{"id":3081,"date":"2023-12-03T05:57:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T10:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/25-things-lawyers-need-to-know-in-representing-personal-injury-c\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T18:41:56","slug":"25-things-lawyers-need-to-know-in-representing-personal-injury-c","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/professional-attorney-information-center\/25-things-lawyers-need-to-know-in-representing-personal-injury-c\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Things Lawyers Maryland Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have represented defendant driver(s), injured plaintiffs, and insurance companies in auto accident cases in Maryland. From 1995 to 2002, I had the experience of defending auto insurance companies such as Allstate, Nationwide, State Farm, The Hartford, MAIF, and Bankers Independent Insurance Company. For the past five years, I have represented personal injury clients, making claims against those companies (and others). This article advises lawyers handling all types of personal injury cases, focusing on smaller personal injury cases. My law firm <strong>no longer handles smaller cases,<\/strong> but the lessons I learned in the trenches with these cases still informs my practice today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rightphoto alignright lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/laurazois.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Zois\" \/><br \/>\nSo, going back, what did I learn in the first seven years that has been invaluable knowledge to me in the last 12? A lot. The <strong>same mistakes<\/strong> were being made repeatedly; recognizing this aided my defense of the insurance companies and prevented me from making those mistakes as a Maryland personal injury attorney. The best way to increase the value of your case is to avoid these weaknesses to the largest extent possible. The better the settlement offer or verdict, the cleaner a case is presented. This article is not intended to be a hornbook on handling an auto tort case. It is my &#8216;best practices&#8217; learned from trying personal injury cases for both sides.<\/p>\n<h2><strong class=\"heading4\">Get Your Own Pictures<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/professional-attorney-information-center\/25-things-lawyers-need-to-know-in-representing-personal-injury-c\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 25 Things Lawyers Maryland Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have represented defendant driver(s), injured plaintiffs, and insurance companies in auto accident cases in Maryland. 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