Philadelphia Personal Injury Settlement Offer: What You Need to Know The vast majority of personal injury cases in Pennsylvania settle before trial. Insurance companies defend most personal injury claims and make settlement decisions based on their financial interests. Because trials cost insurers vast sums of money, they typically conclude that settling out of court best…

Maximizing Your Personal Injury Compensation in Philadelphia   The plaintiff bears the burden of proof in a personal injury claim. Therefore, collecting evidence to establish the defendant’s liability and prove harm is essential. To maximize your personal injury claim, consider the following:   Seek medical attention right away Gather all relevant evidence Keep copies of…

Winning a personal injury claim requires plaintiffs to prove that the defendant(s) breached a legally recognized duty of care and harmed them in the process. Accordingly, personal injury attorneys build cases by gathering evidence to prove the defendant(s) negligence and the damages that resulted. Typically, the plaintiff’s attorneys compile this evidence during the discovery phase…

After the Philadelphia personal injury, you likely have a lot of questions. When another party caused your injury, you have a personal injury claim. Mattiacci Law represents plaintiffs who suffered all kinds of injuries, from vehicle accidents to medical malpractice. We get results.

Hiring a personal injury lawyer vastly increases the chances of winning your case in court or obtaining an attractive settlement. Unless your claim is heard in small claims court, you need an effective attorney to take on insurance company defense lawyers. Defense lawyers stake their reputations on winning cases and reducing settlement payouts, so they…

When you hire Personal Injury Lawyers, you want them with a reputation for litigation success. Though most personal injury cases settle before trial, most also require substantial pre-trial litigation, including discovery and depositions. At each stage, carefully planned objectives must be met. The meeting of these objectives compels the insurer to settle the case according…

Trials cost participants time, energy, and expense. Even when the facts seem relatively straightforward, juries are unpredictable in some personal injury settlement cases. They may surprise the lawyers on both sides with an unexpected verdict for or against the plaintiff.  In addition, juries have enormous leeway in awarding general damages. General damages are the non-economic…

You need as much evidence as possible. Evidence of who is at fault is central because juries decide awards based on who they believe caused the accident. They also adjust the size of the award based on a concept called comparative negligence. The stronger your case is that you have 0% liability, the higher your…

Obtaining personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant in Pennsylvania can be challenging. Defendants will often seek to dismiss a case at the outset if any argument can be made that the defendant does not maintain sufficient contacts with Pennsylvania to be haled into court there. Personal injury attorney John Mattiacci has extensive experience in defeating motions to…

Many undocumented immigrants feel helpless when they’ve sustained any kind of accident injury. Fears of deportation and arrest may stop undocumented immigrants from filing personal injury claims. These individuals than suffer in silence while the negligent individuals who hurt them escape responsibility.