Personal injury law is all we do – so you can be sure your claim has our full attention.
When you choose us to handle your case, you get:
Your injury affects you every hour of every day. You don’t get a break from the pain or the limitations it causes you. It’s hard to go about your daily routine, to work, to walk, even to sleep. And that’s just the start of your problems, unfortunately. The medical bills pile up. You have to squeeze doctor’s appointments into your family’s already hectic schedule.
You’re coping with a lot right now – too much for you to handle alone. You need help getting your life back on track. That’s what we’re here for. We handle personal injury cases exclusively, so we know how stressful the days after an accident can be for victims, and we know how to help you through this difficult time.
Personal Injury Basics
Your accident has shoved you into a confusing new world – the world of personal injury law.
Every victim should have the chance to understand the basics of the personal injury claims process. That way you can make important decisions about your rights.
The Definition of Personal Injury
A personal injury is physical harm – an injury to your person, rather than just to property you own or the reputation you have.
In a personal injury claim, this physical harm comes from an accident someone else caused
Personal Injury Terminology
You don’t need to know all the legal terminology if you make the wise decision of hiring the right personal injury lawyer to handle your case. But here are a couple of basic definitions you might want to know:
You might also hear the phrase money damages. This just means the compensation you receive for your losses.
New Jersey Personal Injury Law
Depositions. Interrogatories. Mediations and arbitrations. If you’re trying to figure this whole process out on your own, the jargon is enough to make your head spin. The experienced personal injury attorneys at Console & Hollawell will be your guides throughout the entire process. We know that personal injury law is complex – after all, we’ve spent decades handling these claims.
We’ll take as much of this burden off of your shoulders as possible. When you do have a direct role to play in your claim, like you would in a deposition, we’ll go over with you what to expect and make the process as easy as possible. You’ll never have to worry about your claim.
The Personal Injury Claims Process
Our personal injury flow chart breaks down the claims process for you.
Pre-Litigation
As soon as you reach out to us, we begin investigating your claim. We start gathering evidence right away. If necessary, we find experts in accident reconstruction, medicine and other fields to support your case.
Console & Hollawell focuses on preparing your case for trial from the start. It’s too early to resolve your case while you’re still treating your injuries. After all, we wouldn’t want to settle for less money than you deserve. But throughout this stage, we still work diligently to build your claim.
In this stage of the personal injury process, we send the demand letter. This document presents your case to the defendant and begins negotiations with the insurance company.
Litigation
When your medical treatment is at an end or your case is nearing the legal deadlines, we start litigation, the process of filing a lawsuit.
Though your case is progressing, we continue to work toward a settlement. But if a trial is what it takes to get you everything you deserve, we’re ready to take your case to court.
Resolution
When we reach the right settlement or win you a jury award, your case is nearly over – but there’s still some work to do.
We’ll collect the money you’re owed. If you have any remaining expenses, like out-of-pocket medical costs, we’ll make sure they get paid. Then we’ll get your money to you as soon as we can. Even now, we’re working hard to make things easier on you – including negotiating down your medical bills.
Components of a NJ Personal Injury Case
Three components make up a personal injury case: medical attention, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
Finding the right doctors to treat you after an accident can be tricky. If you need help, our New Jersey personal injury lawyers can look for qualified medical professionals with experience diagnosing and treating the types of injuries caused by accidents. We’ll get you receive medical attention not only for the pain you’re feeling right now, but also for any long-term problems that result. Don’t worry about the costs right now – your health is the most important thing. We’ll make sure your medical benefits under personal injury protection (PIP) are being covered or ask doctors to hold off billing you until your case is resolved.
If you’re unable to return to work due to your injury‚ we’ll seek additional compensation for future lost wages. We won’t let the injury caused by someone else’s carelessness prevent you from supporting yourself and your family.
What we can do is get you compensation for the pain you have experienced and the suffering the injury has caused you. The accident disrupted your life. Our role is to fight for justice and secure the settlement you need to make things right.
Choosing a NJ Personal Injury Lawyer
Your case belongs in the hands of a personal injury lawyer who always puts clients first and isn’t afraid to fight for their rights. At Console & Hollawell‚ we pride ourselves in cultivating personal relationships with our clients and going the extra mile to take care of them. Let us know what problems you’re facing – you might be surprised how much we can help with!
We’ve handled personal injury cases of all kinds and recovered large settlements or verdicts for victims of car accidents, slip and falls, and other types of accidents in New Jersey. We’re in it to win it for you. If we can’t secure you a settlement‚ you don’t owe us a dime.
Types of Personal Injury Cases in New Jersey
Personal injuries come in many forms. Some are common enough to be their own categories. Other cases are hard to classify.
Many slip and falls happen on commercial properties. A dangerous condition like a wet or cracked floor could lead you to suffer a personal injury in a grocery store or a retailer like Kohl’s.
You may also be entitled to money damages for a fall that happened on a private property, like someone else’s residence. You might have a personal injury homeowner’s claim if you suffer an injury on property you rent.
Wherever your fall happened, you’ll need help to overcome the hurdles slip and fall victims face. Don’t worry. Our New Jersey personal injury lawyers have the skills to help – and the results to prove it.
But you could still end up missing out on a major chunk of your usual income. That’s because you can only receive 70 percent of your weekly income, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported.
If someone other than your employer caused the workplace accident, you might have the right to pursue a third-party claim. Through these personal injury claims, you can finally recover all the money you deserve.
A third-party claim isn’t easy. Unlike a first-party worker’s compensation claim, you have to prove the other party is at fault for your injury. Fortunately, Console & Hollawell’s New Jersey personal injury lawyers have a history of success handling these cases – but don’t take our word for it.
Our personal injury attorneys have handled high-value dog bite casesin the past, so you know we’ve got what it takes to make your case a success.
Console & Hollawell has a history of getting six- and seven-figure settlements for the medical malpractice victims we represent. We don’t back down from taking a case all the way to trial.