Personal Injury

In a personal injury lawsuit, an individual is seeking to have another held accountable for the injury or damages they have suffered. Injuries can occur in a wide variety of situations such as motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, product liability, batteries or actions on any other person, animal attacks, and also on the job accidents that may involve claims against parties other than an employer. Whatever the nature of your claim may be, it is important that you act quickly and concisely. The first step in doing so begins even before you meet with an attorney. Before meeting with an attorney, you can become as prepared as possible by writing notes about the incident, documenting your injuries, preserving evidence, taking photographs, talking to witnesses and obtaining a police report. If you do this initial research, you will come to your attorney meeting well prepared to discuss the damages you have suffered. Potential damages in a personal injury case can include both medical and property damages as well as damages for your pain and suffering.

During a personal injury lawsuit, you must be represented zealously by an attorney you trust. At Franks, Gerkin & McKenna we are a zealous, trustworthy, full service law firm practicing in the areas of Worker's Compensation; Business Law; Real Estate; Zoning; Wills’ Estate Planning; Bankruptcy; Probate; Divorce/Family Law; Criminal, Traffic and of course, Personal Injury.