Recent Posts in Filing a Claim Category
Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Lawyer
There are many things you should consider when hiring a lawyer for your personal injury case. I'm going to list a few major things here, but this list is by no means exhaustive. This is because ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
Personal injury cases can take a long time. I've blogged about it before, and it's always on my client's minds. One of the reasons why a personal injury case can take so long is because of ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
As a Kansas City personal injury attorney , I handle all of my cases on a contingency fee basis. Under this arrangement, my fee is collected at the end of the case, at the same time my clients get ...
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Posted on May 24, 2011 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
If your personal injury case is one of the few that can't settle, then you will have to have a trial to determine if the defendant is liable for your injuries and how much compensation you are ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 By Matt Meyerkord
I've blogged about the differences between workers' compensation cases and personal injury cases. In general, you can recover more money for your injuries in personal injury cases than workers' ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
What happens when your own insurance company denies your claim when your house is robbed, burned or otherwise damaged? What rights do you have to recover for your loss from your own insurance company? ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2011 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
The vast majority of personal injury cases settle before trial. Nearly as many settle even before a lawsuit is ever filed. Two of the most common ways cases are settled is mediation and arbitration. ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2011 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
If your personal injury case settles or you get money from a judgment, instead of getting the settlement funds in one lump sum, you can put the money into an annuity called a structured settlement. A ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
Sometimes personal injury accidents are caused by someone who shouldn't be using a certain product or driving a car in the first place. For example, a car accident might be caused by someone who ...
Continue reading "Negligent Entrustment" »
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
A common concern of my personal injury victims is whether they will owe anything for their medical bills when their case is over. The answer depends on whether the health care provider or health ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
One of the most pressing concerns my personal injury clients often have is how long their case will take. To give a very lawyerly response, it depends. If personal injury cases are not able to settle, ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2010 By Matt Meyerkord
As a Kansas City personal injury attorney , the entirety of my practice is contingency cases. Generally speaking, this is where my fee is a percentage of the money I recover for you at the end of your ...
Continue reading "The Contingent Fee and How it Benefits You" »
Posted on Sep 28, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
As a Kansas City personal injury attorney , one of the most common questions I hear is, "What is my case worth?" There are too many factors to list in one blog, but I can provide an overview. ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
Last week I wrote about the basics of settlement negotiation. This week I'd like to talk about the transaction itself. What do you get when you settle a case and what do you give in exchange? The most ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
The vast majority of personal injury cases settle before trial. If you have a personal injury case, you should therefore know how the settlement process works. Settlement negotiation is just that; a ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
I recently learned from a colleague that some insurance defense firms are now accessing clients' Facebook and other social networking profiles to try and dig up information that can be used against ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2010 By Matthew D. Meyerkord
Insurance companies have databases with information on people who have had prior insurance claims . They use these databases, called claims indexes, when someone has been hurt in a personal injury ...
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