Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Skeeters Bennett and Wilson PLLC Attorneys at Law provides quality legal services in many areas

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
What to do in case of an automobile accident

We all are susceptible to being involved in an automobile accident through the negligence of another driver. As the number of vehicles and traffic on the road increase, as we spend more time in our vehicles, and as we tend to have more distractions while driving our vehicles, accidents are unfortunately inevitable. These accidents can result in tragic consequences for the victims who may be seriously injured, die, or become permanently disabled. The attorneys at Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson, & Pike assist and represent individuals injured in automobile accidents to recover their medical expenses and lost wages. When an individual suffers permanent disability, death, medicals over $1,000.00, or permanent scarring, both pain and suffering and mental anguish can be recovered. Our attorneys help and assist in the investigation of the accident as well as communications with the insurance company that insures the negligent party. We also assist in communications with insurance companies for no fault recovery as it pertains to medical expenses and lost wages. An automobile accident may be a life changing event and although we cannot make things as they were prior to the accident, we can hopefully assist in putting the victims life back together and alleviate the financial effects of the accident as much as possible.

We will evaluate liability issues and insurance coverage. We will attempt to settle every case through negotiations and mediation prior to trial. We will litigate the case if necessary to protect our victims rights and prosecute an appeal when necessary. We will assist in locating accident reconstruction experts and pursue both un and under insurance claims for our clients. We stay on top of the most recent legal developments and special issues including reviewing recent law and court cases. If you or a family member have been involved in an automobile accident, please contact us for a free consultation concerning your legal rights.

Wrongful death involves a claim when someone else's negligence results in the death of another. The death could occur in many different situations including automobile accidents, defective products, medical negligence, construction accidents, or other situations. Wrongful death claims are brought by the decedent's estate and the recovery of damages is distributed to the decedent's heirs at law, usually their spouse and children. The death could involve individuals of all ages including children. The lawyers at Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson, & Pike will assist in your personal loss by helping recover medical bills, funeral bills, past lost wages, future loss of income, and any pain and suffering that occurred prior to death. We can also recover in certain cases the loss of love and affection as it applies to parents and their children as well as spouses. We understand that the recovery for all of the above damages can never replace the loss of a loved one. In our system of civil justice it is the only way that a family can recover reparations for the loss of a loved one.

Our attorneys are experienced in wrongful death cases involving pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents, automobile and trucking accidents, construction accidents, farming accidents, industrial accidents, and medical malpractice. We have extensive experience in representing individuals who are injured and die as a result of the negligence of a government employee under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Slip and fall cases involve injuries when an individual is injured on someone else's property. Owners of real estate and operators of businesses have a duty to maintain a safe place for customers to shop and live. A slip and fall may be caused by tripping over items that have been left in aisles, packages or other items falling from shelves, inadequate lighting and security, foreign items being left on floors, and the improper removal of water, ice and snow.

We at Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson, & Pike represent individuals before the Social Security Administration in an attempt to obtain social security disability benefits. In order to be eligible for social security benefits, an individual must be totally disabled and unable to perform any meaningful work or occupation. We will represent these individuals by obtaining all of the medical records and reviewing those medical records. In addition, we will obtain a medical impairment rating as well as a disability rating for the individual seeking social security disability. We will represent the individual at the administrative hearing and, if necessary, appeal that case through the administrative appeals process.

An individual injured at work is provided by Kentucky law workers compensation benefits. Those benefits include the payment of their medical bills, temporary disability benefits amounting to 2/3 of their normal average weekly wage, and permanent disability benefits when an individual has suffered a permanent medical impairment to their body as a whole. We will also assist injured workers in obtaining vocational rehabilitation and retraining when appropriate.

An attorney at Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson, & Pike will assist injured workers and their families in obtaining workers compensation benefits from their employer and/or the employer's insurance company.

In many cases, a workers company may have its own disability insurance. We have assisted many workers in obtaining disability insurance from their own company and protecting their rights when necessary. We will review the companies personnel policy as it relates to disability as well as read and interpret the companies disability insurance policy. We will negotiate and try to settle any differences between the company and the injured employee. If the injured employee does not receive what is promised by the company or their insurance carrier, then we will file suit against the company and the insurance company. This includes life insurance policies upon the death of an insured worker.

Medical malpractice insurance carriers would lead you to believe that rising health care costs are caused by rising malpractice recoveries. These same companies would also lead you to believe that medical malpractice premiums are a large part of our national health care cost. In fact medical malpractice premiums amount to less then 1% of our national healthcare costs. In addition, loses paid by insurance companies for medical negligence amounted to 31 cents out of every $100.00 of national healthcare costs. It should not be surprising that medical malpractice claims should increase as more Americans have access to healthcare, our aging population needs increased care, and our doctors treat more patients daily.

Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider does not follow the standard of care for the care that they are giving to the patient and the patient is either injured or dies as a result of not following the standard of care. Medical malpractice is rare and the vast majority of healthcare providers are competent and provide acceptable and appropriate care. A bad result alone does not make a malpractice case. But, mistakes can be made as a result of mis diagnosis, failure to diagnose, surgical error, or the inappropriate prescribing of medicine. We have experience in the area of medical, dental, chiropractic, and pharmaceutical malpractice. We are able to obtain nationally recognized medical experts to review the medical records and will not bring a claim against any healthcare provider without a medical expert opinion stating that the standard of care was not followed by the medical care provider.

Our attorneys have many years of experience in handling medical negligence cases against government doctors under the Federal Tort Claims Act. We are willing and able to consult with you and to guide you through this very difficult legal area prior to you making a decision concerning pursuing a medical malpractice case.