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If you
are reading my website, it is likely that you have suffered
one of the most traumatic experiences that can affect a
parent - the injury to your child or children. There is no
amount of relief that anyone can give such a parent. As
parents ourselves, we ask you to take time to seek
professional counseling or comfort from your friends and
clergy in dealing with the grief, anger, frustration and
depression that results from such cases. As lawyers, we ask
if we may be of assistance to you and your family.
There is
no amount of money that might be obtained that could ease
any parent's suffering and no amount of money that could be
considered "satisfactory" as compensation. But there is an
opportunity to seek legal compensation for injuries to your
child and help others. To obtain monies that can alleviate
the stress and trauma of trying to raise an injured child on
a daily basis and to hold automobile drivers, childcare
centers, youth organizations, doctors and hospitals
responsible for their negligence with the hope that other
children will not be put in harms way. Injuries to children
are too numerous to list on this site. Negligence claims
arise from childbirth itself, to simple immunizations and
"routine" surgeries, toys and other consumer products. The
costs of even investigating such a case can easily reach
$50,000.00 before the lawsuit is even filed. I would like to
assist you in seeking justice for your child. My name is
Stewart Springer and I affiliate with attorneys all over the
country who are willing to review your child's fact
situation and medical information to see if your child’s
injury is due to the negligence of others.
There are
many types of injuries that can occur to children. If
your child has been injured - no matter how your child was
injured - contact my firm for a free evaluation of your
case.
How
does this work?
When you
contact me, I will try to personally assist you with your
case. If I am unable to personally help you in your state, I
will refer you to a firm in your state or region that
handles your type of case. These types of cases need to be
handled by lawyers whose law practice focuses on personal
injury cases. Because of the enormous expenses in litigating
these cases, the law firm will review your child's medical
information "in-house," review the facts and circumstances
around the injury, and then decide whether you have a
potential case and if I or the other law firm(s) should send
the medical records to a licensed physician for further
review. These types of cases are handled on a "contingency
fee" basis. This means the firm is paid a percentage of the
entire recovery if successful in obtaining a monetary
recovery for the child. There are not many parents who can
provide $10,000.00 or more (sometimes a WHOLE LOT more) to a
lawyer to investigate and potentially litigate their child's
potential case. In a contingency fee case, the risk of loss
is always on the lawyer. If the case is unsuccessful, it is
the lawyer/law firm that loses its money and not the client.
Most cases involving a contingency fee are calculated at 50%
/ 50% after expenses of litigation. In some fact situations,
I and other attorneys can charge a reduced contingency fee
percentage. Those decisions are made on a case-by-case
basis. You should know that other expenses, such as medical
bills incurred for your child’s care are not included in
litigation expenses. Litigation expenses are the actual cost
of preparing and litigating your child’s case: such as court
fees, depositions, expert witnesses, phone, postage, costs
in obtaining medical records, costs in travel and lodging if
necessary in your specific case (some manufacturers of
defective products are overseas in other countries). To give
you an example of exactly how expensive litigating a case
can be, I once had a client who suffered $1,200.00 in actual
medical expenses but the engineering expert who worked
throughout the case and appeared at the trial cost over
$26,000.00!
To put it bluntly, the lawyer or lawyers working on your
child’s case are risking, gambling if you will, their own
money in preparing and presenting your case to a jury with
the belief that your child’s case and their skill and
ability will allow the jury to award your child significant
monetary damages. If we lose, you and your child are not
responsible for any of the bills that were created by the
litigation (the expenses prepaid by the lawyers), but we, as
lawyers, lose all of our money, money that we will never
recover from your case. It is the removal of this litigation
financial risk from the parents or caregivers that is the
reason why higher contingency fees are charged. Furthermore,
I want to make clear that there is absolutely no lawyer who
can guarantee any result in your child’s case. However, we
can promise that we will do our best and put the “burden” on
ourselves by taking all of the litigation financial risk. It
has always been my personal policy to tell parents and
caregivers exactly what is going on and why. You need to
know that manufacturers usually carry liability insurance. I
can also almost promise you that there is no insurance
company in this world that will willingly pay you or your
child 100% of what he or she is entitled to without a
lawyer. Insurance companies make money taking people’s
monthly premiums, NOT by paying 100% on every claim. You can
look at all the warm and fuzzy commercials you like but the
reality is that insurance companies are in the business of
making money, not paying it out. This is why litigation is
an adversarial process, we literally fight each other every
step of the way. So now the next question:
What
is the Lawyer going to do?
The law
firm is seeking damages or monetary recover from the
negligent party or parties involved. One of the damages that
attorneys try to recover for a seriously injured child is
money to fund a "Life Plan" - a plan that identifies the
economic, medical, psychological and other needs of a child
based upon his or her condition as they grow up. For parents
- monetary damage is sought for pain and suffering that are
the permanent emotional damages from an injury to a child.
The life plan is for extremely serious injuries and not, for
example, a simple broken bone that will heal over time to
normal parameters. Attorneys seek damages for medical bills,
pain and suffering and any future medical care for “general”
injuries (for lack of a better generic term) like broken
bones, scars and other injuries.
When you contact me you need to know that there is no
guarantee that you have a case, that you will win your case,
or that you will recover any specific amount of funds to
assist you with your child - but if you do not at least TRY
to see if you have a potential case - you are depriving
yourself and your child of knowing that all has been done
that could have been done. There are no legal fees or legal
expenses that the parents are required to pay unless the
child's case is successful. The financial risk of loss is on
the attorney/law firm. And in some of the most traumatic
cases it is not unusual for several lawyers and their firms
will “pool” or “team up” together to represent your child. I
would ask that you devote your time to caring for your
family and allow myself and the attorneys with which I
affiliate or associate, to spend our time in seeking justice
for your child.
A crucial legal matter you need to remember, regardless of
whom you hire to assist your child, is that your ability to
sue those persons or corporations for damages is limited by
a "statute of limitations". This is a statute or "rule" that
requires you to file your lawsuit in a court of law within a
specific time frame or you will never be able to seek
compensation. Every state has it's own statute of
limitations. You must ACT IMMEDIATELY to protect your
rights.
Please feel free to review my website for information
regarding potential child injuries. There are also many
pages of “fun” website links that your children and your
family may also enjoy.
Please accept my condolences if your child has been injured
or killed through the negligent act or acts or products of
others. Please contact me if I can be of assistance to you
and your family. Fill in the form below and I
will contact you as soon as possible.
I
represent clients in Birmingham, Alabama, and most clients
come from Alabama, al though we have helped clients
throughout the United States. My personal injury lawyers
receive many cases from the Alabama cities of Bessemer,
Mountain Brook, Homewood, Fairfield, Gadsden, Jasper,
Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville, Greensboro, Fayette,
Pickens, Greene, Hale, and Tuscaloosa.
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