As with any accident causing injury, time is not on your side. Promptly hiring an experienced accident attorney is crucial. This office has dedicated 15 years to accident victims and their families. Negligence is the number one cause of motor vehicle accidents. Proof of negligence takes many forms. Damage to automobiles, skid marks, cuts, bruises, broken bones from the occupants of the vehicles, statements from witnesses, scientific measurements are just a few.

The time to photograph damage to person or property and to obtain witness statements is as soon as possible following an accident. Delay of even one week can result in the loss of crucial evidence.

Notice requirements for certain types of negligence are very limiting. In Connecticut, to pursue a claim against a municipality for a defective roadway, proper notice must be given within 90 days of the incident. To sue a bar or tavern for overseeing alcohol to a patron who causes a drunk driving accident, notice must be given within 180 days. Our office was involved in creating new case law in this area when we obtained a verdict against a Tavern owner for negligent supervision of its employees. Please see Seguro v. Cummisky in our Verdicts and Settlements page. Suits against State affiliated hospitals, such as the John Dempsey Hospital have severely limiting notice statutes.

There is never a reason to delay contacting a personal injury lawyer to ask if you have a case. Our consultation for any injury case is always free. Consultations can take place over the phone or via email or in person at your home or in a hospital, if needed. THE DELAY IN CONTACTING AN EXPERIENCED PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER COULD RESULT IN THE LEGAL FORECLOSURE OF YOUR RIGHTS. I have personally talked to hundreds of people who waited too long to pursue a claim. When I see people deserving of lawful compensation lose out because of delay, it makes me cringe. It is such a waste.

If your accident has resulted in serious or disabling injuries, hire a law firm with the experience and talent to get the job done right. We have represented people permanently disabled by brain injury, paralysis or surgical error. Attorney Ferry holds a B.S. in Accounting, which is useful in presenting significant economic damage claims such as complete loss of earning capacity or significant diminution of wage potential.

Terrible injury can happen to anyone of us at any time because of a defective product, dog attack, auto or truck accident or work place injury on a construction site. We have handled all of these cases and have worked with experts in every type of case imaginable. We expect to recover the maximum for all of our clients and have the tools and expertise to bring in large verdicts. Currently we have several construction accident cases. In one case we will be attempting to pierce the corporate veil of the at fault Construction Company because it carried only two million dollars of insurance which will not come close to properly compensating our client. We have also successfully settled significant burn injury cases. These cases often take special experts to explain the mechanism of the burn where liability is being contested.

Whatever your injury might be, we have the knowledge, the talent and the commitment to take your case all the way. Not so surprisingly, that recipe can result in very favorable settlements. In fact we regularly take in new clients who have fired other attorneys because the lawyer told them to settle for a figure the client just did not think was right. In many of these cases, we have obtained settlements for the client that exceeded the other attorney’s best figure by 25%-450%! In one recent case, our client had been represented by one of the most prominent television lawyers in Connecticut. That office told our client to accept $12,000.00 to settle her case. We obtained a second opinion from a local orthopedic doctor which favorably changed the case. It settled with six months of the client hiring us for $68,000.00.

Call us today at (860) 247-0030 or contact us online to discuss your legal options.

Personal Injury Law – Philosophy of Firm – Insurance carriers must pay when they play

The insurance carrier will not offer fair and just compensation for your losses without being able to envision a bad outcome at trial. Every possible method of exerting pressure must be employed and all harms and losses have to be properly worked up for compelling presentation to a claims adjustor or to a jury.

When all of the harms and losses suffered by the injured party are known and presented to the insurance carrier, a settlement demand is made. This figure is a realistic and fair figure designed to entice the insurance company to pay up. Often we provide published settlement and verdicts from similar cases to support the demand. However, each case is so unique that verdicts and settlements from other cases offer limited guidance. When the insurance carrier wants to delay by offering unfair low figures, the only prudent thing to do is to increase the demand. This takes care of the time value of money being lost to the injured party and negates the time value savings the insurance carrier is attempting to enjoy.

In addition, there are significant financial outlays needed to push a case though litigation. The expense associated with depositions of witnesses can cost several dollars per page of transcript. Medical experts charge anywhere from $250.00 to $1,000.00 per hour of their time spent in a deposition or at trial. These expenses also offer justification for increasing the settlement demand.

If you do not like to be pushed around and agree that big companies must pay fair value for all provable harms and losses, we can help.