Getting into a collision while driving can change your life, especially if you incur major injuries that will have lifelong effects, but even minor injuries and accidents can impact a person's future. If you were in a collision and were not responsible for causing it, you should take time to write things in a journal that relate to the accident. Doing this can help you prove the effects of the accident, and here are some of the important things you should document after you are in an accident.
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Just because you got injured in a shopping mall (or any public property), it doesn't mean that the mall owner should pay for your injuries. A property owner is only required to compensate for injuries on their premises if they are responsible for such injuries. If you file a premises liability lawsuit, here are some of the questions the court will want you to answer to determine whether the property owner is liable for your losses.
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It is possible to appeal a divorce judgment provided you have a legal basis for your appeal. This means you don't have to "accept your fate" if you have just concluded your divorce only to learn that the judgment hasn't done you any justice. Here are some of the specific reasons that the court may allow as a basis for a divorce appeal:
Fraud
If you are using fraud as a ground for a divorce appeal, then you are basically claiming that your partner lied to you or to the court during the divorce proceedings.
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In a personal injury case that has merit, your attorney will often talk to you about the benefits of taking a settlement. When the other party's negligence is evident, it will often seek to avoid the cost of going to court — and will extend a settlement offer to you early on. People often make the mistake of assuming that they can only take a settlement before the case goes to court, but this isn't true.
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Child support is a hot-button issue for many divorcing couples, but perhaps never more so than when one of those parents has considerable income and wealth.
When that's the situation, you can generally expect the usual formulas and guidelines established by your state to go out the proverbial window. The state formulas simply aren't designed to deal with very large figures. So, what does happen instead? Here are some possibilities.
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