Personal Injury

Determining the Value of My Case

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Before you make the decision to bring a claim against someone else, you may be wondering how much your case would even be worth. It’s important to understand that an attorney won’t be able to give you a solid estimate of the value of your case until they learn more about it. There are different…

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3 Reasons Handling An Injury Claim On Your Own Doesn’t Pay Off

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When you’ve been involved in a seemingly minor accident, you may feel as though your claim is simple enough to handle on your own. However, injuries can become more serious over time, and damage to a vehicle may be worse than you initially thought. Managing your own personal injury claim can be an overwhelming and…

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4 Important Questions to Ask When Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney

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When you’ve been injured in an accident, you may be overwhelmed. You want to take action but aren’t sure where to start. A qualified personal injury attorney can help you fight for the compensation that you deserve. But how do you know if your attorney is qualified? Here are some important questions that you should…

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Social Media and Your Injury or Disability Case: What to Know Before You Post

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In an ever-expanding world, social media allows us to stay connected to others. Whether it’s to share pictures of our kids with family, learn about current events, or find others who share similar interests, sites like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter can provide us with information we want or need quickly and easily. But while…

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Adding Insult to Injury: Myths About Personal Injury Claims [Infographic]

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When you’ve been injured, you may think you know how to handle it. However, there are many myths surrounding personal injury claims and how to proceed after an accident. Daggett Shuler presents the facts with this infographic. null null

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Keeping Your Home Safe for Trick-or-Treaters This Halloween

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Decorations are one of the most exciting parts of Halloween. Yards are transformed into haunted houses, spooky graveyards, or other eerie venues. But between the strobe lights, lawn decorations, and artificial fog, they can also create a recipe for injuries. When anyone invites another person to their home, they owe them a “duty of care.”…

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CDC Claims Electric Scooters Present Risk of Severe Injury

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The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a report linking the proliferation of electric scooters to an increase in serious injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, in urban centers. A detailed article on the study and its findings is available here. In recent years, electric scooters—also known as e-scooters—have begun to…

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National and Local Spinal Cord Injury Resources

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National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month continues throughout September. With this in mind, Daggett Shuler has highlighted national and local resources which can support and assist those accident victims currently living with the ongoing effects of a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). National Resources Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation seeks…

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David Daggett Guest Speaker at Pain Physicians Conference in Miami Beach

Each year West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians hosts a conference inviting their brightest minds to discuss new technology and methods for treating patients with pain. The goal of this year’s program (PAIN) was to hold a unique and dynamic conference discussing the most cutting-edge therapies that are available to help patients treat and…

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Handling a Slip & Fall Accident Claim in NC Can Be Difficult, But Not Impossible

Slip and fall accidents occur often, and many times on public properties, state and federal properties, commercial as well as residential. In North Carolina it is difficult for victims of slip and fall accidents to seek the damages they need for their injuries and medical expenses due to the current laws. Now it is difficult,…

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