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When it comes to safety and legal soundness after a car accident, plenty of advice is out there—in fact, we’ve written a whole blog on the subject: “I Just Got in a Car Accident — What Should I Do?” Just as important as knowing what to do, though, is knowing what not to do. Making a mistake in the immediate time period after crashing your vehicle can greatly affect your ability to recover damages—-not to mention compromise your safety.

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After you’ve been injured is a stressful time that’s filled with questions—and one of those questions, no doubt, involves whether or not you should hire a personal injury lawyer to take legal action. We don’t blame you for having questions or doubts; after all, the legal field is multifaceted, nuanced, and overall complicated.

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Wrongful death cases are jarring, traumatic experiences—and the legal experience, in the hands of the wrong injury attorney, can be even moreso. A seemingly countless number of factors can change the amount of money you’re able to recover, or if you’re able to recover it at all. It can feel nearly impossible to keep track of and understand everything, especially in the wake of such a difficult time.

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The legal world is filled with terms that will be unfamiliar to the layperson; they call the lingo legalese for a reason! Unfortunately, though, struggling to interpret all this technical jargon can mean a major headache at best and a lost case at worst—and the latter of which can cost you big time in terms of finances and peace of mind.

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We at JD Haas take pride in our compassionate approach when it comes to our jobs as personal injury lawyers. Every case, every family that we help, is different, and each one requires a slightly different approach—not only from a legal standpoint, but from a personal one, too; everyone deals with stress differently, after all.

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For a loved one to fall victim to a wrongful death is no doubt a traumatic experience—one that words on their own struggle to describe. At JD Haas, as a team of injury lawyers, we’re here to help you through these terrible times with legal action.

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Breaking the hands-free law isn’t the only thing that can land you in a legally sticky auto accident. All sorts of distractions – some of which you may not even think of as distractions – can lead to a bashed-up car and you needing the help of an injury attorney for insurance or legal matters.

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Tripping and falling sometimes isn’t the harmless, yet embarrassing, accident we make it out to be; sometimes it can leave a person with very real physical and emotional scars, especially if they were under the impression that the owner of a given piece of property had a responsibility to prevent it from happening.

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The death of a loved one, be it someone else’s fault or not, is certainly a traumatic event—so traumatic, in fact, that you may be tempted to move on without seeking the legal help for the event that you know you deserve, for fear of reliving the incident. Or, you may think that the situation surrounding the death doesn’t involve anything ‘wrongful’ in the slightest, so why should you contact a wrongful death lawyer?

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You or your loved one have just been hit by a careless driver. You’re injured, but alive, and understandably distraught. How on Earth are you to pay all of these medical bills? The expense came out of the blue, and now on top of it you’re unable to work.

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