Serious Personal Injury
The attorneys at Carothers & Mitchell handle serious personal injury cases. We have represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases where the injuries were disabling, severe or life threatening, and even resulted in death.
There have been changes in the law that make our experience on both
sides of the fence invaluable. Defendants can now make an offer
of judgment in a case. If the injured party refuses but a jury does not
award them at least 125% of the offer, the injured party must pay the
defendant’s attorneys’ fees incurred from the time of the offer.
For example, if an injured party rejects a $100,000.00 offer a jury must award them at least $125,000.00 in order to avoid the attorneys fees penalty. This change requires that you be represented by lawyers that can best lay a foundation to successfully counter this significant negotiating advantage provided to defendants.
Countering the defendants’ settlement tools requires consistent hard
work to discover the facts, and superior negotiating skills to
communicate that we are willing to go to trial. We have participated in
hundreds of doctors’ and other experts’ depositions.
We have litigated, mediated, and/or tried numerous cases. Having a broader perspective from representing both injured persons and defendants provides us with unique qualifications to handle your serious injury case whether caused by a motor vehicle accident, slip and fall, unsafe premises in a home, work or other place or something else.
