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Smartphones responsible for rising insurance rates

Charlotte Injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: “How much time do I have to file a claim for my personal injuries after an accident?”   For those who own automobiles, you’ve likely been met with bad news when you opened your recent renewal letters. Insurance companies say that rates…

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Landlord Liability for Personal Injury of Tenants

Personal injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: ” I have been injured on another person’s property. What should I do now?”   Owning rental property can be a great financial move, assuming things go smoothly. If real estate values increase, the tenants pay their rent on time and no…

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Uber and the problems of personal injury cases

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: ” What should I do if I’m injured as a passenger in a car accident?”   Uber has revolutionized the transportation business. Rather than wait around and spend lots of money on a cab, you can now have a driver pick…

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Suing Snapchat for Car Crashes

Personal injury Lawyer Matt Arnold answers the question: “If I am injured in a car accident or at work what should I do?”   Everyone knows how dangerous distracted driving can be. Whether it’s fiddling with the radio, dealing with unruly kids in the backseat or, far more commonly, interacting…

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Surgery Patients Going Up In Flames Spark Series of Settlements

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matt Arnold answers the question: “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?”   Going under the knife can cause anyone a lengthy list of concerns, but catching on fire is not usually one of them.  However, numerous stories in the news this year…

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How the “baseball rule” can impact your personal injury case

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?”   A recent article out of St. Louis discussed a woman who was injured by a flying object and has now sued the restaurant where…

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Settlement Mills IV: The pros and cons of settlement mills and suggested solutions

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I am injured in a car accident or at work what should I do?”   When a personal-injury claimant’s case is turned down by a lawyer or law firm because the value of the claim is too low,…

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Settlement Mills II: Slick advertising draws in pool of underserved legal clients

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “I was involved in a motor vehicle accident with injuries. Do I need a lawyer?”   By their nature, lawsuits are expensive, time-consuming and difficult. That means that when attorneys consider taking personal-injury cases on a contingency basis, they…

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Settlement Mills I: Nature of personal-injury claims means lawyers only take best cases

Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I am injured in a car accident or at work what should I do?”   Seasoned attorneys—or those who were practicing law before the United States Supreme Court’s 1977 decision in Bates v. State Bar of Arizona—grit their…

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More than meets the eye in the labyrinthine world of “causes of action”

Charlotte Personal Injury Attorney Matthew R. Arnold of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What can you sue for in a personal injury case?”   Many people who are injured as a result of the negligent or intentional conduct of a third party wonder if the law provides any…

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