Arizona Personal Injury Laws

Contingent Fee Basis

In Arizona, personal injury cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, which means that we agree not to charge you for any attorney’s fees, until we settle your personal injury case or win it at trial or arbitration. We are counting on our abilities just like you, our clients do. If we recover nothing, you pay no attorney’s fees. Certain costs may remain the responsibility of the client. Costs in personal injury case include expenses such as the filing fee, service of process, expert witnesses, medical records, copying and mailing charges and other expenses deemed necessary to pursue your personal injury lawsuit.

Personal Injury Cases

Personal Injury cases include any and all vehicle accidents, wrongful death, slip and fall, dog bite and many others. Our firm handles all of these cases on a contingent fee basis. If you have any questions or would like to know more about your personal injury, contact me at (602) 385-6818 or email me.

By: Jess Lorona

My name is Mark Raczkowski and I’m an attorney at Jones Raczkowski PC in Phoenix, Arizona. My recommendation is that you do not speak with an insurance representative before you’ve had an opportunity to speak with an attorney about the personal injury that you suffered. Insurance adjusters have one job, and that is to pay you the smallest amount of money possible on your claim. And the way that they can do that is by getting information from you. Some of that information, they may not even be entitled to, and so it’s important that you speak with an attorney before you start divulging information that may be detrimental to your claim on down the road. Before you speak with an insurance representative contact me at my website www.azpremiseslaw.com.

By: Mark Raczkowski

Making Phoenix Safer

I’m Tommy Richardson. My law partner, Bill Friedl, and I established Friedl Richardson well over a decade ago in an effort to make Arizona safer. What we’ve done over the last ten years is to take cases where we can improve the safety of the people around us. When we take cases, we’re worried about how those cases are going to help the community. And that’s a big process that we go through with each case. It’s a real deliberation as to whether to take a case. Will this benefit the people around us? If it’s not going to help Arizona, we’re really not interested in pursuing the claim.

By: Thomas Richardson

My name is Mark Raczkowski, and I’m an attorney at Jones Raczkowski PC in Phoenix, Arizona. Under most circumstances, if you slip and fall on somebody else’s property, they will not cover your medical expenses. Depends on what type of insurance coverage, if any, that they have as well as what assets they might have. But if you slip and fall and been seriously injured on someone’s property, the first thing you need to do is speak with an attorney that is familiar with the types of issues that come up in slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall cases. My office has focused on slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall cases for more than 25 years, and we know what to expect with regards to defendants that own property where people have been hurt. If you have questions about a serious injury that you’ve suffered as a result of a slip-and-fall on someone else’s property contact me through my website at www.azpremiseslaw.com.

By: Mark Raczkowski

Attorney Thomas M. Richardson

I’ve been practicing law here in the Phoenix area and in Greater Arizona area for the last 15 years. I do mainly trial work and a lot of the cases that I have – are able to settle before they go to trial.

A personal injury attorney is a moniker, really, attached to trial lawyers. What I always wanted to do is trial law. I do a lot of jury psychology studies, a lot of jury strategy studies, in an effort to be a good trial lawyer. So when I am a personal injury attorney, it’s actually being a trial lawyer.

By: Thomas Richardson

Case Value in Phoenix

This is an extremely difficult question to answer. It is also the most common question asked. In general, personal injury cases have five categories of recovery:

1. Pain and suffering
2. Past lost wages or salary
3. Loss of future earning capacity
4. Past medical bills
5. Future medical bills

Insurance Companies

Insurance companies and insurance defense lawyers have become very skilled at attacking claims in a personal injury case. There is no guarantee that a particular party will receive a particular damage amount. This is why it is so important to hire an attorney who is familiar with these types of cases and handles them regularly. If you have questions or would like to know more about personal injury, contact me at (602) 385-6818 or email me.

If you would like get a better understanding about how much your particular personal injury case may be worth, please visit an attorney’s profile and complete a contact form today.

By: Jess Lorona

Jones Raczkowski PC has been around for more than (25) years, doing essentially the same work that we’re doing now. Our work is premised and our longevity is built upon client satisfaction. Most of our business has been built on word of mouth from clients, from other lawyers, doctors, and various people in the community. One of the things we pride ourselves on is educating clients as to the process, so that the client understands, through staff or the attorneys, what will happen to them, when it will happen, what the likely result is – the process. You can look at all the paper and all the credentials, but sometimes it just comes down to looking somebody in the eye, speaking with them face to face, and deciding, “Do I trust somebody?” because any attorney-client relationship is built upon trust.

If trust exists, things are going to go fine. If trust does not exist, it’s not going to go fine. One of the things that you get with our firm is, when you come in, and we’re about to retain you, or you’re going to retain us, is you’re always going to meet with an attorney. So you get that eye-to-eye, face-to-face meeting if you’re local, here in Arizona. At the time you retain us as your attorney, not only are you getting an attorney, but you’re going to get a retained paralegal who’s going to be assigned to your case. The paralegal is your direct communication, although you have the direct email of the attorney and the attorney’s direct line. You’re not getting an email that goes to some third party or something like that. When you get my email, you’ve got my email. I also have a telephone number. And I put my direct-dial on my cards, which means it rings at my desk. And if I don’t pick it up, it goes to my voicemail – not some third party’s voicemail. It goes to mine. I try to return calls within (24) hours.

But one of the things that we have is if a client has been unable to speak with their attorney, for whatever reason, they can call the assigned paralegal and say, “I want a telephone appointment with that attorney.” And it gets calendared for a specific time and a specific date, for a discussion, for the attorney to call you, or for you to call the attorney, so that hopefully any problems regarding communication get nipped in the butt. If you think you have a case like that, talk to us at Jones Raczkowski, (602) 840-8787.

By: Mack Jones

Phoenix Personal Injury

If you’re injured, call 911 or the police. If appropriate, request that a report is made. Do your best to write down information on all involved persons, witnesses, insurance details, vehicle descriptions including the vehicle license number of witnesses, time of day, place and date.

Medical Attention

Immediately seek medical attention. Your safety is priority one. Many injuries may not seem that significant at first, but may become more serious over time. Keep all of your medical records.

Contact Attorney

Consult with a personal injury lawyer as soon as practical. There may be things that the personal injury lawyer can do in the short term to help you through the recovery process. You may have questions such as who is responsible for repairing your vehicle, paying for your medical care costs, paying for your rental car and finding qualified medical care. A personal injury lawyer will make sure that all of your rights are protected.

Remain Silent

Make sure that you do not talk to anyone about the accident that led to your personal injury. Never talk with or give a recorded statement to an insurance company, even your own until you first speak with a lawyer. These statements may later be used against you.

Lorona Mead

Listen to everything your doctor says and follow through with any recommended treatment. If you have questions or would like to know more about personal injury, contact me at (602) 385-6818 or email me. If you have additional questions regarding what to do after experiencing a personal injury, please visit an attorney’s profile and complete a contact form today.

By: Jess Lorona

My name is Mark Raczkowski. I’m an attorney at Jones Raczkowski PC in Phoenix, Arizona. The biggest difference between slip and fall cases and other personal injury cases is that most of the time the defendants deny that they’re responsible for your injuries. As a result you have to sue them in order to get the compensation you deserve. My office has spent more than (25) years focusing on slip and fall/trip and fall cases. So we’re prepared to sue defendants if necessary in order to get the compensation that you deserve. It means we’re able– we’re willing to put in the time and the effort that it will take to prosecute the case and to achieve a satisfactory result for you. If you’ve suffered a serious injury as a result of a slip and fall or trip and fall accident, contact me through my website at www.azpremiseslaw.com.

By: Mark Raczkowski