Tuesday, September 18, 2012

HOW A PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER CAN HELP YOU GET COMPENSATION FOR YOUR CLAIM


From a legal standpoint, obligations arise when a person commits a wrong against the other either by dolo (deliberate intent) or by culpa (by negligence).  When a particular overt act happened and is done deliberately or negligently, the person who caused the injury is either criminally or civilly liable and must indemnify the aggrieved party for damages.  However payment for damages cannot be sought by the aggrieved party if the incident was brought about by fortuitous events which are commonly known as Acts of God, which, though foreseeable, it cannot be avoided. 

In these cases, you are obviously eyeing on the prosecution’s side.  Ideally, under legal parlance, if the claim is a product of a criminal lawsuit, it is the prosecutor that is going to defend and assert your complaint.  However, aggrieved parties have the right to choose their own lawyers to act as private prosecutors in lieu to public prosecutors.  Because court litigations involving recovery of damages from injuries sustained is purely civil in nature, the proof required is by mere preponderance of evidence and therefore, the prosecution always has the upper hand because the burden of proof is in their side and the duty of the defense is just to rebut or admit the allegations thrown by the prosecution. 

Now, should you wish to have an attorney of your own choice, here are some of the convenient ways that might help you choose the most reputable and competent personal injury lawyers,  they are as follows:  

·         Look at track record - having a good court litigation win-loss record creates an advantageous impact to you after all, bringing home the win is the ultimate pathway that everyone would like to enjoy.   this essentially means that you, being a prospective client should have full personal knowledge of a lawyer’s win loss record. While it is true that “word of mouth” recommendations helps in finding the right one. sometimes, words are not just enough.  Aside from the fact that this is hearsay, certain information might mislead you which will certainly burn you up in the fire; seeing yourself loosing the case despite the presence of strong evidence. Having a good win-loss record defines his work ethic and passion and generally, you are safe from there.  Having extravagant law office designs or mountainous law books does not essentially do the trick but admittedly, having those attributes compels client to pay more because having an exquisite law office is a status symbol, whether you like it or not .  Since finding a lawyer is a perpetual investment, it is most advised in as much that it is preferable that you should do some research first before an attorney-client relation occurs which could probably be on a long term basis if the legal services turned out to be exemplary.

·         A lawyer who immediately offers amicable settlement as his “first move” is not a good lawyer – Save for some meritorious reasons, a lawyer who offers extrajudicial amicable settlement as his first move is an incompetent lawyer.   Take note that the prosecution should ideally be the aggressor in any given case.  For this reason, legal counsels should, in any way, formulate strong and convincing written and oral arguments in deference to the evidence gathered. Simply put, in order for you to get compensated for the injuries done the prosecution should maintain, control and gain momentum of the whole litigation.  Otherwise, you will lose regretting it for a lifetime.  This is due to the reason that you are the aggrieved victim and for this reason, at least 60% of the court’s sympathy is in your favor.  So pick up an aggressive counsel to have you a sure win knowing that vindication of trampled rights has its own uneven scales so your lawyer has to be completely ready at all times otherwise you will surely end up at the foot of defeat.

These are just some of the tips to help you weed out and find the intangibles.  For sure, basic legal representations as well as appearance fees, acceptance fees as well as legal consultations form part of the preliminary basics.  What you need to know is to find the perfect prosecutor because if you as a prospective client shall have a complete grip on this, then, you can get compensation for your claim expediently.  After all, expedient disposition of cases is the real essence of the law.  This not a script but a personal conviction of what is civil.

To claim monetary compensation depends on the convincing notes of your personal injury lawyer’s argument because it does not mean that the victim always gets the injury consolation price.  There is an expected long argumentative written and oral court face offs however, lawyers of the prosecution has the implied sympathy of the judge because of the injuries sustained either physically or emotionally.  Eventually, the memories of a car accident or perhaps a hit and run scenario unveils a psychological and mental injury which is ideally more hazardous than the usual.  For this reason, aside from seeking justice, psychological treatments must also be availed as well so as to slowly debrief a haunted party from a horrifying experience which has closely led the aggrieved person to face his ultimate death.   For this reason, a lawyer must stretch out his compassionate expertise to deal with it. 

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