Questions to ask a new mexico personal injury lawyer
What types of injury cases does the fine law firm handle?
The New Mexico personal injury lawyers at Fine Law Firm represent victims of car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, slip and fall, product liability and government liability cases. Our New Mexico personal injury lawyers handle all types of injury cases and have been doing so for years.
In each case we handle our goal is to recover the highest possible recovery for our clients given their goals and concerns. We also strive to educate and empower our clients to enable them to play an active and informed role in the legal process.
As personal injury lawyers we devote our practice to seeking compensation, often in the form of money, to compensate our clients for physical harm and damage to their property, reputation, and rights. These cases often include: wrongful death cases, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, semi truck accidents, accidents caused by drunk drivers, medical malpractice, product liability, workplace injuries, slip and fall cases, and government liability cases.
While we represent our personal injury clients in the most aggressive and effective nature we know, we also adhere to the New Mexico Rules of Ethics and Professionalism. We begin our representation of personal injury clients by knowing that if the case does not settle we must be prepared to go to trial. Unlike other law firms that only attempt to settle cases and avoid trial, our approach is to always keep in mind that if necessary we will take our personal injury cases to trial before a judge or jury.
We do not handle business litigation, divorce, custody disputes, or contract law. Instead we focus our practice of law on helping those injured by the negligent, and sometimes intentional, acts of others.
Does the Fine Law Firm Offer Free evaluations
Yes. While we hope this New Mexico Injury website will answer many of your New Mexico personal injury questions, we encourage you to call or email us with your legal questions. You can talk to us for free, have not obligation to hire us and we will evaluate your case. Although you do not have to pay for an initial consultation and we strive to answer your personal injury cases for free without delay. We will try to tell you the strengths and weakness of your case.
How should you use this new mexico injury website?
This New Mexico personal injury lawyer website is designed to not only provide you with information regarding New Mexico personal injury cases, but also to help you ask the right questions regarding New Mexico personal injury law.
The purpose of this site is to provide information on New Mexico personal injury law. Learn about common ways in which plaintiffs are injured throughout New Mexico, including car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, and product liability.
In addition to common New Mexico personal injury cases, this site provides information on common accident and negligence injuries including wrongful death cases, catastrophic injury, traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, whiplash, and soft tissue injuries.
This personal injury site also includes information regarding how New Mexico accident cases and New Mexico personal injury cases progress through the legal system. As lawyers that have handled many New Mexico personal injury cases we are familiar with the New Mexico personal injury process. We have created a section to answer your common personal injury questions and to provide information to assist you in hiring a personal injury lawyer or accident attorney.
Finally this site contains information regarding our New Mexico personal injury law firm. As New Mexico personal injury attorneys we handle accident and injury cases throughout Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Farmington, Clovis, Gallup and other areas. We are highly rated New Mexico personal injury lawyers and our firm is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubble. This label is awarded only to those law firms and attorneys which exhibit the highest levels of skill and integrity. Within this site we provide information on how insurance companies value personal injury accident cases and hope to give injured victims, whether or not they hire us, an understanding of the New Mexico legal system.
What is a statute of limitations?
The statute of limitations is the amount of time by which you have to file a lawsuit or risk loosing the ability to recover for your New Mexico injury damages. While a common statute of limitations for a New Mexico injury case is 3 years, the amount of time can be much more or less. Because the New Mexico statute of limitations vary depending on each case you are strongly encouraged to contact a New Mexico injury attorney to discuss your case and determine the statute of limitations.
Are all New Mexico personal injury lawyers the same?
No. Just as doctors have different specialties so do lawyers. While you would not want a uroligist to perform heart surgury on you, so too should you be relectant to have an attorney that does not study New Mexico injury law handle your New Mexico injury case. The attorneys at the Fine Law Firm handle injury cases almost exclusivly. We are familiar with the New Mexico injury law process and accept each case knowing that it may go to trial.
Are there any attorney ratings that are based on a firm’s performance?
Yes. While it is not recommended to hire a Newattorney on their ratings alone they can be a helpful source. Martindale-Hubbell is one of the top lawyer rating services. The Fine Law Firm has achieved the "AV" rating reflecting top scores in lawyer skills and ethics.
In addition a Fine Law Firm attorney was recently selected as one of the top lawyers in Albuquerque by a lawyer poll and listed in Albuquerque Magazine.
What type of lawyer fee should I expect to pay?
Typical New Mexico injury attorney fees vary. Most New Mexico injury lawyers charge a 1/3 coningency fee and some charge more than 40%. The Fine Law Firm typically charges 1/3 and does not change the fee even if the case goes to trial.
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January 3, 2008
Albuquerque and New Mexico car accidents are often the result of drunk drivers. Not surprisingly, during the holidays these numbers spike. Often times the question is raised regarding what extra money can be recovered from an Albuquerque drunk driving car accident.
Typically, if the drunk driver has insurance it will cover medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, disfigurement, etc. However, in addition to these damages, Albuquerque victims of drunk drivers often ask if they can also recover punitive damages to cover the drunk driver’s conduct. Most liability insurance policies exclude such damages leaving the possibility of going directly after the drunk driver.
However, if the injured party, or any household member living with him or her has uninsured motorist coverage then that may be usable to increase address the punitive damages.
Special New Mexico insurance rules exist regarding when you can settle with the drunk driver’s company and still use uninsured motorist coverage to recover punitive damages.
For this reason in is was to contact an experienced Albuquerque Drunk Driving Accident Lawyer to discuss your case in more detail.
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December 16, 2007
Drunk driver accidents in New Mexico have consistently been a problem. However, upon closer examination, the nature of their influence has changed over time. In 1982 roughly 65% of all accidents in New Mexico, including Albuquerque, were caused by drunk drivers. Since that time there has been a fairly consistent drop in alcohol related accidents. In 2005 the percentage of accidents that were alcohol related had dropped to 39%.
Although drunk driving in New Mexico remains a social plague, its complexion has, and continues to change. The drunk driving accident fatality rate remains roughly .30% higher than the national average.
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December 12, 2007
Generally when people are injured through the negligence of any government entity, they do not need to worry if there is enough insurance. However in certain situations, the government may not be responsible for the full value of someone’s injury.
The New Mexico state Legislature has imposed a limit on the amount of money that any branch of government would have to pay an injured victim. Only $300,000 can ever be awarded to cover medical expenses, and only $400,000 can cover the value of the injury itself including pain and suffering, lost wages, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, etc. This means that, in New Mexico, somebody can die as a result of the New Mexico government’s gross negligence and still only recover $400,000. Throughout the legal community this is known as a cap, meaning that the New Mexico government’s exposure to pay somebody for their injury is capped at $400,000 for the injury itself.
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December 6, 2007
Semi truck accidents in often result in wrongful death cases. Wrongful death and truck accident lawyers will tell you that these cases often require immediate action to preserve important pieces of evidence. These cases typically involve commerial carrier insurance policies and have limits far in excess of many basic insurance policies. It is important to select an attorney familiar with Federal Trucking Laws, and State Trucking Laws.
Failure for trucking companies to comply with multiple laws and regulations may open the possibility of punitive damages that extent beyond the available insurance limits. Wrongful death cases the result from semi truck accidents require both immediate action and thorough exploration to maximize recovery.
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