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Each personal injury case is unique and the final cost of working with an attorney depends on a number of factors, particularly how the firm bills. The best way to determine how much your case may cost is to schedule a free consultation with a personal injury attorney and discuss their fees.

This depends on the issue. The business owner would follow the same process for business litigation as he or she would for any civil lawsuit, including usually obtaining an attorney, pretrial matters such as motions, possible settlement negotiations, trial and possibly appeal.

When you are to be terminated from your job your employer is obligated by law to pay you in full for all monies owed to you that you have earned or are entitled to. Many times severance pay is a bonus that an employer pays you to ease the pain of being terminated and to help you till you can find another job. Many times you will be asked to sign a document though that you have received this severance pay in exchange for your promise not to assert any claims (file a lawsuit ), in the future against your former employer. If you are faced with that decision generally speaking human resources will allow you a few days to show it to an advisor. It is wise to have this type of document reviewed if you have the slightest possibility of filing a lawsuit for Wrongful Termination or some other type of action against your former employer. If you are over 40 years old, by statute you have 21 days from the time you signed the release to cancel it with your employer.

In many instances, yes. A products liability lawsuit may be brought by or on behalf of an individual injured or killed by a defective product against the manufacturer and possibly the wholesalers, distributors and seller of the defective product.

Some attorneys will agree to handle cases on a contingency fee arrangement. This means that the attorney will not charge an hourly rate for his or her services, but instead will be paid a percentage of the recovery in the event of a settlement or judgment.