Lubbock Construction Injury Lawyer

If you are hurt at work and your employer has workers’ compensation you cannot make a claim against your employer for the injuries. However there may be claims against a “third-party.” For example, if you are driving a vehicle for your employer and you are hit by somebody else, then you can make a claim against the other driver since they are not your employer but instead are a “third-party.” Also, for example, in the oil field if you were working for a drilling company, and another company was on location such as a casing crew who caused your injuries, then you could make a “third-party” claim against the casing company that caused your injuries.

An attorney who is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law must have handled jury trials dealing with matters such as vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation, premises liability, products liability, statutory tort claims, maritime accidents, or social security claims which involve a physical or mental injury to a person. The lawyer must also have extensive knowledge of the law of evidence, procedure, and other substantive law involved in the trial of Personal Injury Trial Law. In order to be certified , an attorney must have:

• Been licensed to practice law for at least five years;
• Devoted a required percentage of practice to personal injury trial law for at least three years;
• Handled a wide variety of personal injury trial law matters to demonstrate experience and involvement;
• Attended personal injury trial law continuing education seminars regularly to keep legal training up to date;
• Been evaluated by fellow lawyers and judges; and
• Passed a day-long written examination.

Kevin Glasheen is Board Certified in Personal Injury and Civil Trial Law.

Most injury attorneys such as the law firm of Glasheen, Valles & Inderman will work on a contingency fee basis. This means that you do not owe any fees unless we are successful in recovering money for you. We are also willing to pay the expenses in your case “up front.” You also will not owe us any fee or expenses unless we make a successful recovery in your case. We do not charge for our initial consultation and we will be happy to review our contract with you and explain in person how the fee agreements work. A typical contingency is 40% plus expenses, depending upon the type of case.

Most personal injury attorneys don’t require a retainer. A retainer is an up-front payment for attorney services. As the attorney works, they will bill against the retainer. Because most personal injury attorneys work on a contingency percentage fee, no retainer or up-front payment is required; the lawyer won’t be paid until the very end of the case, making it easier for clients to obtain the services of a personal injury attorney.

The answer to this question often depends upon your specific situation. In an automobile accident with fairly minor injuries, sometimes there is Personal Injury Protection insurance or “PIP” coverage that can help pay for your medical bills.

Other times your private health insurance will pay your medical bills. Once we settle your case, we may have to reimburse your private health insurance policy for medical expenses.

In other cases where our clients do not have health insurance, we can arrange medical treatment for our clients using a “letter of protection.” That means that we make an agreement with medical providers that if and when we make a recovery in your personal injury case, then we will pay the medical bills out of the settlement.

In some cases where our clients are unable to get medical treatment otherwise, our law firm will advance the cost of medical expenses in order to assist our client. Exactly how each medical expense is handled in each case will depend on the facts of each case and the circumstances of any potentially-available forms of insurance payment.

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