Coverage in a Premises Liability Case?
I’ve taken a lot of space in these guides describing the various factors that go into an intelligent assessment of the “value” of a case. I’ve said it numerous times, but it bears repeating: The availability and amount of liability insurance are often hugely import factors in a value assessment. Are there other coverages? We’ve discussed... Read more »
