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Thursday, February 27, 2014
Examples of Defective Products
Defective
product litigation is exceptionally complicated. When you’ve been hurt by a
poorly made or designed product, you a personal injury attorney who has
experience in the field. But more accurately, you need an attorney who has
experience with the specific type of product in question.
At The Cochran Firm, our personal injury
attorneys possess a tremendous breadth of experience in defective product
cases. We’re equipped to handle your case and help you pursue justice and
compensation.
Examples of defective product cases we’ve handled include:
- Defective vehicles
- Defective vehicle parts
- Dangerous drugs
- Defective medical devices
- Dangerous children’s products
- Defective firearms
The only way to tell whether The Cochran Firm is right for
your particular defective product case is to speak with us at a free initial
consultation. We’ll evaluate the viability of your claim and help you decide
whether we’re the appropriate option among your choices for legal
representation.
If you need an experienced personal injury attorney to handle
your defective product claim, please contact The CochranFirm today for a free consultation.
posted by Admin at 3:39 AM
Friday, February 21, 2014
Examples of Dental Malpractice
Your dental health is exceptionally important, which is why
medical experts recommend you see your dentist regularly. But when a dental
professional makes a mistake, you can be left with unhealthy teeth and gums,
the consequences of which might last the rest of your life.
The Cochran Firm’s medical malpractice lawyers
have seen how negligence by a dentist or hygienist can hurt innocent patients. Common
examples of dental malpractice include:
- Unnecessary dental work
- Poorly placed dental work
- Botched dental surgery
- Infection
- Nerve damage
- Loss of taste or sensation
These are just a few of the examples our medical malpractice
lawyers have seen.
Put simply, dental malpractice is a serious problem with
serious consequences. In too many instances, innocent patients like you are
left to deal with those consequences.
That’s not right and it’s not fair, and The Cochran Firm is
equipped to help you make things right. There are no guarantees in personal
injury law, but our medical malpractice lawyers understand the law and the
medicine. They can help you pursue justice and compensation if you’ve had your
dental health ruined as a result of malpractice.
If you’ve been the victim of negligence in a dental office
and need an experienced medical malpractice lawyer, please contact The Cochran
Firm today for a free consultation.
posted by Admin at 3:35 AM
Saturday, February 15, 2014
What Are the Causes of Car Accidents?
Every auto accident is
unique, and the specific circumstances of each wreck will dictate the finding of
liability in the wreck. However, the accident lawyers at The Cochran Firm
understand that the basic cause of most accidents is simple: negligence.
There are some accidents where no one is really at-fault.
However, in the vast majority of these wrecks someone made an avoidable mistake
to cause the crash. And when the accident results in injuries and financial
hardship, it’s reasonable to expect the negligent party to provide some
compensation.
Common causes of car accidents include:
- Speeding
- Other forms of reckless driving
- Distracted driving, especially texting while driving
- Failure to account for weather or road conditions
- Fatigue
- Defective vehicles
- Refusal to share the road with motorcycles, bicycles or pedestrians
Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list. There are a
tragically large number of ways for a driver to behave negligently.
Our accident lawyers are equipped to investigate your
accident and determine its cause. We know what negligence looks like and how to
prove it in court.
If you’ve been hurt in an accident that was caused by
someone else’s mistakes and need an experienced accident lawyer to fight for
you, please contact
The Cochran Firm today for a free consultation.
posted by Admin at 3:32 AM
Monday, February 10, 2014
What is a Contingency Fee Payment System?
One argument you hear a lot from people who want to restrict
victims’ ability to pursue justice and compensation through the court system is
that litigious and greedy personal injury
lawyers clog the courts with frivolous, silly law suits.
The reality, of course, is drastically different. At The
Cochran Firm and most other firms handling personal injury cases, our lawyers
work under a contingency
fee payment system.
A contingency fee payment system is designed to protect
clients from the costs of unsuccessful lawsuits. It basically works like this: our
personal injury lawyers only get paid if they recover an award for you. If your
case is unsuccessful, your attorney does not receive a fee.
The personal injury lawyer receives a percentage of your
final compensation. The exact percentage depends on the firm and the case, and
we’ll be sure to discuss this in detail when you retain our attorneys.
So, for example, in a hypothetical case with a 30 percent
contingency fee and a $10,000 award, the attorney would receive $3,000 and you
would receive $7,000.
Finally, the personal injury lawyer’s expenses
(investigating, arranging expert witnesses and other related expenses) are
taken out of the total recovery. In our hypothetical case, if the lawyer spent
$1,000 preparing the case, he would receive $4,000 total, and you would get
$6,000.
This system creates an incentive for our personal injury
lawyers to be honest with you about the prospects of your case. We only pursue
claims we think have a reasonable chance of success.
If you need an experienced, trustworthy personal injury
lawyer, please contactThe Cochran Firm today for a free consultation.
posted by Admin at 3:28 AM