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Can You Change Lawyers Mid-Case in Delaware?

If your Delaware injury lawyer stopped returning calls after your kitchen burn, you can usually switch mid-case, but the old fee, retainer, lien, and workers' comp posture matter more than people think.

ARTICLE by Patricia Hazzard

This is the second forklift injury at that Wilmington store, and the "low policy" story may be bullshit

A crushed foot in a Wilmington grocery warehouse can turn into an evidence fight fast, especially when an adjuster starts playing games about policy limits.

ARTICLE by Deborah Cannon

Milford insurer keeps lowballing me after my kid's dog bite, do I need a lawyer?

The one thing the insurer is hoping you never find out: if you sign a cheap release now, the case can be over for good, even if your child later needs scar treatment or...

excited utterance

Miss this rule, and a key statement made right after a crash, fall, or other emergency may get brushed off as hearsay when it could have helped prove what happened. An excited...

Burned on a Rehoboth government job and now they say you missed notice

Even if a notice deadline already blew by, the photos, labels, witness names, phone records, and video you save right now can decide whether this turns into a dead file or a real case.

ARTICLE by Frank Capodanno

Insurance says your burns "aren't documented" after your boss handed you the chemical

If a Wilmington accountant got chemical burns from a workplace cleaner and the medical chart is incomplete, the claim is not automatically dead.

ARTICLE by Tom Ridgeway

Your shoulder is torn, your Instagram is now evidence, and Newark insurers know exactly how to use it

A Newark roofer with a seatbelt shoulder injury can wreck a strong claim fast if social posts, gaps in treatment, or fear about immigration status start driving decisions.

ARTICLE by Deborah Cannon

present sense impression

A case can fall apart when the clearest statement about what happened gets brushed aside as hearsay. A present sense impression is a statement made while someone is seeing,...

Kept driving your business after the Milford crash - did that wreck the claim?

A self-employed person in Milford can still have a real injury claim after a crash aggravated an old back problem, but the missing dashcam fight can get ugly fast.

ARTICLE by Deborah Cannon

Newark hospital missed a spreading infection and now they're blaming a traffic mistake

A bad post-crash infection can blow up the value of a case, and the defense will still try to drag it down by arguing you caused part of the wreck.

ARTICLE by Patricia Hazzard

Already on SSDI and scared to settle? That release can wreck your Milford fume case

If you're on SSDI, a settlement usually does not kill those benefits, but a broad release and the wrong payout structure can still hammer you later.

ARTICLE by Stephanie Chen

how much does an old MRI cut a Newark scaffolding fall claim

A Newark nursing home attendant fell from scaffolding without fall protection, and now the insurer is trying to turn an old MRI into a cheap denial.

ARTICLE by Charles Postles

business records exception

Like a timeclock printout or a hospital chart made during a busy shift, some records are trusted because they were created routinely, close to the event, and not just for a...

My manager says it was nothing, my doctor says it wasn't

A wet-stair fall at a Milford fast food job can look minor at first and still turn into a serious Delaware claim, but the clock depends on whether you're dealing with workers' comp, a third-party case, or both.

ARTICLE by Tom Ridgeway

An out-of-court statement offered to prove that what it says is true is usually hearsay, and courts generally do not admit it unless an exception applies. That rule surprises...

best evidence rule

People often confuse the best evidence rule with hearsay, but they solve different problems. Hearsay is about whether an out-of-court statement can be used to prove what it...

dose-response relationship

You just got a letter that says the experts are disputing the "dose-response relationship" in your chemical exposure case. That phrase means the connection between how much of...

preservation letter

Like hitting "save" before a phone dies, a preservation letter is a fast written demand telling someone not to delete, destroy, repair, overwrite, or throw away evidence. In...

retaliatory discharge

$10,000 in lost wages can pile up fast after an injury, and insurers or defense lawyers may try to treat a firing like it was just a routine job decision with nothing to do...

How do I prove a drunk driver on US-13 should reimburse my employee's injury costs?

The worst case is this: your workers' compensation carrier pays first, but you cannot force the drunk driver's insurer to reimburse those costs unless you can prove both fault...