Personal injury cases are mostly fact-driven. They rarely rely on nuanced legal interpretation, but rather on a common sense analysis of the facts. And the facts usually play out over a very brief period of time. It only takes a second or two for an accident to begin and end, and it is in this moment that someone may or may not be at fault for an injury. It is often the presentation of simple facts that can make the difference at trial. I recently tried a case that I believed we were likely to lose. My two clients were the passengers in a large SUV that was stopped at a left turn signal. When their vehicle turned left, it was struck in the intersection Read More
Common Sense Saves the Day
