Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Holding Amazon Liable For Accidents Caused By Delivery Drivers
Although everywhere you look there are delivery drivers, there’s one company whose delivery schedule, and delivery fleet, is seemingly more present than any other: Amazon. And with so many packages being delivered and so many drivers, it’s no wonder that Amazon drivers can and do cause accidents that injure other people. Not in an… Read More »
Did You Assume The Risk Of Your Own Accident Or Injury?
Even if you’re not a lawyer, you probably get what assumption of risk means. As the name implies, it suggests that you, as the accident victim, accepted the known risks of a particular activity, and thus, can’t be compensated when you’re injured by doing that activity. Assumption of Risk requires that a victim understand… Read More »
Lawsuit Alleges Telehealth Malpractice–Could It Happen To You?
If you go to the hospital, especially with a serious condition, you would expect to be seen by a doctor. That’s kind of the point of a hospital. But what if you went into a hospital, with a serious life threatening condition…and there were no doctors? That’s exactly what happened to one man, according… Read More »
Breaking Down And Calculating Large Jury Verdicts
Whenever news breaks of what seems to be a large jury verdict in an accident case, the news makes it sound like the “system is broken,” and the general public wonders why all of that money is seemingly being “given away.” All this might lead you to wonder how large jury verdicts happen, and… Read More »
Would You Even Know If You Were A Victim Of Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice in many ways is very different from all the other forms of personal injury law. That’s because unlike other accidents, you may not immediately know whether or not you’ve been a victim of malpractice, whereas you clearly know whether or not you’ve had a fall, or sustained a dog bite or been… Read More »
Here’s What The Other Side Is Really Looking For In Your Medical Records
If you file a personal injury claim or lawsuit, it should come as no surprise that the Defendant is going to ask for your medical records. By filing the lawsuit, you have claimed an injury, and the other side does have a right to look at your medical records which document that injury. What… Read More »
Does Your Case Need An Accident Reconstructionist?
In almost every kind of lawsuit, including those for injuries, there is one common theme: both parties often have differing views of how events transpired, and different opinions of who did, and said, what. That is especially true in accident cases, where parties often point the finger at each other, with different viewpoints over… Read More »
What If You Weren’t Wearing A Helmet In A Motorcycle Accident?
If you are riding a motorcycle, helmets are always a good idea. In fact, they can avoid catastrophic injury. But despite their benefits, many people don’t use them, and the law, for many, doesn’t require them. So if you’re in an accident and you weren’t wearing your helmet–can you still recover damages? The Helmet… Read More »
Using Accident And Injury Records Of Strangers To Help Your Injury Case
If you are injured in a dangerous condition on someone’s property one of the first things they will say as a defense, is something like “that’s been there for a while and nobody else has been injured on it.” If you are injured by a doctor who commits medical malpractice, you may want to… Read More »
Are Rideshare Drivers Behind The Wheel Too Long To Be Safe?
Let’s say that you are in an Uber or Lyft, and you are in an accident. Your Uber driver blames the other driver, while the other driver blames your Uber driver. You are just a passenger. From your perspective, it seems as if your driver may have done nothing wrong, that you can tell…. Read More »