Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Electric Cars Are Creating a Problem When They Get Damaged in Accidents
As more and more electric cars come onto our roadways, people in accidents—even seemingly minor accidents—are finding that their property damage insurance, and repairing their vehicles, are presenting some very serious problems. How Property Damage Claims Work To understand the problem, it helps to understand generally how property damage (damage to your car after… Read More »
Can You Make Your Medical Records Better? Turns Out You Can
In an injury or accident case, your medical records are the crucial evidence that tells a jury what happened to you, and how injured that you really are. That’s why it’s important to have good medical records. But here’s the problem: you can’t just “get good medical records.” You don’t create the medical records,… Read More »
The Surprising Link Between Accidents and Heart Attacks
When we think of heart attacks, and why they are caused, we usually believe that some combination of diet, cholesterol, or genetics, all contribute to having heart attacks. Heart attacks are things we believe that develop over time, perhaps years, of poor diet, or arteries getting clogged, or other causes that get worse over… Read More »
Can You Install a Hidden Camera in a Nursing Home Room?
One of the scariest things about having loved ones in nursing homes, is the sense of helplessness—not just for them, but for you, as the loved one or relative of the resident. That’s because as much as you want to protect and look over your loved one in the nursing home, you simply can’t… Read More »
What is Permanency in a Car Accident Case?
In a typical injury case, you would have to prove that a Defendant did something wrong, that you were injured, and that the accident caused the injury. But in a car accident case, that’s not quite how it works, because there is an extra step: showing that your injury is permanent. Why the Extra… Read More »
Don’t Get Tricked by the Other Side’s Insurance Company
Do you trust an insurance company? You may not. And yet, when many people are in accidents, they give no thought to making the foolish mistake of trying to handle their case on their own, leaving them to negotiate with the other side’s insurance company on their own. Make no mistake about it—insurance companies… Read More »
Look for the Signs and Symptoms of Concussions
Between professional athletes who receive concussion care and protocols, to our youth sports, where coaches are trained to recognize them, concussion awareness is at an all time high. But despite all the recognition of the dangers of concussions, many accident victims may not even know that they have suffered a concussion. Blacking Out and… Read More »
Getting Punitive Damages Against a Company
Unlike many other types of damages, punitive damages are intended to punish the Defendant—not just to compensate a victim for losses. In Florida, punitive damages are not easy to get, but they can be awarded, and juries and courts do allow them. Traditional Punitive Damage Claims You can generally get punitive damages against a… Read More »
Kids Can Get Really Injured at Trampoline Parks
Through the years, different forms of amusement for kids and adults become popular. One type of recreational activity that’s becoming more and more common are trampoline parks. But while they are experiencing a rise in popularity, they also signal a potential rise in accidents and injuries. What are Trampoline Parks? Trampoline parks are indoor… Read More »
How and Why are Mock Juries and Focus Groups Used?
If you are considering taking your case to trial, wouldn’t it be great to do a “trial run,” that is, to run the facts and evidence in your case by a fake group of jurors from the general public, just to see what they think about it? And you could even ask them questions… Read More »
