What to Bring to a Personal Injury Consultation

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 4 minutes

Southern Maryland truck accident lawyer

This post discusses what happens at your free consultation for your personal injury case. We offer a free consultation for anyone who is injured in a car accident or other personal injury case. We will discuss all the details of your particular case, and I will give you my honest opinion about it. You are...

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What Happens After Settlement of Your Personal Injury Case

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. I have this here for my clients to refer to once we have successfully settled their case. We talk about it (obviously!) but I also put these posts out here so people have something in writing to...

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Medical Care – What do I tell my doctor?

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 5 minutes

This post explains how to get medical care after a personal injury, and what to tell your doctor. I really wrote this for my own clients, or prospective clients. But this is really good general advice for anyone who has been injured in a car accident or other personal injury case. And, unlike a lot...

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Defense Medical Examinations

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 5 minutes

In personal injury cases that go to litigation the insurance company will often schedule you for an medical exam – known as a DME or Defense Medical Exam. (Note: the insurance company and their attorney will call this an “independent” medical exam. But there is nothing independent about it. Don’t be fooled.) This post will...

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Trials and Trial Preparation

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 6 minutes

What to Expect In Your District Court Criminal Case

If you are reading this, you are probably one of my clients and you have a trial coming up in your personal injury case. If you need a Waldorf personal injury attorney, contact us today for a free consultation. And discover everything you need to know with our Free Legal Guide to Car Accident Cases...

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Can A Child Sue A Parent For Personal Injury?

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 5 minutes

You might think it would be outrageous for a child to sue their own parent – or a husband to sue his wife – for negligence in a Waldorf, Maryland car accident. So did state law. For a long time you couldn’t do this. A child could not file suit against their parent after a...

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Be a Safer Driver! Rules of the Road You Don’t Remember

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 6 minutes

Did you know that a car accident happens about every 5 seconds? And somebody suffers a personal injury from a car accident every 10 seconds? And worse yet, somebody is killed due to wrongful death in a car accident every 14 minutes! Those are staggering numbers. And we should all do everything we can do...

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Drinking & Passengering is Just as Stupid

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 3 minutes

An auto accident scene.

Now that summer is here, it is good to be reminded about the dangers of drinking and driving on our Charles County roads. We all know that drinking and driving is stupid. Besides getting busted by Johnny Law, you also risk having a car accident and getting stuck with all those medical bills yourself. You...

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Uninsured Motorist Claims

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 9 minutes

If you buy car insurance in Maryland, you will likely purchase something called uninsured motorist coverage. Attorneys call it UM for short. You may see it abbreviated as “UM/UIM” on your car insurance declarations page. Almost nobody understands it when they buy it. Maryland state law sort of forces it on you. So, most people...

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Pool Party Liability

by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Personal Injury | Reading Time: 5 minutes

Tis the season for pool parties! They should be fun and not stressful. But some people worry about bad things happening. After all, a pool is a very dangerous thing to have in your home (statistically more dangerous than a gun. Did you know that?) Do you wonder what sort of liability you are taking...

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