This Transcript was auto-populated. 00:00:00 [Music] Barry Goldberg here a lot of clients want to know what a deposition is and how it affects their case well let’s talk about that once a case is filed the other side is allowed to take your testimony under penalty of perjury in front of a court…
This Transcript was auto-populated. Transcript: 00:00:00: [Music] well there are several unique challenges the biggest one that I’ve found is that truck drivers are incentivized to maybe lie or misstate the truth because it affects their ability to drive as a truck driver if they have too many at fault accidents so truck drivers…
This Transcript was auto-populated. Transcript: 00:00:00: [Music] I like my clients to use some common sense after an accident you need to take a moment figure out where you are if you’re okay uh how serious any injuries are if you’re okay you should pull off to the side of the road then pull…
This Transcript was auto-populated. Transcript: 00:00:00: [Music] that’s a great question everyone knows that most personal injury lawyers day in and day out handle motor vehicle accident cases involving cars trucks motorcycles bicycles but we also handle pedestrian accident cases where pedestrians are hit by cars or sometimes when they uh fall and it’s…
This Transcript was auto-populated. Transcript: 00:00:00: [Music] that begs the question first of all a truck that crosses state lines is subject to Federal Regulation Federal Regulations set the amount of minimum insurance that applies to a truck of a certain size so in most truck accident cases we are looking at at least…
This Transcript was auto-populated. 00:00:00: [Music] well it’s very important in fact insurance companies look for proper medical documentation before they will consider paying a claim they want to see not only the records and notes but the bills one of the things that a lot of people who try and do these cases on…
This Transcript was auto-populated. 00:00:00: [Music] well there’s so many different types of accidents that it depends on the case of course my clients I want to prove that they were not at fault for an accident or mostly not at fault for an accident the most common dispute involves left turns and running red…
This Transcript was auto-populated. 00:00:00: [Music] well that’s an art not a science there isn’t a book we go to it says that a certain injury you get a certain amount a lot of times in personal injury cases it’s very individualized to the person we want to look at the medical care what was…
This Transcript was auto-populated. 00:00:00: [Music] well let’s talk about that first of all we don’t charge by the hour so you’re not going to get a bill we take the case and on a contingency fee basis which means that we don’t get paid unless we fulfill the contingency the contingency in a personal…
This Transcript was auto-populated. 00:00:00: [Music] in most cases there’s a 2-year statute of limitations for most personal injury cases which means that you have to file a complaint in the superior court within 2 years of the date of your accident or you lose your case forever now there are some exceptions to that…