Are You or a Loved One Considering a Nursing Home?

Or an assisted-living facility? Aside from the various contracts and ways to pay for it that most nursing homes offer, (which all need to be carefully reviewed for your best financial approach) you need to be aware how DISPUTES with the facility are to be handled.  

DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOU CAN HIRE A LAWYER AND FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT WITH A JUDGE AND JURY TO HEAR YOUR CASE.  In fact, you may NOT be able to do that, and, you may be required to submit any disputes or claims to ARBITRATION.  In this instance, neither side can go to court, but must let an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators decide the case.

Many feel that this process unfairly protects the nursing facility from publicity of claims with no "jury of your peers" deciding factor.  Many people feel juries are more inclined to rule with an injured patient than arbitrators who are professionals who may be routinely involved
with nursing homes in such cases.  

As with any contract, before entering a facility, "read the fine print" and know your rights.  Many courts have upheld such arbitration clauses in nursing home and assisted living contracts.  We can help advise you in such cases.  Call us today 800-468-8736!

Here's a List of the Types of Accidents & Injuries That We Can Help With. From George Tofaute

Download our Crash List app for your Apple iPhone or your Android Smartphone today and always have our links and information at your fingertips.  One click and you're connected to us and we have the answers you need!  Click the link below!  Android users click HERE!

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Auto Accident

Motorcycle Accident

Semi-Truck Accident 

Car Wreck Accident

Motor Vehicle Accident

Dog Bites

Slip and Falls

Drunk Driving Accident

Texting / Cell Phone Accident

Railroad Crossing Accident

School Bus Accident

Bicycle Accident

Pedestrian Accident

Boating Accident

Bus Accident

Crosswalk Accident

Drug / Impaired Accident

Train Accident

SUV Accident

Watercraft Accident

Neck and Back Injury

Head and Spine Injury

Broken Bones and Nerve Damage

Concussion

Scarring Injury

Spinal Cord Injury

Amputation Injury

Paralysis Injury

Memory Loss

Hearing Loss

Vision Injury

Burn Injury

Crush Injury

RSD Cases

Disc Injury

Crippling Injury

TMJ Injury

Quadriplegic Injury

Paraplegic Injury

Pain and Suffering

Fibromyalgia

Insurance Benefits For Injured Drivers? By George Tofaute

Imagine a car wreck where one car runs into the rear of another car and hurts the driver in the front car.  Got it?  How many insurance benefits could apply to pay and compensate the injured driver?


DO YOU KNOW?  Do you know where to look, who to talk to, and what records and documents to request and examine?  We do.   

THE ANSWER:  12. 

Question from a reader: Why Do We Practice PI Law? By George Tofaute

Why do we practice personal injury law?  We have been asked by insurance companies to be their attorneys.  We refused.  Why?  Because we won't be told what to do, and, especially if it is something that is not right and not in the best interest of a hurt person or their family or friend.  

And, to be perfectly honest, all of our attorneys "ENJOY A GOOD FIGHT!" Winning may not be the only thing, but it sure beats losing!!  And, when you do that, and do it truthfully, honestly and ethically, how much better than that does it get?

Biting Your Fingernails??

TOFAUTE & SPELMAN INJURY LAWYERS.  You can always, repeat ALWAYS, call our firm for a FREE talk and case analysis.  NO CHARGE for a case review of your specific case facts and how and where you were hurt.  Was it a car wreck, fall down injury, dog bite, semi truck crash, motorcycle  wreck?  We handle them all and have for over 40 YEARS!!  Don't sit and "bite your fingernails" CALL US.  We are the "LEGAL PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE ABOUT YOU".  You can stay home and let us work for you!

About Lawyers

• LAWYERS ARE EXPENSIVE - we aren't (we give free consultations). 
• LAWYERS WON'T TAKE MY CALL - we will (our firm was built on client service). 
• LAWYERS "TALK DOWN" TO PEOPLE - we never have, never will. 
• LAWYERS TRY TO BE TOO SMART - not us, we try to help.       
• LAWYERS DON'T GIVE FREE ADVICE - we do, it's called  pro bono work.      
• LAWYERS CAN'T BE REACHED "AFTER HOURS" - we can and by live real people.          
• LAWYERS "SCARE ME" - we try not to!
• LAWYERS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR - not true, we LOVE "lawyer jokes"-send us one!

We really are "LEGAL PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE."         

         

CALL TOFAUTE & SPELMAN and give our LAWYERS A TRY!!  

What Do Lawyers Do For Fun?

Run, exercise, clean up and mow the yard, play golf, go to horse races, watch baseball games (of our kids and grandkids) and the pros, play cards, watch football, take our wives, husbands and friends out to dinner, watch fireworks on the 4th, eat too much on Thanksgiving, help neighbors after storms or when cars won't run, make home improvements, shop for bargains at garage sales, grill out on the patio or deck, wash the car, watch basketball, and, sometimes NOTHING!  Lawyers are people too!  Indeed they are.