16 05, 2019

What Playing Baseball Taught Me About Being A Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Attorney

Another day at the office (L-R: Alfonso Mota, Vicente Javier, Sam Sheronick, Bruce Spurgeon). What playing baseball taught me about being a Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Attorney.   (Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Law Attorney)—When I was a kid, long before being a Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Attorney, my friends and I dreamed of playing pro baseball.   It was, we thought, the pinnacle of what we could hope to become. The beginning of each baseball season brought us renewed hope that our aspirations would be realized. This week marks the opening of yet another baseball season, and everything seems possible; hope springs eternal once again. Hope sprung eternal 65 years ago this week when Mr. Branch Rickey, President and General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, dared to knock down the first domino: he hired Jackie Robinson to become the first [...]

What Playing Baseball Taught Me About Being A Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Attorney
7 05, 2018

Who is the Best Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Attorney for Your Case?

Who is the Best Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Attorney for Your Case?  At the age of six, I learned one of life’s most important lessons when I started pheasant hunting with my Dad in Benton County, Iowa.  Even though we had a cornfield less than 100 yards from our own backyard, we always hunted in Benton County in and around Newhall, Atkins, Walford, Norway, Keystone, Belle Plain, Vinton, Van Horne, etc.   On a cool autumn morning—opening day—I see my father walking in his Key brand overalls with his cap in hand, petting the farm dog as he knocks on the farmer’s door to ask permission to hunt.  More often than not, the farmer and my father have known each other for decades and they catch up on their growing families. My father would then walk back to my uncle’s [...]

Who is the Best Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Attorney for Your Case?
28 03, 2018

Are Large SUVs and Pick-Up Trucks Really Safer? Car Accident Law Firm Cites Real Case Outcomes That Questions Such Reasoning

“Common sense” tells us that larger sports utilities vehicles (SUVs) and pick-up trucks are safer in an accident, but ground breaking studies and our car accident law firm’s experience in over a quarter of a century of handling serious car accident cases, tells us otherwise. Our car accident law firm has seen this fact pattern a surprising number of times: Our client, a strong and hardworking thirty-something pick up truck or SUV driver, is stopped at a stop light, and behind our client is an elderly driver in a Honda or a Toyota, also stopped, when a texting teenager in a new Nissan at full speed slams into the elderly driver’s car which slams into the back of our client’s pick-up truck or SUV. Most people would guess that the pick-up driver or SUV driver will be safer simply because [...]

Are Large SUVs and Pick-Up Trucks Really Safer? Car Accident Law Firm Cites Real Case Outcomes That Questions Such Reasoning
3 03, 2018

What to Do in an Accident According to Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer

What to do in an accident?  It is important to learn in advance What to Do in an Accident since after a car accident, most people are too shook up to think clearly; Do you know what to do in accident? Review the information below before you are in a car accident so that you will be familiar with what to after an accident: 1. Call 911 to report you have been in accident and ask for a police officer to come to the accident scene; if you are hurt or think you are, or if someone else may be hurt, ask dispatcher to also send an ambulance. IF A POLICE OFFICER THINKS YOU SHOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, DO NOT REFUSE! 2. If the other driver caused the accident, INSIST that the police officer tickets the other [...]

What to Do in an Accident According to Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer
2 05, 2016

Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer: Placement of Child Safety Seat Can Help Child Survive a Serious Car Accident

You did the research and chose the safest car and safest child safety seat to help your child survive a serious car accident; is there anything else a Cedar Rapids personal injury lawyer would advise to help increase the odds that a child survives a serious car accident? As a Cedar Rapids personal injury lawyer with Sam Sheronick Law Firm, P.C. for nearly 25 years, my firm has represented many seriously injured families and we have noticed that everything else being equal, child safety seat placement can play a crucial role in helping a child survive a serious car accident. While everyone knows they should not place a child safety seat in the front seat, few parents give much thought to the seat location where the child safety seat is placed in the rear seat, often placing the child safety [...]

Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer: Placement of Child Safety Seat Can Help Child Survive a Serious Car Accident
5 02, 2016

Back and Neck Injuries Following an Accident Discussed by Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Law Firm

Potential clients regularly call our Cedar Rapids personal injury law firm asking if their injury is serious enough for our firm to consider taking their case. We ask these callers about the nature and extent of their injuries and sometimes the callers reply that their neck or back is sore but they had no broken bones. Just because someone does not have broken bones does not mean their accident-related injuries are not potentially very serious requiring the help of a knowledgeable and experienced Cedar Rapids personal  injury law firm. For example and without limitation, if someone has a sore back or neck, we ask whether they have any pain, numbness, and/or tingling going from their neck down one or both arms or whether they have pain, numbness, and or tingling going from their lower back down one or both legs. [...]

Back and Neck Injuries Following an Accident Discussed by Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Law Firm
29 01, 2016

Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer Discusses Important Types of Car Insurance Coverage

Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer Discusses Important Types of Car Insurance Coverage: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You I am a Cedar Rapids personal injury lawyer and our law firm receives a number of inquiries every week regarding potential personal injury cases. Often times, people call thinking that while they have a strong case with strong damages, they wonder whether there is enough insurance coverage to cover their claims. Our Cedar Rapids personal injury law firm has specialized in personal injury and class action law for over 20 years which has enabled us to know where to look to potentially find additional sources of insurance that may apply to a given accident. When you are in an accident and you suffer a personal injury caused by another, we expect that the person who caused the accident will have insurance. [...]

Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer Discusses Important Types of Car Insurance Coverage
22 01, 2016

Should I Give the Insurance Company a Recorded Statement or Medical Records Release After an Accident?

Is There Ever a Good Time to Give A Recorded Statement or Medical Release After an Accident? Cedar Rapids Personal Injury Lawyer—Many people involved in personal injury accidents call our Cedar Rapids Personal Injury law firm stating that the insurance company for the other driver who caused the accident told them that in order to receive payment from the other driver’s insurance company, they must give the insurance company a recorded statement and they also must sign a medical release authorizing the insurance company to obtain their medical records. These callers want to know if they must give a recorded statement and medical release to the insurance company in order to get paid. The simple answer is that the other driver’s insurance company will never be required to pay you anything unless you go to court and win.  The more [...]

Should I Give the Insurance Company a Recorded Statement or Medical Records Release After an Accident?
6 10, 2015

Find The Best Cedar Rapids, Iowa Personal Injury Lawyer For Your Case By Following Three Quick Steps

So how do you Find the Best Cedar Rapids, Iowa Personal Injury Lawyer for your case? Some insider information the public should know: Law schools do not teach their students how to become personal injury lawyers or even trial lawyers for that matter. Our state requires absolutely no specific training, accreditation, or any other requirement to advertise that one allegedly practices in the field of personal injury law.  This means any lawyer can literally advertise they "handle" personal injury cases even if they were never trained in this specialty and even if they have never handled a personal injury case before yours.  So how do you find the best Cedar Rapids, Iowa personal injury lawyer for your case? Answer: Simply use the following three quick and easy steps to help you find the best Cedar Rapids, Iowa personal injury lawyer [...]

Find The Best Cedar Rapids, Iowa Personal Injury Lawyer For Your Case By Following Three Quick Steps
15 08, 2015

INSURANCE BAD FAITH: WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN GOOD HANDS OR WHEN THEY ARE NOT TREATING YOU JUST LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR

Who did a promoter for the rock band .38 SPECIAL call when Lloyd’s of London did not want to pay under an insurance policy that is supposed to pay if rain cancels an outdoor concert? They called SAM SHERONICK LAW FIRM, P.C., a Cedar Rapids personal injury law firm, who successfully litigated to enforce the insurance policy.  INSURANCE BAD FAITH involves an insurance company refusing to pay the holder of the insurance policy (or someone who is supposed to be a beneficiary of such a policy) even though all of the policy conditions have been met.  Simply stated, the law requires parties to a contract--like an insurance policy--to treat each other in good faith.  Insurance companies engage in bad faith if, among other things, a jury finds the insurance company unfairly denies paying a claim, or delays paying a claim [...]

INSURANCE BAD FAITH: WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN GOOD HANDS OR WHEN THEY ARE NOT TREATING YOU JUST LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR
26 01, 2015

DO I NEED A CEDAR RAPIDS PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRM OR CAN I HANDLE MY CASE MYSELF?

  When someone calls our Cedar Rapids personal injury law firm for a free initial consultation, we always ask questions to determine whether this is a case a caller can handle themselves.  We do this for two reasons: 1) It has been our experience in over 20 years of handling serious personal injury cases at our Cedar Rapids personal injury law firm that being honest with a new caller helps save the caller an attorney fee when the facts of their case are such that the caller can handle the case themselves; as you can imagine, the caller appreciates our honesty and more often than not, rewards our firm by calling back in the future should they (or their friends or family members) get in a future accident where we can help;  and 2) Our Cedar Rapids personal  injury law [...]

DO I NEED A CEDAR RAPIDS PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRM OR CAN I HANDLE MY CASE MYSELF?
8 01, 2014

How Do I Settle My Car Damage With the Insurance Company?

“I was in an accident and my car was damaged and now the insurance company wants to settle the property damage but I don’t know what my car is worth when settling with the insurance company after the accident.  What should I do?” We get asked this question quite a lot by our clients and here is what we tell them.  Our firm does not charge an hourly fee; rather, we only get our attorney fee if the client gets paid.  Since our firm gets paid a percentage of any verdict or settlement we obtain for our client, we do not want to take a percentage of the money the client will be getting from their property damage settlement since they will need to repair or replace their car or other property.  So if our firm takes on a personal [...]

How Do I Settle My Car Damage With the Insurance Company?
17 01, 2013

Iowa Semi-Truck Accidents: Steps to Take to Protect your Loved Ones

  Accidents involving large trucks (also referred to as semi-trailer, tractor trailer, big rig, 18 wheeler, etc.) are among the most dangerous and deadly of all motor vehicle accidents, not too surprising given the sheer size and weight of these trucks. A variety of factors contribute to semi truck accidents including, but not limited to: overload (or improperly loaded) freight; driver fatigue; speed; substance abuse; the negligent hiring of bad drivers; faulty equipment; failure to inspect equipment; etc. Additionally, the sheer size of trucks—together with their lack of maneuverability, inability to stop well, and the inability to see lower traffic out of the truck cab—also can play a role in causing accidents. As noted in one of our previous blog posts, it has been our experience that weather is seldom to blame for causing a semi-truck accident.  For example, how [...]

Iowa Semi-Truck Accidents: Steps to Take to Protect your Loved Ones
15 06, 2011

10 COSTLY MISTAKES TO AVOID AFTER AN ACCIDENT

Disclaimer: The information contained here and throughout our website, and in our printed or other materials, are for general informational purposes only as this information should not be considered to be legal advice concerning your specific case. You should consult an experienced and knowledgeable attorney in this area of law to determine whether the information given in our videos, website, and other materials applies to your specific case as the failure to do so could do significant harm to your case. Please realize there are many more mistakes than those listed here, but we have listed some of the more common mistakes we've seen here. Our firm does not represent you unless or until we enter into a written fee agreement signed by both you and our firm. Click here for additional disclaimer information. Mistake #1: Believing the insurance company [...]

10 COSTLY MISTAKES TO AVOID AFTER AN ACCIDENT
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