Missouri Personal Injury Laws

Truck Accident Litigation

Sometimes car crashes occur due to circumstances that the driver has nothing to do with. If the road on which you are riding has been improperly built or maintained or if the surface itself has been allowed to erode and degrade over time, it makes the road more dangerous to automobile drives and truckers that use those roads. One way to know if the area where your crash occurred is improperly designed or negligently maintained is if there have been several crashes in a short period of time at that stretch of highway. If you have questions about a dangerous piece of highway or roadway, call my office at the number on the screen or you can reach us through the contact form on the internet. I’m happy to visit with you at any time without any cost or obligation. Call 314-A-LAWYER today for your consultation.

By: Spencer Farris

Ok, you have the contact number of Missouri motorcycle accident lawyer, but you want to find someone else who rides, because the physics and the science of being on a motorcycle make those crashes different than a simple car crash. It’s helpful to get someone who understands what it’s like to be out there on the road and how naked and exposed you feel when you’re riding next to a three-ton car. You might be wondering how to hire a personal injury lawyer, or what kind of things you should look at. And the first thing that I tell every client, “Look, if you look around Saint Louis or Missouri, there’s probably 300 or 400 folks that will do just as good a job for you as my firm will do,” but you need to find someone that you feel comfortable working with, because you’re forming a partnership. And if you’re going to spend two or three years locked in a partnership with someone who won’t return your phone calls, doesn’t answer your e-mails, or really doesn’t care about you and thinks of you like you’re a number, no matter how qualified that lawyers is, he’s not the right lawyer for you.

You need a good mix of qualifications, and concern and caring chemistry, if you will, to get the right match so that you hire the right lawyer for you and your case.  When you’ve been hurt and the bills are racking up, you don’t have to pay a lawyer out of pocket to represent you in your injury case. Call my office, and if we can help you we won’t charge you anything until the end of your case if we’re successful for you.  Call 314-A-LAWYER today for a free consultation.

By: Spencer Farris; Nevada Auto Accident Lawyers.

Traumatic brain injuries, or brain injuries of any kind, are some of the most devastating injuries. And when you have a big injury, there’s not enough money for what you’re going through. You need to hire a Missouri brain injury attorney to help get as much as possible for your family, because you only have one opportunity to go back and get your damages. Insurance companies track everything. They track what juries pay, they track what medical bills cost, and they track what lawyers are willing to try cases. Over my career, I’ve tried over a hundred lawsuits to juries. Insurance companies know that and they track that. The lawyers that you see on television may have never entered the courtroom, may have never tried a case, and the insurance companies know it and they pay more to lawyers that will force them to pay more. When you hire my law firm, my name is on the door and I’m on the bottom line. I’m responsible to every client. Whether I am writing the letters or whatever’s going out the door, I’m responsible. The insurance company knows that as a small shop and as a small law firm, they have to treat me just like they have to treat the big law firms; we’re going to bring the big guns. When you’ve been hurt and the bills are racking up, you don’t have to pay a lawyer out of pocket to represent you in your injury case. Call my office and if we can help you, we won’t charge you anything until the end of your case if we’re successful for you. Call 314-A-LAWYER today for a free consultation.

By: Spencer Farris

You’ve been injured and you’re thinking of dealing with the insurance company without an attorney. That’s probably a mistake, but here are some things to watch out for if you decide to go down that road.

Injury Law News, brought to you by the S.E. Farris Law Firm.

I’m Spencer Farris and I represent injury victims throughout Saint Louis and the state of Missouri. I’ve helped hundreds of folks handle their case for personal injury, but every now and then I meet someone who thinks that they don’t need an attorney. Let me tell you a few things to look out for if you decide that you don’t want to hire an attorney.

Get pictures. Whether it’s the car you’ve been crashed in or the place that you fell, a picture is worth a thousand words. And if you’re relying on the insurance company to take pictures for you, you’re making a big mistake. If those pictures would have been helpful to you and they disappear, you’ll never be able to recreate that important evidence for your case.

The insurance company will want to take a statement from you and that’s a mistake. Remember that the person asking the questions controls and frames how your answers come out, and the insurance company is not there to help you. You never want to give a statement without someone on your side to help you through that step, and typically that’s where you have an attorney.

Finally, the insurance company’s going to want you to sign medical authorizations. And in Missouri, you don’t give up your right to all privacy just because you’ve had an injury case. You don’t have to sign the authorization that gives the insurance company the right to get all of your medical records from the time that you’re born, but the form that they give you will do just that. Don’t sign that form.

Studies have shown over and over that folks with attorneys get four to five times more money for their injury case than those without. If you’ve been injured and you have questions – whether you want to hire an attorney or not – please call me at the number on your screen or visit us at our internet website that you see on the screen as well. We’re happy to help, and if we can help you resolve your case without hiring us, great. And if you need an attorney, we’d be proud to represent you.

The S.E. Farris Law Firm is dedicated to the needs of injury victims and their families.

By: Spencer Farris

When you hire a Missouri personal injury lawyer, the first thing that that person should do if they’re worth your trust is to listen to your story and get an understanding of who you are, who you were before you got hurt, and who you are now, and understand the changes in your life due to these injuries. That lawyer then does a lot of things that you’ll never see – talks to witnesses, gathers evidence, gets your medical records and your statements so he can present a convincing case to the insurance company. And hopefully, if he’s got a good reputation and if he’s done his job in collecting information about your case, you’ll never see the inside of a courtroom. But if not, you need a Missouri personal injury lawyer who’s willing to go to court and fight for you in trial. When you’ve been hurt and the bills are racking up, you don’t have to pay a lawyer out of pocket to represent you in your injury case. Call my office and if we can help you, we won’t charge you anything until the end of your case if we’re successful for you. Call 314-A-LAWYER today for a free consultation.

By: Spencer Farris

If you choose us to be your Saint Louis truck accident attorney, the first thing that we’re going to do is determine if I’m the right lawyer for you and you feel that it’s a good fit. After you’ve left my office, in the first 20 minutes, I will write a letter to the insurance company for the trucking company and tell them to preserve whatever evidence they have. The data recorder, the trip packets that the driver will have done, his logbooks. Next we get on the phone with local law enforcement and find out what evidence they’ve got and what’s still in their possession. And in some occasions I’ll take a trip to the salvage yard to inspect the truck and take photographs before anything can be moved. I also want to look at the scene where you got hurt. The scene will tell us a story, and that story is something that’s going to be important to me as your Saint Louis truck accident attorney to tell the jury to present your case. When you’ve been hurt and the bills are racking up, you don’t have to pay a lawyer out of pocket to represent you in your injury case. Call my office, and if we can help you we won’t charge you anything until the end of your case if we’re successful for you. Call 314-A-LAWYER today for a free consultation.

By: Spencer Farris

When you’ve been hurt and the bills are piling up, the big question on your mind is: What is my case worth?  Injury Law News brought to you by the S.E. Farris Law Firm. I’m Spencer Farris, a St. Louis injury lawyer at the S.E. Farris Law Firm. The value of your case depends on a lot of factors. Let’s talk about those for a minute.  The facts of your case matter. What happened? Was it a injury that went away after a couple of days, or did you need surgery?   Where did it happen, in a conservative venue, or one where jurors understand that pain and suffering have a value?   How did it happen? There’s a difference to the value of your case if Grandma hit you on the way to bingo versus a corporation in a large truck with a drunk driver. The combination of these factors go into the mix and help determine what your case is worth, what a jury – and therefore a claims adjuster – would assign as the value of your claim.   Choosing the right St. Louis injury attorney matters. The insurance company knows what lawyers have the experience and the credentials necessary to prepare your case to present it to a jury, and that goes into their valuation of your claim.  If you have more questions about the value of your case, please contact my law firm at the phone number or the website address on your screen. We’re happy to talk with you without any cost or obligation about your case.  The S.E. Farris Law Firm is dedicated to the needs of injury victims and their families.

By: Spencer Farris

Fair Settlement for Injury Case

Once you settle your car crash case, it’s over. You only get one chance to do it right. That’s why it’s important to hire a St. Louis car accident lawyer immediately after your crash to represent you. You wouldn’t think about driving home from the crash scene to stitch your own wounds or set your own bones and you shouldn’t think about taking on the insurance company by yourself either. Hiring a St. Louis car accident lawyer should cost you nothing out of pocket and upfront because every lawyer in this area works on what’s called a contingent fee, which means the lawyer gets paid at the end of your case if they’re successful. They only get their expenses back if they’re successful in pursuing your case for you. When you’ve been hurt and the bills are racking up you don’t have to pay a lawyer out of pocket to represent you in your injury case. Call my office and if we can help you, we won’t charge you anything until the end of your case if we’re successful for you. Call 314-a-lawyer today for a free consultation.

By: Spencer Farris

I talked to a man yesterday who had dropped his case because he didn’t think he could afford a lawyer. Let me tell you what I told him. Injury Law News. Brought to you by The S.E. Farris Law Firm. I’m Spencer Farris, a partner at The S.E. Farris Law Firm. Folks don’t plan to get hurt at work or anywhere else. Therefore they don’t set aside money for attorney fees. Then when something bad happens, they think, “I can’t afford an attorney.” But you can and here’s how. Most qualified injury attorneys in Missouri work on what’s called a contingent fee, which means the lawyer doesn’t get paid until the end of your case if they’re successful for you. The lawyer pays the expenses of litigation as you go. Again, they don’t get their money back unless they’ve been successful for you. It’s important then to hire an attorney. Studies show that folks with lawyers get four to five times more money than those without. Insurance companies know it too. That’s why they’ll offer you a quick settlement before you have a chance to talk to a lawyer. At my law firm, you don’t pay until the end of your case, and then only if you’re successful. Another way that that’s important for you is it means you can hire an experienced, qualified lawyer to handle your case for the same percentage as someone without that experience. The difference is when you hire a good lawyer, a qualified lawyer; you get more money. If you want to talk about your case and decide if my firm is the best one to handle your case, call us at the number below, or visit us on our website which you see below. Thanks for listening. The S.E. Farris Law Firm is dedicated to the needs of injury victims and their families.

By: Spencer Farris