by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 4 minutes
This post explains how to get medical care after a personal injury, and what to tell your doctor. In a nutshell, I want to give you two commandments when going to see your doctor. Be accurate & honest when describing what happened and how you feel. Be thorough & complete when describing how you feel...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 4 minutes
This post is designed to explain the process you can expect after we settle your personal injury case. Once we agree on a settlement amount, the insurer has to send us paperwork confirming the settlement. I don’t have it yet. They usually send it through the US mail and it may take a week or...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 4 minutes
This post discusses what happens at your consultation for your Waldorf, Maryland personal injury case. This post is also a list of things you should bring with you if you can. None of this is required, of course. All we really need to see is you. If you have the following information and can bring...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 9 minutes
You have just been in a car accident. What do you do? Most people cannot answer this question. It isn’t something that happens all the time! We prepared this short guide to give you a step-by-step process to follow if you have been in a car accident. We cannot make it as if the accident...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 8 minutes
This post gives you a road map of the “usual” personal injury case in Waldorf, Maryland, Charles County, Maryland, or St. Mary’s County, Maryland. I wrote it to give my clients, and prospective clients, a good general outline of what to expect if you have a personal injury case because of a car accident or...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 10 minutes
This page is for our current bankruptcy clients. We created it to help prepare them for a formal meeting called a 341 meeting of creditors in a Chapter 13 case. (Click Preparing for Your Chapter 7 for a similar article) A typical bankruptcy case does not involve a lot of confrontation. The one place it...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 9 minutes
This post explains how property damage claims are handled in a Maryland car accident case. We will explain what is covered, what is not, and how to protect yourself during this process The at-fault driver (really their insurance company) has to pay for damages to your property, just like they have to pay for your...
by Nasheia Smith | Posted in Wills & Estates | Reading Time: 6 minutes
When someone comes to us for a will, we usually explain why they also need a durable power of attorney. A durable power of attorney gives someone the legal authority to handle your financial affairs even if you are disabled. If you become disabled without a power of attorney in place, your loved ones will...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 6 minutes
In a personal injury case, a lien is a legal claim made by a third party—often your health insurance company—seeking reimbursement for medical expenses they covered due to your accident. This means that a portion of your settlement may legally need to be paid back to the insurer. Even though it feels unfair, the law...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Workers' Compensation | Reading Time: 2 minutes
This article explains what happens when I receive your permanent partial disability (PPD) rating from our doctor. Please read it over, and call me if you have any questions. As you know, we sent you to a doctor to get a PPD rating. I just received it. Here is what happens from this point on....
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