What’s a deposition? Essentially, it’s a fancy term for a testimony. It’s a chance for the other side to ask you anything and everything under the sun about your life story and up to what happened at the accident at the same time. It’s an opportunity for your attorney to ask their parties and other … Continue reading “What is a Deposition?”

A compulsory medical exam is an opportunity for the defense the insurance company to hire a doctor to go over all of your past medical history and to diagnose you themselves. It’s also an opportunity for them to minimize the impacts and to devalue your claim as much as possible. It is imperative that you … Continue reading “What’s a Compulsory Medical Evaluation?”

Opioid abuse is a severe problem in America today. Here at Coffey McPharlin, we have brought successful claims against the big pharmacies of our country such as CVS, Target, and Walgreens. If you have a loved one or know somebody who has died of opioid abuse contact the Coffey McPharlin team today.

There’s an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing and every insurance policy. The insurance company has a duty to act in good faith to protect their insured. This duty includes tendering the policy limits on an insurance policy to the injured party when liability is clear and damages exceed the policy limits if … Continue reading “Acting in Good Faith”

Negligent security cases involve, unfortunately, a person being injured due to a criminal attacker usually in a commercial property. Commercial property owners are responsible for having security guards, lighting and cameras to keep you safe when you use the property. Unfortunately, if property owner doesn’t have these measures in place, you can get injured or … Continue reading “Negligent Security”

Brain injury cases are unique. Unfortunately at Coffey McPharlin we get telephone calls from families too often, a loved one has suffered a brain injury in an accident and needs answers to their questions. We handle these cases entirely different from most other kinds of cases because as catastrophic injury, we engage a team of … Continue reading “Brain Injuries”

A property owner has a duty to ensure its property is in a reasonably safe condition for all business patrons. This includes making reasonable inspections of its property to identify any dangerous conditions and rectify those dangers immediately, additionally a property owner must comply with all relevant building codes and ordinances for its premises. If … Continue reading “What is Premises Liability?”

Product Liability Ikea announced today that is going to do the right thing and no longer sell window blinds that have cords because of the strangulation risk to children. We commend IKEA for this corporate decision.  Did you know that about one child dies a month from being strangled by the cord on a window … Continue reading “Product Liability Ikea pulls window blinds with strangulation risk.”