What is Admitted Liability? ‘Admitted liability’ cases are when the defendant acknowledges their fault for causing the accident. However, accepting fault is usually a strategic move to focus the trial on other elements and as a way to lower the verdict. This process is prevalent in various cases, mainly in personal injury cases. Despite the […]
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Why Personal Injury Cases Take So Long
However, there are many unavoidable speed bumps along the way. Delays Before Your Lawsuit is Filed There are several important reasons why your lawyer does not file your lawsuit immediately after they are hired. First, the lawyer must investigate your claim — get accident reports, witness statements, medical records, insurance information, etc. It’s common for […]
Opinion: Not Judge’s Job to Protect Us from the Jury System
Popular culture has widely accepted the caricature of juries as ignorant and unreliable. Such thinking is certainly not new. More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain quipped: “We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding 12 men every […]