June 25, 2018 4:37 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby Lost Wages, Lost work time, Lost Vacation Pay, Lost Sick Time And Automobile Accidents or other Personal Injury Claims If you have been in a serious automobile, motorcycle or crosswalk accident, chances are that you will experience some downtime from work. Unfortunately, if you are not one of the lucky few who purchased short-term or [...]
May 8, 2018 9:04 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby What is a Personal Injury Claim? There are, essentially, two kinds of lawsuits in the United States. First are those that “sound in contract” and second, “those that sound in tort.” The word “sound,” when used this way means the grounds or the basis of the lawsuit. If the parties to the lawsuit happen to [...]
January 11, 2017 4:26 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby I was Run Over By A Car While I was Crossing The Street but There was No Marked Crosswalk One of the things I do, as a personal injury lawyer in Mesa, Arizona is legal research. It is one thing I enjoy and I have gotten good at it over the past thirty years or [...]
September 6, 2016 6:36 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby Hit and Run Accidents The At-Fault Driver Disappears Unfortunately, even though the law requires each of us to stop at the scene of an accident and exchange information, etc, too often in my automobile accident attorney practice in the Phoenix east Valley, I run into situations where the at-fault driver left the scene of the [...]
August 18, 2016 9:55 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby Mental Anguish Pain and Suffering Inconvenience Victims of automobile accident or collision suffer injuries and sometimes these injuries are debilitating in the short run and in the long run. Many of my injured clients here in Mesa, Arizona and throughout the east valley in Maricopa County Arizona have the same three questions at the start [...]
July 20, 2016 8:04 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby When Should I File a Lawsuit Instead of Settling My Personal Injury Case? One of the basic questions that my Mesa personal injury clients have here in Maricopa County, Arizona, is whether to file a lawsuit against the at-fault driver. There may be a number of valid reasons to file a lawsuit but if you [...]
June 7, 2016 7:56 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby Demand Letters and Your Personal Injury Case A demand letter is a Mesa automobile accident personal injury attorney’s stock in trade. It is the final result of all the hard work, time and effort expended in putting together the injury file. There are different styles of demand letters. Some attorneys simply write a one paragraph [...]
February 2, 2016 2:55 am Published by Joshua Jacoby More on Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage One of the more typical topics of conversation with my clients within our automobile accident practice here in the East Valley of Phoenix, Arizona, is exactly what coverage did they buy? Most clients have owned the same insurance coverage for years and a surprising fact is that most [...]
February 2, 2016 2:53 am Published by Joshua Jacoby Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage For twenty-seven years I have practiced personal injury law, much of that having to do with automobile accidents. I am always amazed by how poorly my clients protect themselves. And this is not just my clients of limited means. I have represented owners of large businesses and people of some [...]
January 7, 2016 6:25 pm Published by Joshua Jacoby How Much Insurance Should I Carry? As a Mesa personal injury attorney here in the East Valley of Maricopa County, Arizona, I am continually amazed at how little insurance my clients carry to protect themselves from injuries caused by automobile and motorcycle accidents. Whenever any of my clients ask me the question; “Well, how much [...]
