Have you recently been injured but are unsure about what options may be ahead of you? We’ve got just the guide to answer all your questions. Contrary to what you might think, very few personal injury cases actually make it to court. Most are settled well before that. Today, we’ll talk about some of the […]
Why Hire Our Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyers?
REASONS TO CHOOSE THE COCHRAN FIRM
There is a lot at stake in the outcome of your case when you have suffered a serious injury. Who you choose as your Philadelphia personal injury lawyer may mean the difference between obtaining thousands or millions in compensation.
Among the reasons to hire The Cochran Firm are our excellence, experience and fierce advocacy as we dedicate ourselves to protecting your interests. Founded over 50 years ago, The Cochran Firm is one of Philadelphia’s premier personal injury law firms. Our firm is a diverse group of highly esteemed attorneys committed to giving you and your family quality representation.
We are also a team that truly cares about our clients. We’ve worked with thousands of injured people and their families and know very well the way a serious injury upends your life. Our personal injury lawyers will give you the compassion you deserve as we work with you and your family. We’ll be sure you know what you can expect in your case and that you understand each step in the process. Give us a call at (800) 969-4400 to discuss your situation. Find out why your best choice for representation is a Philadelphia personal injury attorney with The Cochran Firm. You’ll quickly realize why so many others made the same choice.
A Legal Legacy Built on Results
JOHNNIE L. COCHRAN, JR., FOUNDING PARTNER, 1937-2005. Recognized throughout the world as an outstanding trial lawyer, civil libertarian and philanthropist, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. was one of our country’s most respected legal advocates. A seasoned litigator, he is remembered as a leading authority on the American criminal and civil justice systems. Today, his partners continue his legacy by providing their personal injury clients with the same work ethic and commitment to excellence.
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IT’S YOUR JOB TO GET BETTER. IT’S OUR JOB TO GET JUSTICE.
Our Personal Injury Lawyers
Seasoned Negotiators &
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RESULTS. REPUTATION. RESPECT. Turn to The Cochran Firm for a trusted Philadelphia personal injury lawyer who you can be certain will aggressively fight for your interests. Our attorneys have a strong history of getting excellent results. We’ve won numerous multimillion-dollar victories for our clients. Hire our attorneys and you’ll find out what commitment to clients truly means. Our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers will zealously pursue the maximum compensation you can receive in your case, just as we’ve done for clients for decades.
We get results. Here is a sampling of our personal injury victories:
- $227 million in the Market Street building collapse
- $45 million for an abuse victim
- $16 million for a pedestrian hit by an impaired driver
- $7.25 million in an elevator injury case
- $5.4 million for the family of a fatally injured burn victim
- $2.4 million verdict in a fatal three-car accident.
Our reputation is second to none. For many, simply hearing The Cochran Firm name is enough to know they’re getting the epitome of skilled legal representation. This is true for insurance company representatives, too. We will bring the full force of our reputation and long history of winning to the negotiations for your settlement. Our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers will pursue the maximum amount possible in your case to ensure you get what you deserve for the injuries you suffered.
We give you the respect you deserve. Your peace of mind is highly important to us. So is your future. That’s why we will leverage all our strengths and skills to ensure we fully examine the details of your case and then aggressively pursue the compensation you deserve. We want you to let us handle the legal work so you can focus on your healing, knowing that our personal injury lawyer has your back.
Working with a Philadelphia personal injury lawyer you can trust makes all the difference. We know the importance of selecting a personal injury lawyer with whom you feel comfortable. You need to be able to talk freely with your attorney, discussing every topic in detail. You should feel you can ask any questions at any point in your case. You also need to trust your Philadelphia personal injury attorney to always have your interests and needs at the top of their mind.
Our team at The Cochran Firm will always give you the time you deserve to listen to your side of the story. After all, no one is better qualified than you to talk about the consequences of the accident that left you with injuries. This is your personal story, and we need to be able to retell it accurately. We must convince the insurer that you deserve the settlement we are pursuing. As we’ve learned through our decades of collective experience, the only way to do that properly is by listening to you and by asking the right questions.
OUR PHILADELPHIA PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS ARE READY TO BEGIN WORKING FOR YOU IMMEDIATELY.
Whether your injuries happened in a car accident, a work accident, a slip and fall case, or as a result of medical malpractice, our personal injury attorney is ready to help you. We know the importance of our getting to work on your case as quickly as possible. You may have anxiety about being unable to work and about your steadily increasing medical bills. You may simply want to agree to a quick settlement to give you the opportunity to move forward with your life because focusing on the circumstances of your injury harms your mental well-being.
Trust that our personal injury law firm in Philadelphia will not try to rush through your case haphazardly. We will work hard to reach a settlement in a timely manner for you, but we will not sacrifice the amount you can receive and your future financial well-being to complete the case in a hurry. We will use our level of experience to reach a settlement in a timely manner, while also seeking a significant settlement amount for you.
Some law firms may try to speed up their clients’ cases and reach the end as quickly as possible. They may not care about the total amount of the settlement because they want to bring as many clients through the doors of their firm as possible. This is not our philosophy, however. Every dollar we fight for will make your future easier.
Suffering a serious injury is life changing. The moment you were hurt, your future took a different direction. That’s why we dedicate ourselves to your case. We want for you to heal without the stress that comes with worrying about how your medical bills will be covered or what you’ll do about your loss of income while you miss work.
DON’T TAKE CHANCES WITH YOUR FUTURE. TURN TO OUR PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS IN PHILADELPHIA.
Now is the time to act. Talk to our personal injury attorney today and we can get started on your case immediately. You can trust that we’ll be your best advocate and that we’ll bring all our skills and experience to bear in the fight to get you maximum compensation. Get your free consultation. Contact our team in our Philadelphia office of The Cochran Firm at (800) 969-4400.
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Our Personal Injury Lawyers Answer Your FAQs
At The Cochran Firm in Philadelphia, we take pride in our willingness and ability to answer any questions that our clients have about the personal injury claim process. Here are some of the most common questions our personal injury lawyers receive from our clients. Our answers will give you an idea about how we may handle your case.
In assembling our team of Philadelphia personal injury lawyers, we emphasize trustworthiness above all else. If our clients don’t trust us, it is difficult to move forward with a successful outcome in the case. Part of the way we build trust with you is through taking the time to listen to your story and to answer your questions. We respond quickly to queries from our clients. We want you to always have an understanding of what’s happening in your case.
Pennsylvania law defines personal injury as an injury resulting in death, serious impairment of a body function, permanent serious disfigurement, physical damages, mental damages, or an aggravation of existing injuries (75 Pa. C.S. § 1702).
Our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers will research the details of how your injuries happened and who is at fault for them. We will examine all evidence available, interview witnesses, and obtain any reports related to the scene of your injuries. We will present the facts of the case that show why the other party is at fault and why you are the victim in the case. By working to prove the other party is at fault, we hope to help you win a large settlement or judgment in a court case.
Our Philadelphia personal injury attorney works on a contingency fee basis. This means you do not pay us ahead of time. Instead, our fee comes from a percentage of the amount you win in the case.
Our personal injury attorneys in Philadelphia guarantee that if we do not win compensation for you, you will owe us nothing. We additionally guarantee that we will fight as hard as we can to try to win your case. However, we cannot guarantee that a particular outcome will occur in the case. That would be unethical.
In a settlement, our personal injury law firm in Philadelphia will negotiate with the insurance company on your behalf to seek a settlement payout. If we have a successful negotiation, we do not take the case to court.
If we cannot negotiate a settlement, we may decide to take your case to trial. This means we will present the facts about your accident in court. We always prepare a case as if it will go to trial. Our attorneys are highly skilled litigators, so while it’s important to have negotiation skills when we work with an insurer directly, we also need to be ready to fight for you in court. In a trial, the court will decide whether you deserve compensation and what that amount will be.
According to the statute of limitations in Pennsylvania, you generally need to file your personal injury case within two years of the date of the injury or the date when the injury becomes known. There are some distinctions to this rule if an injured person is a minor or if the victim dies and the family wishes to file a wrongful death claim.
Value of Your Personal Injury Claim
YOUR GUIDE TO HOW DAMAGES ARE CALCULATED IN A PHILADELPHIA PERSONAL INJURY CASE
We Rise to the Challenge of Taking on the Insurer on Your Behalf.
Our personal injury lawyers take the job of serving as your advocate very seriously. We know exactly how frustrating it can be to have to deal with insurance companies that are treating you disrespectfully. When you hire us to begin representing you, we will take over all communications with the insurance company on your behalf, giving you more time to focus on your family and on your physical and mental health. We stand with you from the start of the case to the conclusion.
Because of our experience dealing with insurance companies in personal injury case settlements over many years, we know how to counteract the techniques they use to try to reduce your settlement offer. When the insurance company wants to make things difficult, we will be ready to fight for you. Our personal injury attorneys in Philadelphia do not back down from a challenge when we are representing our clients. In fact, successfully standing up for our clients against unfair treatment is a source of tremendous pride for us as personal injury attorneys. Find out how we can fight for you. Call us at (800) 969-4400 to get your free consultation.
HOW MUCH CAN YOUR PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER HELP ME WIN?
Our Philadelphia personal injury lawyer knows that attempting to recover from your injuries can require weeks, months, or even years of medical treatments and physical therapy appointments. You may need to take medication for the remainder of your life. Even with multiple doctors working on your behalf, you may never be able to fully return to the life you had prior to the accident.
You deserve financial compensation for all these things. We will seek financial awards that cover your current and future medical costs related to the injuries suffered in the accident. You also can seek monetary damages for any wages you could not earn while injured. Additionally, it is possible to seek a pain and suffering judgment that compensates you for any reduction in your quality of life. As you work with our Philadelphia personal injury lawyer and we fully research your case, we will calculate the total of your expenses and losses so you will know how much we’ll pursue in our settlement negotiations. If the amount offered by the insurer isn’t appropriate, we will be ready to take your case to trial to ensure we win the maximum compensation possible.
UNDERSTANDING DAMAGES IN A PERSONAL INJURY CASE. OUR ATTORNEYS EXPLAIN THE TYPES OF COMPENSATION YOU CAN WIN.
Calculations of the compensation you are owed for the injuries you suffer are called “damages,” and they fall under three categories. Each reflects the nature of the injuries they address. The best way to understand these types of damages is with a few examples of each.
Economic Damages: These damages in a personal injury case can be easy to identify because they compensate quantifiable expenses and financial losses associated with your injury. Our attorneys can pursue a wide range of expenses, many of which relate to your medical care. Examples of economic damages are costs associated with:
- Ambulance transport and emergency room visit
- Hospitalization
- Medication
- Transportation for medical care
- Chiropractic treatment
- Physical or occupational rehabilitation
- Lost wages
- Loss of future income.
These damages could even include psychotherapy for PTSD you may have suffered as a result of your injuries.
Non-economic Damages: Non-economic damages are non-tangible consequences of your injuries, such as:
- Mental anguish and emotional distress
- Physical impairment
- Emotional impact of disfigurement and scarring
- PTSD
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of companionship in a wrongful death case.
Obtaining compensation for some of these types of damages in your personal injury case involves proving the effects of your injuries, like how they cause you emotional harm. You can pursue non-economic damages for physical impairment if you can no longer function as you did prior to your injury. If your injury caused disfigurement, you may suffer mental anguish. Non-economic damages can compensate you for those harms. If your loved one died due to another’s negligence, there will be economic damages, like lost income provided to your family; however, a non-economic loss associated with your loved one’s wrongful death is the emotional harm caused by your no longer having that person in your life.
Punitive Damages: In Pennsylvania, you can seek punitive damages in your personal injury case. Typically, negligence on the part of another party is the reason you can pursue economic and non-economic damages, but negligence alone is not cause for punitive damages.
These damages would be awarded when the defendant’s actions were out of malice or extreme recklessness. An award of punitive damages in a personal injury case also is meant to ensure that party does not harm another person with similar malicious or reckless action.
Pennsylvania has one element to its punitive damage laws that many other states do not. The wealth of the defendant is taken into consideration when the amount of such damages are determined (231 Pa. Code § 4003.7). The logic is that if a very wealthy defendant (which includes companies) faces punitive damages that have little financial impact, there is less disincentive to act in the same malicious, reckless way in the future.
OUR PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER IN PHILADELPHIA CAN HELP YOU DETERMINE THE VALUE OF YOUR INJURIES
Determining the value of all the damages in your case is one of the key services our Philadelphia personal injury lawyer performs for you.
An insurance company may offer you a settlement after the crash, but because you do not deal with cases like this on a regular basis, you may have no idea whether the offer is fair. Our attorneys know how to study the facts in your case, the long-term health consequences you may be facing, and your chances of returning to your regular job in the future. We then can use all this information to help you figure out a fair amount to seek in a settlement.
You can receive compensation for your actual medical bills incurred to date. You also can receive a payout for an estimate of medical bills you may have in the future because of ongoing treatment for your injuries. It is important for our personal injury attorneys in Philadelphia to give you an accurate estimate of future medical costs, because, once we settle with the insurance company, we cannot go back and request more money if we discover new injuries later. We need to be certain that doctors have an accurate and thorough diagnosis of your health situation before we settle.
YOUR CASE’S POTENTIAL SETTLEMENT VALUE WILL DEPEND ON THE SITUATION SURROUNDING YOUR INJURY
Some personal injury cases carry seven-figure amounts, while others may have a four- or five-figure value. Victims who suffer injuries that will affect their lives for years to come will have a better chance of receiving a larger settlement amount than someone who recovers from the injuries after a couple of weeks. Every case has individual twists and nuances that affect potential settlement amounts. Our personal injury lawyer can give you an estimated range of your potential settlement amount, based on our research of all factors in your case, our determination of your total damages and our experience with similar cases we handled in the past.
Our attorney will always seek the maximum compensation possible in your case and will fight aggressively to win you that amount. However, our personal injury lawyer cannot guarantee that you will win a certain amount in compensation in your case. This would be unethical. Our attorney will ask for a fair settlement amount, but we cannot guarantee that you will win this amount – nor should any other lawyer make such a guarantee. The best way to find out what settlement is possible in your situation is to talk with us. Give our Philadelphia personal injury lawyer a call at (800) 969-4400 and we can assess your case.
TRUST OUR PHILADELPHIA PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY TO STAND BY YOUR SIDE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
In the midst of your personal injury case, the insurance company representing the person who caused the accident and your injuries may be refusing to listen to your concerns. The insurer may try to convince you that your injuries are not as serious as you are claiming. In the midst of all this, you may feel as if you are alone.
You aren’t alone if you work with The Cochran Firm. Our Philadelphia personal injury lawyer knows that going through a personal injury case can be a difficult situation. You may have significant pain, leaving you unable to enjoy the same activities you did prior to the personal injury accident. You may be missing out on family time or on spending time with friends, leaving you with a reduced quality of life.
When you are facing a situation where someone else’s negligence led to injuries for you, you should not have to pay the medical bills yourself. You can trust our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers to give you the best possible representation in your case. At The Cochran Firm in Philadelphia, we are ready to work tirelessly on your behalf to prove your claims and help you receive the highest possible amount in compensation.
OUR EXPERIENCE IS YOUR ASSET. THE TOUGHER THE CASE, THE TOUGHER WE ARE.
During our 40-plus years of time in practice, we have always delivered high levels of success for our clients. Our team consists of several Philadelphia personal injury attorneys who have decades of experience, and we know how to give you outstanding service. We will leverage our experience for your benefit. Even if your case is challenging, or the other side might accuse you of being untruthful, our attorney will not back down from fighting for you. We take pride in our ability to tell your side of the story persuasively.
Insurers Seek Profit. We Seek Justice.
TRUST THE COCHRAN FIRM’S PHILADELPHIA PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS
Don’t rely on the word of insurance company representatives when it comes to determining the compensation you deserve. Our personal injury attorney will examine all the details of your case, calculate the total damages, and then pursue a settlement you deserve. We will not fight for anything less.
We often find that the insurance company representing the person who caused your accident will spend time trying to sugarcoat the situation. The insurer may suggest that you don’t really need a personal injury attorney. The insurance adjuster may promise to help you receive the money you need to cover your injuries and pain. However, things rarely play out this way. The adjuster is not working for you. Instead, the adjuster wants to try to minimize the payment to you to improve the profits for the insurance company.
Trust that when you hire our personal injury attorneys in Philadelphia, we are working for your behalf, not for the insurance company. The sheer number of cases we’ve handled gives us the experience we need to be aggressive negotiators. We know tactics used by insurance company representatives and will not be swayed by them. We do our research. We go into negotiations knowing what you deserve. We won’t settle for less. The sooner you call, the sooner we can get you results. Call our personal injury lawyer in Philadelphia today at (800) 969-4400.
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