It's a common scenario -- a man and a woman share a fun evening together, drinking and dancing, and part ways in the morning. A few months (or even years) later, the man may be surprised when he receives a court document alleging that he is the father of the woman's child. However, this scenario can take a bizarre twist when a man receives this same court document from a woman he's never met (let alone impregnated).
- As you consider hiring an auto accident attorney to negotiate a settlement with the at-fault driver's insurer, that insurer may be contacting you and putting on some pressure. The insurance carrier may encourage you to answer questions during an interview, make a recorded statement or accept a settlement you're not satisfied with. It's best to keep your communication with this insurance company to a minimum. Avoid making certain actions and making certain types of comments when dealing with the company.
- Accident attorneys, like those at Hinkle Law Offices, offer free initial consultations to individuals who have been injured because of someone else's actions and who are interested in obtaining financial compensation. That means you don't have to worry about paying to find out whether you have a good case to request a settlement or a higher settlement than you've already been offered. The consultation for a car accident case may only be 20 or 30 minutes maximum, so you'll want to be fully prepared before your appointment.
- If your life has been impacted in any type of way by a drunk driver, you will agree that additional steps need to be taken to ensure that convicted drunk drivers are not allowed to continue to drive drunk. While various options have been discussed, one of the options that has been proposed for a number of years is installing ignition interlock devices on vehicles which are owned, and operated, by those who have been convicted of drunk driving.
- Most people live their lives relatively free of legal trouble. However, that doesn't mean that most people haven't broken a law or two. In fact, it's likely that you've broken the law pretty regularly through the course of your regular routine--and you might not even know it. The good news is that you'll probably never face legal consequences for doing so. That said, here are some of the most likely laws you've broken without realizing that you're doing so.