Personal Injury

Medical records may be the foundation of your injury claim or the linchpin of your defense. But getting medical records for your lawsuit can be difficult. The following steps will help you obtain those sensitive medical documents in order to win your case and get some peace of mind.1. Request Documents From the Medical Provider. Often in the case of a serious injury, the medical records are kept electronically by a hospital or surgical clinic.

Pet sitting may sound like the "purr-fect" way to combine your love of animals with your need to make some scratch cash. But on the other paw, you may want to think about potential liability issues that can come back to bite you. For example, just because you're not the pet's owner doesn't necessarily mean that you aren't responsible if something goes wrong. And if you are the owner, pet sitting can still unleash some unwanted legal consequences.

Field trips are a common way for schools to take the educational experience out of the classroom or to celebrate the end of the school year. If your kids have rushed home with a pen and paper in their hands asking for your signature on the permission slip,…

How do damage caps work? Personal injury damage awards can rise to the millions. That's where the whole concept of the ambulance-chasing attorney comes from. It's the idea that you can become a millionaire overnight for tripping on someone's driveway. Well, that might be a stretch. But nevertheless, some believe that lawsuits are a get-rich-quick scheme. As a result of this and general public policy, legislators in many states have enacted damages caps.

What can happen if you drive without car insurance? It may feel like a victimless crime. After all, car insurance is usually purchased to protect the driver. So if you, as the driver, opt out of purchasing insurance, you're making your own choice not to have that extra back-up layer of protection in case you're in a car accident or dispute. Right? Wrong.Unlike other types of insurance that may be optional, car insurance is often required.

"Fraud" and "liar" are both ugly names, but only one will land you on the defense side of a civil lawsuit. At some point, telling lies goes from being a poor decision to a violation of the law. But there are lots of circumstances in which it's not a legal problem, just a personal one. Knowing when lying becomes fraud is important, if only so you can avoid crossing the line. It's not a complicated rule to figure out, but that doesn't make it easy to apply.