Through various avenues and referral sources, I often times get some interesting questions about “potential” cases. Lately, I have been looking over my shoulder for the hidden camera or wondering which one of my friends in playing a joke on me. I’m not sure it’s a result of our litigous nature, the dying art of customer service, or people just dont have time to properly deal with issues that arise.
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Injured on the Job? Too ‘Job Scared’ to File a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Many times we see potential clients fail to follow through with a Workers’ Compensation claim because they are “job scared.” Some of the individuals may have a promising but new career with their employer, other times the individual has been employed with the same company for 20+ years and fear losing a good job. If you have been injured on the job and are job scared, please read this before deciding NOT to pursue a Workers’ Compensation claim.
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Workers’ Compensation Reform Horrible for Workers in South Carolina
A recent article by NPR illustrates what is wrong with any legislation put forth in the name of “reform”. This article provides quantitative evidence and examples of why the workers’ compensation system is broken. Our very own Ernie Trammell has provided articles about South Carolina Workers’ Compensation issues writing, “Injured at Work in South Carolina?
Why Is the Insurance Adjuster Telling Me I Don’t Need a Lawyer?
New clients often convey to me that the insurance adjuster has told them they do not need an attorney to resolve their case. I always laugh at that statement because it reminds me of an analogy I use a good bit here in South Carolina:
Would you listen to the devil on how to get
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Collateral Source Rule: Why Your Personal Injury Settlement is Not Valued on Co-Pays
Inevitably I will have clients that make the poor decision to try and work things out with the at fault party’s insurance adjuster, thinking the at fault insurance company would "do the right thing."
As I have written in the past on "How Do Insurance Companies Make Money?" & since copyrighted my favorite quote:
"Would
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Accidents Happen But Insurance Companies are Created
I have always enjoyed reading, watching, and listening to various recounts of historical information on a wide range of topics. Wikipedia is a scary resource given the ease of access and also in creating of the history online. However, for broad strokes and a general overview it has proven quite resourceful.
- Did you know that
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Would You Take Advice from the Devil on How to Get to Heaven?: Insurance Company Lies
This analogy came about through my initial consultations with new clients and their constant reference to the at fault party’s insurance company making statements similar to this:
Well the insurance company adjuster for the negligent party said I could not do this or go get treatment for my injuries because they would not pay.
The game…