{"id":71,"date":"2019-07-01T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2019-07-02T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:00:20","slug":"reasons-a-personal-injury-lawyer-might-be-unable-to-take-a-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/reasons-a-personal-injury-lawyer-might-be-unable-to-take-a-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons a Personal Injury Lawyer Might be Unable to Take a Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It is important to have a basic understanding of your case\nso that you know if it would be financially worth the cost of filing. Be aware\nof the solid facts that make up your side of the events in question. Depending\non the facts, the lawyer might be unable to take a case, deciding it to be\nunwinnable or too costly. Read more to understand the factors which attorneys\nwill take into consideration when evaluating a personal injury case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Logistical Concerns <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A small detail about time or distance can take a perfectly\nwinnable case and make it impossible to take on. For example, if the statute of\nlimitations on your claim has expired, a lawyer quite literally cannot take\nyour case. Consult with our lawyers early to avoid this trap so that you are\naware of your options and are able to act before it is too late. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, consider the distance of the players in your\nclaim. If the defendant is out of state, the cost and time to handle that\ndistance may prove to be too high for you and the firm to risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complex and Unclear Facts <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the facts of your situation and how the events\nunfolded, a lawyer might be unable to take a case. For example, it may be\nunclear who has caused you harm either because there is no one to blame or\nthere are a few possibilities of who could be at fault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In personal injury cases, lawyers need to be able to prove\nthat the defendant had a duty to keep the environment and thus you safe. If it\nis unclear whose duty it was to have secured the environment or was liable if\nthings went wrong, then the case becomes complicated from the beginning.\nPicking a defendant in these types of situations can be difficult and not\nalways worth the cost to you and the firm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are other potential claims which are not taken on\nbecause the plaintiff, too, could possibly be at fault. For example, if you\nwanted to sue a restaurant for not having a wet floor sign and you slipped and\nbroke your hip, that seems like a direct cause-effect relationship. But if a\nlawyer hears that it was raining that day, you slipped just inside of the door,\nand were not wearing any kind of appropriate rain shoe, then the lawyer may see\ntoo many complications which make securing your damages more of an uphill\nbattle. There may be too many precautions which you could have taken which may\nnot hold up under scrutiny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wondering Why a Lawyer Might be Unable to Take a Case? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n\nWhat qualifies as a serious injury? Are all of\nthe facts of your personal injury claim too much to sort through? Consult with\nour attorneys at The Law Office of Elizabeth Anu Lawrence, LLC, who will\ncounsel you on your next steps. To schedule an appointment, call us at (410)\n986-0088 or visit our website www.elawrencelaw.com<\/a>\nfor more information. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is important to have a basic understanding of your case so that you know if it would be financially worth the cost of filing. Be aware of the solid facts that make up your side of the events in question. Depending on the facts, the lawyer might be unable to take a case, deciding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elawrencelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}