Today, much of the law is designed to prevent injured people from rightfully recovering for their injuries and holding negligent persons responsible for their bad acts. Prior to filing a case, we do the legal research necessary to insure that your case is in the best legal posture upon filing.
FIRST STEPSeek medical treatment. You should seek medical treatment as soon as possible, even if at the time it doesn’t seem overly serious, because many injuries get worse as time goes on. You want to properly document any injuries and resulting treatment.
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SECOND STEPAdvise the owner or manager of the premises that you were injured in an accident on their premises. If you do not do it at the time you were injured because you had to leave to go to the hospital, or seek medical attention, then make sure you contact the premises owner or manager so that they have notice of your injury and can begin documenting the incident.
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THIRD STEPCall Attorney Nye for a free consultation.
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OPEN AND OBVIOUS
Michigan Law over the last several years has become unfriendly to people injured in slip and fall accidents. Unfortunately, people are not being held responsible for maintaining safe premises. Therefore, more risk is imposed on you when you visit someone’s property to make sure that you are aware of “open and obvious” dangers. If you can see it and it hurts you, then there may a challenge to your claim. An experienced injury attorney is aware of the various legal theories by which even a person who was injured because of an “open and obvious” condition, can still proceed with a lawsuit and obtain recovery for the client.
OUR APPROACH AND EXPERTS
We aggressively pursue your rights to obtain recovery for your injury-related claim. Below are some of the methods and approaches used to help get you the settlement or jury verdict you deserve.
FACTUAL AND LEGAL RESEARCHToday, much of the law is designed to prevent injured people from rightfully recovering for their injuries and holding negligent persons responsible for their bad acts. Prior to filing a case, we do the legal research necessary to insure that your case is in the best legal posture upon filing.
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DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICEIn civil ligation much of the work is done before any trial. Insurance companies and their attorneys do not want to produce the records and documents necessary for you to prove your case. We have a reputation for aggressive motion practice and use of the subpoena to obtain the documents we believe are necessary to prosecute your injury case.
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TRIAL EXHIBITSTRIAL EXHIBITSBoth before the trial, during the settlement phrase of a case, and at trial itself, proper exhibits to illustrate in simple terms the sometimes complex theories as to how an injury occurred are important to have success. Attorney Nye has a history of success in various types of cases in helping a jury understand how our clients were injured because of the negligent acts of others. The effective use of audio, video, pictures, blown up exhibits, models, charts, and other helpful exhibits, can make the difference in your having a good outcome at mediation, settlement, or trial.
TRIALIf your case is not settled, then Attorney Nye will be prepared and eager to try your case. Attorney Nye devotes the time and energy to effectively present your case to jury. Many hours over weeks and months are devoted to trial preparation, witness preparation, and exhibit preparation. Attorney Nye takes pride in putting on a compelling and effective case for each and every client.
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MEDIATION AND SETTLEMENTUnder Michigan Court Rules, all injury cases at some point are referred to some type of mediation process. Many times because of how the rules are structured, the mediation process forces the parties to look hard at the case and creates a value for the case for settlement purposes before trial. At our office we believe it is critical to fully develop the case for a proper presentation in the mediation process, to insure that you get the highest possible recommendations for your damages to give us the strongest position in any final pre-trial settlement discussions.
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USE OF EXPERTS
Many injury cases require one if not several various types of experts. For example, the following experts may be used in your injury case.
- Primary care medical doctor,
- Specialist medical doctor for your particular injury, to include neurologists, pediatric neurologists, internists, cardiac surgeon, endocrinologist, lung specialist, orthopedic surgeon, neuro surgeon, and many other subspecialties.
- Economists to help determine the value of your damages both presently and into the future so that the jury understands how much your injury is going to cost you economically,
- Engineers and forensic scientists, who can provide expert testimony about the physics and mechanics of the mechanisms of an injury, along with forensic examination of any evidence in the case,
- Accident reconstructionist or biomechanics specialist, who can reconstruct an injury or an accident of virtually any type. A biomechanical specialist can many times explain to a jury how the mechanics of a particular injury have caused the medical condition for what you now suffer. Explaining to the mechanics of an injury to a jury so they understand how the injury has drastically affected your body is critical to having a good outcome in any injury case,
- Psychologists and mental health professionals, who can examine and determine what types of emotional or psychological injuries impact your injury may have had on yourself or your family members.
Contact US.Attorney Nye is here for you in your time of need.
Call him today to schedule your free consultation. (989) 281-1437 |