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This month, Metro Verdicts provides information on facial scarring settlements and verdicts in Maryland and Virginia. The median facial scarring verdicts in Maryland and Virginia are $20,000 and $32,500, respectively.

These numbers seem bizarrely low. Of course, I’m not sure about the inclusion criteria for this study. How do they define facial injuries? Are they permanent? Must they be visible? Because for what I consider facial scarring, these numbers seem shockingly low.

Remember, that these are the median verdicts and settlements.  The average is invariably higher, probably at least 2 or 3 times higher for facial scars. Continue reading

This page will provide insight and information on handling auto accident injury claims with USAA insurance company.

About USAA

USAA (United Services Automobile Association) is national insurance company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. USAA has become one of the bigger auto insurance companies in the U.S. due to expansive growth over the last 20 years.

Our lawyers represent car accident victims throughout the country in herniated disc injury cases. We have settled or taken to trial hundreds of herniated disc car crash claims. We understand the science of these cases and the settlement amounts victims should receive in disc injury lawsuits.

Herniated Disc Injuries

Herniated disc injuries in car accidents are a common type of injury that can result from the impact of a collision. The spine is a complex structure that supports the body and allows for movement. It is composed of 33 individual vertebrae and numerous intervertebral discs, which act as cushions between the vertebrae. When a car accident occurs, the force of the impact can cause damage to these discs, leading to a herniated disc injury. You will hear people use terms like “slipped disc” or “ruptured disc” is often used to describe this condition. They all mean the same thing.

A Jury Verdict Research study reports that rotator cuff injuries reached a 7-year high in 2006 with a compensatory award median of $72,667. This is almost 50% higher than previously reported settlements and verdicts in rotator cuff injury cases.

• Get sample settlements and verdicts in rotator cuff injury cases

Our lawyers have never understood while the national data in these cases was so low. Washington D.C. rotator cuff injuries have averaged well over $100,000 for rotator cuff settlements and verdicts, so we have never understood why the national average was as low as it has been. In any event, for whatever reason, rotator cuff verdicts are on the rise.

This page is about motorcycle accident injury claims. Our motorcycle accident lawyers handle serious injury and wrongful death motorcycle crash claims everywhere. Our attorneys tell you what you need to know, and we take a long look at settlement amounts and jury payouts.

Challenges of Motorcycle Accident Claims

Motorcycle accidents often lead to high settlement amounts and jury compensation payouts. But it is always a battle to get truly full compensation in any personal injury case, and motorcycle claims have added elements of difficult.

This page will explain how underinsurance and uninsured motorist insurance (UIM) work and how you can access it to get compensation for an accident claim. We will also look at examples of recent settlements and verdicts in actual auto accident cases involving UIM claims.

What is Uninsured Motorist Coverage?

Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) is the part of your auto insurance policy that is supposed to pay for losses or damages caused by another driver when that at-fault driver either: (a) has no insurance, or (b) does not have enough insurance to cover all of your damages. The best way to help you understand how UIM coverage works is with hypothetical examples.

Riding a motorcycle can be extremely dangerous because in the event of an accident with another vehicle (usually a car) the motorcycle rider is left completely unprotected and exposed. Even a relatively minor, low speed accident between a car and a motorcycle can have catastrophic consequences for anyone on the motorcycle.

This page will look at some of the most common causes of collisions between cars and motorcycles and how the motorcycle rider can get financial compensation for their injuries by filing a motorcycle accident lawsuit.

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