Author name: Tom Feher, Esq.

From Tom Feher, Esq. “I have watched a defense lawyer put a client’s own weekend photo on a courtroom screen next to her medical records. The photo was innocent. It still cost her. The safest setting after a crash is not posting at all.” Short answer: social media can hurt a personal injury claim more

From Tom Feher, Esq. “Not every crash needs a lawyer, and I will tell you that on the phone. What I do not want is someone signing a release for a few hundred dollars because nobody told them their neck pain was going to last a year.” Short answer: you do not need a car

From Tom Feher, Esq. “The first hour after a crash decides half the case. The clients who struggle most are not the ones with the worst injuries. They are the ones who let the scene disappear: no police report, no photos, a tow driver nobody chose, and a recorded statement given to the other side

From Tom Feher, Esq. “Fault gets decided by whoever documented better. The driver who takes ninety seconds of video at the scene, saves the dashcam file, and orders the CHP report usually beats the driver with the better story, because stories fade and files do not.” Short answer: California has three car accident reporting requirements

From Tom Feher, Esq. “The adjuster who calls three days after your crash is trained, friendly, and evaluated on how little the file costs. Nothing they ask for in that first week, a recorded statement, a medical authorization, a quick check, exists to help you. Politeness costs nothing. Signatures cost plenty.” Short answer: be polite,

From Tom Feher, Esq. “Adjusters keep score. They know which firms have stood in front of a jury in the last five years and which firms always take the third offer. Your case gets priced accordingly before anyone has read your medical records. The single best thing you can do for your settlement is hire

From Tom Feher, Esq. “Motorcycle cases are won or lost on evidence gathered in the first two weeks. Juries and adjusters start with a bias against riders, and the only thing that beats bias is proof: the photos, the gear, the footage, the data. Save everything, repair nothing, and let us fight about what it