Catastrophic Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney/Lawyer/Law Firm - Kansas City, MO/Wyandotte County/Johnson County
The lawyers at this law office offer aggressive and compassionate personal injury legal representation in Kansas City, Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Jackson County, and elsewhere in Kansas and Missouri
Have you or a loved one suffered a serious or catastrophic injury in the Kansas City area, Johnson County, Wyandotte County, or elsewhere in Kansas or Missouri? Do you anticipate, or do you already face overwhelming medical expenses, pain, suffering, and hardship because of injuries to your neck, spine, head, brain, or other parts of your body? Has your life or the life of a loved one been overturned due to pain and suffering, loss of a job or income, mobility issues or cognitive challenges due to another's negligence or fault?
Or has a loved one been killed due to the fault or negligence of another person or company? Whether the injury or death was the result from an accident on the job, an auto wreck on one of the Kansas City/Johnson County highways, or due to the negligence of another, you owe it to yourself to call us today. At The Law Offices of Jeremiah L. Johnson, LLC we understand the life-altering changes that can result from catastrophic injuries, and from wrongful death of a loved one. This office has handled numerous cases involving serious injuries, and can pursue financial damages and other forms of compensation while helping you through a difficult time. We will meet with you on a completely no-cost basis to discuss your case and inform you of your rights.
Our law office handles Kansas City area personal injury and wrongful death cases on a contingency fee basis
You might be wondering how you can afford legal representation at a time like this. The attorneys and staff in our law office understand this dilemma, which is why we work on Kansas City and Johnson County personal injury and wrongful death cases on a contingency fee basis. A contingency fee is a fee taken out of a recovery in a given case, whether the recovery is due to litigation or settlement. The fee is contingent upon us collecting for you - if we do not recover monies for you, then you will owe us nothing.
This means that we do not bill an hourly fee, expenses, or court costs to our personal injury & wrongful death clients, rather we simply deduct our fee as a percentage of the recovery, after expenses are taken out. This percentage varies by case and according to an individual case's progression - recoveries earlier in the process will generally be subject to a lower percentage than recoveries later in the process. A contingency fee arrangement gives us a tremendous incentive to work hard on your case because if we are not successful, then we will not get compensated for our time, meaning that we are truly "in it together" with our clients.
Catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases may result from accidents in many ways, including:
- Serious burns
- Brain/head injuries
- Back injuries
- Spinal injuries, including paralyzation
- Neck injuries
- Broken and crushed bones
- Injuries to eyes and ears
- Dismemberment
Our personal injury attorneys recommend that you do not talk to an insurance company adjustor, attorney, or any other defense representative until you have retained a Kansas City/Johnson County/Wyandotte County personal injury attorney to look after your interests
Insurance companies have hundreds of attorneys and staff working on their side to protect their interests, you deserve to have an aggressive Kansas City personal injury attorney on your side. These folks make a career out of limiting the money paid out by their employer and rarely care about how their tactics will affect those who are the victims in the case. They will often attempt to settle Kansas City wrongful death or injury cases quickly, before all of the damages can be ascertained and while people are still emotionally affected.
Insurance companies will also attempt to take statements before all of the facts and circumstances around a case are fully known in an attempt to commit you to their version of events. Do not allow them to deny you your rightful compensation, instead, contact the Kansas City and Johnson County personal injury firm of The Law Offices of Jeremiah L. Johnson, LLC, to get help on your side, at 1-866-656-1268. We deal with the insurance companies for our clients, saving them the hassle of talking/corresponding with them, and maximizing the recovery from these companies and those they insure.
How we represent our clients in the wrongful death and catastrophic injury litigation process:
We take all Kansas City, Johnson County, and Wyandotte County personal injury cases with the assumption that they will end up in trial. While this attitude may sound normal, it contrasts that of many personal injuries attorneys in the Kansas City/Johnson County area who never or almost never take their cases to trial, either because they are unwilling or unable to do so. This attitude may adversely affect the cases of their clients because they may not be able to get them all of the compensation they deserve.
Insurance companies and defense attorneys are less likely to offer reasonable settlement figures if the attorney working the case is not willing or afraid to take the case to a jury. They know that they can simply wait the attorney out, figuring that the attorney will eventually tell his clients to settle the case even though they have not received a fair offer. The lesson is simple - you want an attorney who will properly prepare your Kansas City personal injury case for a jury trial from the beginning. Not only will this enhance your chances at trial, but it may also force higher settlement offers from the defendants in your case as they will realize that they face the expense and risk of losing at trial.
This does not mean that we take every case to trial - in fact, the statistics show that the vast number of Kansas City and Johnson County personal injury cases will end in settlement. What it does mean though, is that our attitude in preparing the case should help you get the maximum recovery through settlement or trial as the defendants and their attorneys will realize that we intend to take the case to a jury.
When we represent someone on a personal injury case in the Kansas City area, we regularly work with accident reconstructionists, clients' own medical providers, investigators, economists, and other experts to build the strongest possible case. Each of these professionals will help us meet the burdens that must be proven in Court and will help us demonstrate the amount of damages our personal injury clients have suffered. We have handled neck, back, leg, arm and head injury cases, and can fight insurance companies' attempts to deny, discourage and delay claims. We are firm in settlement negotiations and skilled in trial.
The first step in a Kansas City personal injury lawsuit involves investigation. This is where we talk to witnesses, look at the publicly available documents and records, and formulate our case theories.
The second step is our demand. This is where we make a formal demand to the defendant or defendants in your case, asking for a dollar amount, an admission of fault, and other remedies.
The next step is to file the lawsuit. This is where litigation begins and starts the countdown until you get your day in Court. As mentioned, this process begins when we file the lawsuit. From there, the Court will order that discovery take place.
Common causes of serious injury and wrongful death include car, motorcycle and truck accidents, work-related accidents at construction sites, farms and industrial sites, DUI- and DWI-related accidents, defective products, unsafe premises and medical malpractice.
Important Terms relevant to Kansas City & Johnson County personal injury and wrongful death cases:
Litigation: This term refers to a personal injury claim once it has been filed in court and is being pursued by each side.
Contingency Fee: A contingency fee arrangement is a method that allows many individuals who have been injured or seeking damages, such as those resulting from an auto accident or a medical malpractice case, to obtain legal representation even if they do not have money to pay a lawyer at the outset of a case. In such a case you do not pay legal fees unless and until you win, and then the lawyer receives a percentage of your recovery as his or her fee. If you lose your case, there would be no legal fee at all for the lawyer.
Plaintiff: This is the party filing the lawsuit. In personal injury and wrongful death cases we only represent plaintiffs.
Defendant: This is a party being sued.
Contact Us
If you have questions regarding brain injuries and other catastrophic injuries and wrongful death, contact us. We work on a contingency basis, so that you pay nothing unless we recover damages. We are available for free initial consultations weekdays, evenings and weekends. To contact us and speak to a Kansas City/Johnson County personal injury attorney, call 1-866-656-1268. You may also email me personally at Jeremiah@kcatty.com
