Documents You Should Have Executed at an Initial Personal Injury Client Meeting
Law school does not always prepare lawyers for the day-to-day realities of a legal practice, however, one key fact to remember is the better prepared you are the first time you meet with a new personal injury client, the better the entire relationship is likely to go. After all, when your organizational skills are apparent to your client, he or she is more apt to trust you—and your legal skills.
If you, as an attorney, have done your due diligence on this new personal injury case, then you have already: checked out the scene of the accident, taken photographs at the scene, gone over the police report with a fine-tooth comb, looked into your client’s prior medical history, and performed an initial background search into both your client and the defendant.
At this point, you are meeting with your client to execute necessary documents, including the following:
In May, our community was shaken by the death of a ten-year-old in a tragic car accident.
A man, later identified as Gunner Joseph Scarano, was driving a black truck and travelling north on Bailey Cove Road when he hit three vehicles and a motorcycle. No injuries were reported from this accident.
Scarano then continued to drive until he caused another accident at the Weatherly Road intersection. This accident involved four vehicles, injuring eight and killing ten-year-old Jaden Coppens.
As we’ve discussed 
A slip and fall or trip and fall accident comes within an area of the law known as premises liability. Under Alabama law, a premises owner has a duty to keep their premises in a reasonably safe condition for a business invitee. The plaintiff or injured party has the burden of proof in slip and fall case to establish that the premises owner/operator knew or should have known of the dangerous condition on their property that caused the person to fall. This often is a tough burden to meet. However, this can be established in a variety of ways: 1. Does the premises owner have a policy and procedure whereby they monitor their premises; 2. If the fall was caused by a substance, was there such a large amount that they should have noticed it?; 3. If the fall was caused by a defect in the premises the premises owner is presumed to have notice and knowledge of the condition; and 4. If the defect was created by the premises owner they are presumed to have notice - i.e. leaving an object sticking out in the aisle.
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