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8 Steps to Be the Rockstar Personal Injury Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

The backbone of all good personal injury law firms is its paralegals. Paralegals are essential to a personal injury law firm, whether for a solo practitioner or a large firm with many lawyers. A valuable personal injury paralegal is a paralegal who knows not only the law but also the medicine.

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Cause of Action? Personal Injury 101

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Each state has their own laws about how long from the date of the accident you have to file your personal injury suit.

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Ways to Determine How Much Your Personal Injury Case is Worth

LegalReader

Personal injury lawsuits are intended to compensate those who are injured in accidents through no fault of their own. But because personal injury law encompasses so many situations and causes of action, there is no set number.

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Decedent’s personal injury settlement did not become wrongful death proceeds after his death.

Day on Torts

Before his death, decedent filed suit for personal injury and loss of consortium in West Virginia. The Court explained: Here, Decedent brought suit in West Virginia for personal injury and loss of consortium. Decedent himself ultimately accepted a settlement in lieu of further litigation.

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US and UK Rohingya refugees sue Facebook alleging dissemination of ‘hateful and dangerous misinformation’

JURIST

The causes of action in the suit include strict product liability and negligence, and specifically addresses the following questions of law: whether Facebook (i.e. .” The core of this Complaint is similar in that it accuses Facebook of putting “market penetration” and profits before the lives of the Rohingya people.

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Australian Federal Court dismisses the novel duty of care previously found in Sharma: what does it mean for future climate litigation in Australia?

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The decision has significant implications for future climate litigation claims in Australia. Prior to this decision, the Sabin Center’s Network of Peer Review Scholars on Climate Litigation held a webinar on the Sharma case. Sharma and Others and its impact for climate litigation in Australia. Background on the claim.

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Nirvana Stuck in Lawsuit Over Nevermind Album Cover

The IP Law Blog

2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. He claimed that he had suffered personal injury “as a result of each defendant’s ongoing violation.” In 2021, at the age of 30, he filed his lawsuit and after two rounds of amended pleadings, filed a second amended complaint in January 2022.