If you have been injured in an accident, contact your San Antonio injury attorney immediately after seeking medical attention. You may be entitled to financial compensation for your injuries depending on the circumstances of the accident. It is common to be asked to sign a release of liability or a waiver before you engage in [...]

If you have been injured in an accident, a San Antonio accident attorney may be able to help you get the compensation you need to pay for your expenses. Certain insurance companies use negotiation tactics to minimize the amount of money they have to pay in settlements, even if it means going to trial. Being [...]

When you are attempting to settle your personal injury case early, usually prior to the initiation of litigation, you must first make an insurance claim. During this claim stage, you deal with an insurance adjuster. Generally, defense attorneys are not retained until you file suit. Insurance adjusters will not conduct an extensive investigation; rather, they [...]

Like most things in life, insurers can be good, bad, and ugly. There are high-end carriers who appeal to potential customers with mass advertising. If an insurer frequently advertises on TV or in print low premiums and prompt claim payments, most likely its performance in paying claims is slow to conserve funds to finance those [...]

It is important to have a personal injury attorney in San Antonio to help you understand how claims adjusters arrive at settlement offers. If you are filing a claim with an insurance company, there are red flags to avoid that may lead the adjuster to deny your claim. Essentially, the claims adjuster questions specific details [...]

It is becoming increasingly common for insurance companies to go to extreme lengths to discredit your claim in a personal injury case. Primarily focusing on the nature and extent of the injuries you allege occurred as a result of the accident, seemingly small, inconsequential matters can be taken out of context and blown out of [...]

Whiplash is a neck injury caused by a sudden, forceful, rapid hyperextension (back) and hyper-flexion (forward) movement of the neck muscles, tendons and ligaments. Whiplash commonly occurs from rear-end motor vehicle accidents, sport accidents, physical abuse and other trauma. You may associate whiplash with neck pain and headaches, but a San Antonio personal injury lawyer has [...]

If you were involved in an accident, you may seek compensation from an insurance company that insures the at-fault party. In certain circumstances, you may also seek compensation from your own insurance company (e.g. your auto insurance company if you were involved in a car accident). Unfortunately, our San Antonio car accident lawyer has seen [...]

The car accident attorneys at Brylak Law realize that car accidents can be a harrowing experience, regardless of the seriousness of the car accident in San Antonio. Even low impact accidents can produce significant property damage and personal injury. Many people become very confused following an accident, especially if they suffer any sort of head injury, [...]

If you have been in a car accident that resulted in a neck injury such as whiplash, a San Antonio car accident lawyer may be able to help you earn compensation for damages such as pain and suffering and lost wages. However, remember that every car accident is completely unique due to factors such as [...]

As part of the litigation process, our San Antonio car accident lawyer will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the case. In particular, it is important that personal injury victims have a firm understanding of the major weaknesses of their case. It is important that they discuss these weaknesses with a San Antonio car accident lawyer [...]

There are situations in a personal injury case where the opposing party may request you undergo a psychological, neuropsychological or psychiatric test. Generally, this occurs if you are claiming psychological, neuropsychological or psychiatric injuries (e.g. brain injuries, emotional suffering such as fear of driving, depression, panic attacks, anxiety disorder, etc.). Usually, the psychologist, neuropsychologist or psychiatrist who [...]

When assessing the value of a personal injury case, insurance companies, defense attorneys and jurors review not only the medical bills, lost wages, and other economic damages, but also any evidence of your non-economic damages. That is why a seasoned San Antonio car accident lawyer suggests keeping a symptom diary to increase the value of your [...]

When a San Antonio personal injury lawyer meets with a new client about a potential product liability claim, they explain several important characteristics about these types of personal injury cases. There are three main categories in which a products liability claim may fall. These include manufacturing defects, design defects and failure to provide warnings or [...]

55Most people who have received a personal injury settlement are not well-versed in how the income will impact their taxes, but your San Antonio personal injury lawyer at Brylak Law understands how the Internal Revenue Service will view settlement income. The question of whether a settlement is income is basically determined by what the damages are actually [...]