This is the most common personal injury case we see. If you are in a car or semi accident caused by another driver’s carelessness, you have the ability to seek compensation for any injuries you experience or suffer.

Motorcyclists and bicyclists face grave dangers when riding on the roads and highways. Careless drivers cause countless accidents each year resulting in serious injuries and even death.

Drivers have an obligation to look out for pedestrians, but each year thousands of pedestrians are seriously injured or killed by careless drivers.

It is common for injuries to occur from a slip or trip and fall.  Such accidents include things like slipping on spilled liquids in stores, slipping on ice or snow, trips on defective sidewalks, falls down dangerous stairs and other conditions on properties that cause injuries. 

If you are injured on another person’s property, you may have a personal injury case

There are federal regulations and other safety standards mandating safe construction procedures on worksites. Even so, many contractors and subcontractors are either unaware of or ignore these safety rules and regulations leading to serious injuries or deaths caused by accidents. 

If someone is injured or killed in a construction accident, there are potential legal claims to be pursued.

Dog owners have a legal obligation to restrain and control their dogs to prevent attacks and dog bites.

In the event of injuries arising out of a dog bite or attack, legal claims for compensation can be pursued. 

Sometimes people are killed as the result of someone else’s fault, such as a car accident. When these tragedies occur, an estate must be opened to pursue all claims. 

Attorney Tim Bottaro’s office has attorneys who know how to open an estate and follow the procedures to distribute any money obtained from the resolution of the case.  Thus, you will already have a team in place to help you through this difficult time.

These kinds of cases are against bars and restaurants, etc. which serve a person alcohol when they know or should have known the person is intoxicated or to the point, they become intoxicated. 

If the drunk person harms others, the business selling and serving the alcohol can be at fault, along with the drunk person.  The injured party must move extremely quickly to preserve their case or they lose out forever.  Therefore, legal assistance should be obtained as soon as possible to try and obtain a monetary recovery

Sometimes Insurance Companies are sued because of things they have done or failed to do. Bad faith claims against Insurance Companies can be brought when an insurance company has failed to act in good faith either in dealings with their own policyholders or people making a claim against the insurance company. 

Sometimes insurance companies can be sued for breaches of their insurance contract or because of the negligent actions of their agents.  As a corporation, an insurance company can be sued just like a person on the basis of many different types of claims. 

General Litigation involves lawsuits for a variety of reasons, which do not involve personal injury or other areas that have been discussed on this website. This could include actions against builders or architects for homes or businesses, which are substandard.

Actions against neighbors/adjoining landowners when they do something, which affects another’s property or in some way adversely affects another person’s use of their property.  There are many other types of “general litigation” cases.