JD Haas Personal Blog

Accidents can occur without anyone being at fault. Accidents more commonly occur because someone was negligent or careless. The people who have been injured have the right to have a jury determine the responsibility of the negligent person. Those injured can recover damages, (in other words, the person responsible has to try to put the injured people back where they would have been had they not been injured). In some states, there is a requirement that a person suffer a permanent injury before they can seek damages from the person who injured them. (A permanent injury is one that will remain throughout the injured person’s life). In the states that do not have a permanent injury requirement, juries usually do not award significant damages unless there has been a significant injury.

In most accidents people do not suffer serious injuries; but, in some accidents, the forces involved are so strong that the injured people suffer permanent injuries. These injuries can cause limitations and disabilities that the victims will have forever. Examples of these injuries are amputation injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries. (These injuries are defined elsewhere in this website).

For many years I have represented the families of people who have been seriously injured in auto accidents. I have represented families in California, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. I would welcome the opportunity of meeting with you, at a place most convenient to you, to discuss your rights.