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Honestly, you may not need an attorney! Visit our “Common Client Question” by clicking on the video above! Over half of the people that contact me actually need a personal injury attorney.  Generally, you need an attorney if you are experiencing one or more of the following circumstances: You have been seriously injured Another party …

Premise liability isn’t something that most people think about.  They wake up in the morning, drink their coffee, head to work, go to school, run errands, eat dinner out and come home without ever thinking of whether or not they are safe.  There are some areas of town that may be avoided due to crime …

 The insurance industry makes billions in profits every year, and they don’t always do it by settling claims fairly.  An interesting article in the Huffington Post highlights the tactics many insurance groups use in order to get people to settle quickly, the most prominent of which is to simply delay the processing of the claim.  They …

As Monday marked the beginning of National Burn Week (Feb 5-11), we want to talk about some different kinds of burns.   As stated in prior blogs, an estimated 83,300 children ages 14 and under were treated in hospitals for burn-related injuries in 2003.  Approximately 21,000 children were treated for scald burns.  So what are scald …

Every lawsuit is, at its core, a story.  And it is the job of every lawyer to effectively communicate that story to a jury, to explain how these events have impacted a person’s life, and offer a clear explanation as to why this person is seeking damages.  One very important tool that a lawyer can …

Here at the The Cagle Law Firm, we pride ourselves on providing clients with the best representation possible.  To us, this means making sure we’re communicating with the client at all stages of the process, and earning the client’s trust.  While many firms make this claim, few back it up.  This leads to poor word …

As our free ebook, Car Crash: Steps to Maximizing Your Settlement, mentions, if you’ve filed a car insurance claim, one of the first calls you’ll be getting is from the claims adjuster. Claims adjusters are the people charged with investigating claims and attempting to figure how much liability they will be exposed to.  The claims regarding property …

The Chicago Tribune recently ran an op-ed regarding “nuisance lawsuits,” the lawsuits that insurance companies and corporations simply settle instead of fighting.  They choose to settle the “frivolous” claims because the cost of litigation is so expensive.  The author contends, however, that settling these lawsuits actually winds up costing corporations more because it invites lawyers …

A chain of accidents caused two people to be injured and resulted in a person going over the overpass at Chouteau and Third Street and falling approximately 50 feet to their death. According to KMOV News, the initial event apparently began when two people got out of their cars to exchange insurance information after a minor auto …

An attorney from The Cagle Law Firm was quoted in The St. Louis Post Dispatch discussing the complications of slip and fall accidents regarding snow and ice. As January snow and ice continues to fall, a property owner must make the decision of whether or not to shovel and clear their walks and drives. Shoveling …