Personal Injury

‘Tis the season for snow…and more car accidents. It’s common in Salt Lake City and throughout Utah to have over 150 car accidents in just one day due to snowy road conditions. We want to help you avoid being one of them. Here are some tips to help you avoid getting in a snowy pile […]

Don’t wait until after you’ve been in a car accident to buy the best insurance. The best time to prepare for an accident is now. Purchase Underinsured/Uninsured Motorist coverage right away. It’s very cheap, and you won’t regret it. 1.Underinsured/Uninsured Motorist Coverage in a Nutshell One of the best things you can do for yourself […]

Unfortunately, most of us don’t think about the details of our automobile insurance policy until we’ve been involved in a car accident. After an accident, we call our insurance company to report the claim and learn that our coverage is not as good as we thought. Here are some tips to avoid this. Pick the […]

1. Don’t Neglect Medical Treatment. Once you are diagnosed and out of the ER or past your visit with the first doctor, don’t expect for your symptoms to just go away. In most cases, you will need to follow up on your treatment. This may seem obvious for more serious injuries, such as burn injuries, […]

Most people believe that you cannot make a claim or sue the government for personal injury. This is only partially true. There are laws that make the government immune from responsibility or liability for certain types of harm its agents may cause to others or to property. However, the legislators have also lifted immunity for […]

Generally, your personal injury settlement or award is non-taxable, and you do not have to report it on your tax return. The money you receive for your injury claim is meant to make you whole again or get you back as much as possible to where you were before the accident. Therefore, the money is […]

Fire sprinkler systems in homes and apartments are meant to extinguish a fire, not make it bigger. Shockingly, although rare, sprinkler systems can make a fire worse if the right precautions aren’t taken. There have been at least three known instances where people were seriously injured or killed because of a flash fire that was […]

One of the best things you can do for yourself to protect against unexpected injury from a car accident is to purchase more Underinsured Motorist Coverage (UIM). UIM coverage is sold with your automobile insurance policy. It protects you against people that don’t have enough insurance and that end up injuring you. In many states, […]

First, you want an attorney in the right area of practice. Look for an attorney that practices only in the area that you need representation for. In the medical world, if you have a brain injury, you wouldn’t go to a foot doctor, you’d go to a brain doctor. The legal world is the same. […]

Almost every time I meet a client for the first time, he or she says to me, “I’m not the suing type.” Most people feel embarrassed, even if a little bit, to meet with a personal injury attorney to discuss recouping money for their injuries and losses. I’d like to pull the curtain back a […]