Hammond Personal Injury Attorneys

A:Rather than charge legal fees on an hourly or case by case basis, our Anderson Traylor Edwards attorneys are compensated based on how large of a settlement you receive for your injuries. This means that our clients do not pay us unless we win their case. Based on the compensation you receive—which we will always fight to ensure is more than enough to get you back on your feet—

A:The types of damages typically recovered in personal injury cases include a combination of: medical expenses (bills, therapy, treatment, medicine, etc.), lost wages from missed work, emotional damages, pain and suffering, and attorney fees. We will fight to win you a settlement that will more than cover all of the above.

A:The concept of “negligence” is the framework of fault in most personal injury cases. Anyone filing a personal injury claim must prove another party’s (the defendant’s) negligence in order to have a case. A major component of determining negligence is the “duty of care” which is a legal obligation each person has not to bring harm to another person. If the duty of care is breached (i.e. if someone harms another person directly or indirectly) and that breach of care can be proven in a court of law using evidence, negligence can be established. For example, in a product liability case, the manufacturer(s), distributor(s), and seller(s) of a product each have a legal duty to make and sell products that are free of unreasonable or unexpected dangers to consumers. If any of them fails in that duty and someone is hurt as a result of using their product, they are negligent.