When you present your claim for damages, you have no guarantees that the other party’s insurance carrier will pay you. Insurance companies’ claim departments conduct their own independent investigations. Protecting their insured is usually their primary goal. It’s always possible that they will review all the evidence and deny liability for your claim. Once an…
In New Jersey, boaters liability insurance isn’t mandatory. If an operator collides with your boat, there’s always a possibility that they won’t have coverage to pay your damages. Some homeowners’ policies provide liability coverage for their insured’s boating activities under their Section II Liability coverage. If the negligent boater has homeowners liability coverage, engine power,…
Yes. When you’re injured in a boating accident, an Atlantic City personal injury lawyer can represent your legal interests. At The Levin Firm, we provide the legal assistance our clients need to deal with negligent boaters and their insurers. Boating accidents are often more complicated than other types of claims. The circumstances usually involve boating traditions and…
So-called slip and fall accidents encompass a broad range of incidents in which a person suffers severe injuries in an unintentional, preventable fall. Despite their name, slip and falls include falls with any number of causes, including slips, trips, stumbles, and missteps. Slip and falls are especially dangerous for elderly adults, as they constitute a…
No. Under Pennsylvania law, property owners have the legal obligation to maintain a safe environment for people who visit their premises. Maintaining safety usually means owners must warn visitors of any known dangers on a property, and must make reasonable efforts to eliminate or fix any hazards that exist. Failure to take these reasonable steps…
In most cases, you have two years to bring a lawsuit against the property owner or occupant responsible for injuries. Pennsylvania law has a two-year statute of limitations for personal injury cases, as well as wrongful death claims if you lost a loved one from a slip and fall injury. The two year statute of limitations sets an outside…
Premises liability is a legal term that refers to the area of law that deals with personal injuries that occur as a result of a hazard or dangerous condition on a person’s property. Courts evaluate slip and fall accidents as premises liability claims, because they have to do with whether the owner or occupant of…
If you suffered injuries in a slip and fall at your place of employment, chances are your first course of action to receive compensation will involve filing a workers’ compensation claim with your employer’s workers’ comp insurance carrier. Most employers in Pennsylvania carry workers’ compensation to protect their employees against the costs of workplace injuries…
If your slip and fall accident did not happen at work, then you are responsible for your medical treatment costs after a slip and fall injury, at least initially. If you carry health insurance, then it will likely cover some of your medical costs, subject to co-pays, deductibles, and policy limits, of course. However, health…
You may have the right to receive compensation for economic and non-economic losses related to your slip and fall accident and injuries. Economic losses include medical expenses, estimated future medical expenses, lost wages, estimated future lost wages, rehabilitation expenses, and costs for assistive devices such as wheelchairs, canes, and walkers. Non-economic losses include compensation for pain…