Physical Injuries Leading to Major Surgery

Physical Injuries Leading to Major Surgery

Michael D. Eriksen, the principal attorney, is one (1) of only three (3) active plaintiffs’ trial lawyers in the State of Florida (out of several thousand personal injury lawyers) who are Board Certified by the Florida Bar in both Civil Trial Law and Admiralty and Maritime Law; and he is highly respected by the defendants, insurance companies, and defense lawyers he regularly opposes.

First they want to see that the plaintiff’s attorney is a technically-skilled trial lawyer who is willing to spend the time and money necessary to fully prepare a winning case for trial, and possesses the medical knowledge necessary to contend with the doctors hired by the defense to discount the plaintiff’s injuries.

Over the last thirty years, Mr. Eriksen has tried over 160 cases to juries in state and federal courts (and has successfully settled hundreds more) which have involved every type of major physical injury, including amputations, and severe spinal injuries resulting in surgery, quadriplegia and paraplegia, and severe, surgical shoulder fractures, hip fractures, femur fractures, and ankle fractures.

Unless a lawsuit for death or serious injury is settled beforehand, a jury (or, rarely, a judge) sets the amount of compensation due at a trial in a court.

Often, insurance companies and self-insured defendants wait to offer their “top dollar” settlement amount until just before (and sometimes during) the trial itself.

First they want to see that the plaintiff’s attorney is a technically-skilled trial lawyer who is willing to spend the time and money necessary to fully prepare a winning case for trial, and possesses the medical knowledge necessary to contend with the doctors hired by the defense to discount the plaintiff’s injuries.

Having the knowledge and skill necessary to win a major physical injury case for the plaintiff requires more than a law degree and a knack for advertising and self-promotion.

Instead, it comes only from years of experience handling to conclusion actual cases and trials involving serious, life-altering physical injuries, and becoming immersed in the latest technical and medical developments and literature in the process.

A rational way to evaluate and select a plaintiff’s attorney is to identify, contact, and ask lawyers who have opposed him or her (rather than relying on an advertisement or website).

Mr. Eriksen is happy to provide, as contact references, names of defense lawyers who have opposed him in cases and trials involving physical injuries leading to major surgery and disability.