Injury Attorney Updates

One of the things I do as an injury attorney is go through my complete file list at least once a month and make sure that none of my cases is languishing or “lost in the shuffle”. 

We accident attorneys can end up “giving the squeaky wheel the grease” if we’re not careful, meaning that there’s a tendency to focus on the cases where the client is calling a lot. 

But the quiet ones deserve attention too, and going through my files at least once a month and making sure that none has been forgotten about is just one of the ways I make sure my representation is balanced.

Loss of Consortium

Whenever a married person has an injury case, their spouse has what’s called a “loss of consortium” claim.  Unless the injury is real serious, such as permanent paralysis, the loss of consortium portion of the claim is usually fairly minor. 

However, when we settle the case, the insurance company typically wants the spouse to sign the release and endorse the settlement check, so that a loss of consortium claim cannot pop up down the road, even if it’s a minor one.  Most of my clients don’t have a problem with this, and I prepare them for it ahead of time so that there are no surprises. 

It’s just part of being a personal injury lawyer and handling these types of cases.