Most trials are not nearly as glamorous nor exciting, as depicted in the shows airing on the major television networks. Real jury trials involve much more work and are much more serious occasions. Actual trials deal with seriously injured people, whose lives have been drastically altered as the result of another person’s inappropriate conduct. Our trials represent the final attempt to obtain a resolution with the Defendant’s insurance.   

No one wants to go to trial including neither the Jury nor our clients. Jury trials require an enormous amount of preparation and are extremely expensive. As such, we make every effort to compromise our client’s claims as quickly as possible without having to endure the time, risk, and expense of a jury trial. This usually saves money and time for our clients, as well as for the judicial system, the jury and even the Defendant. The costs associated with trial are substantially increased with each expert witness. For example, some of the elite Doctors charge as much as $10,000.00 for trial testimony and expert witness fees.

Oftentimes however, the insurance company whom is the actual controlling hand behind the Defense will simply refuse to properly pay a claim, will make excuses as to why they should not pay the claim, or will try to bully our clients into accepting a paltry or inadequate settlement. That is because the multibillion dollar insurance companies are corporations in the business of making money. So every claim the insurance companies rightfully pay reduces their overall profits. That is bad for their business. Many of these insurance companies will explore virtually every aspect of a plaintiff’s life in an attempt to discredit the injured person and devalue their claim. They usually attempt to obtain every record available since the plaintiffs childhood.    

Our office does not file frivolous lawsuits nor do we represent people who are not injured. If our office is representing a plaintiff, then that plaintiff was seriously damaged and we are prepared to fight for their rights. If the insurance company refuses to properly pay a claim or attempts to bully our clients into accepting an inadequate settlement, then our office will take the case to trial. Our clients then must rely on an often skeptical group of their peers, to obtain the justice they deserve.

 However, our clients walk in to a stacked deck. Indiana law precludes our attorneys from informing the Jury that the person being sued has insurance. We also cannot advise the jury that it is not the Defendant themselves, but their insurance company whom is really controlling the case and that any verdict will be paid by the insurance company and not by the individual defendant. So the Jury never knows that a multibillion dollar insurance company is the one responsible for paying the verdict and not the individual defendant. In fact, if there were no insurance involved, then we would not even be in trial.

However if it is necessary to go to trial, you can rest assured that we will zealously advocate for our clients. Our attorneys have the courtroom experience to go head-to-head with the most highly-paid defense counsel. Our office up-fronts significant resources to present our client’s case utilizing modern technology including radiographic images, power-point presentations, aerial and satellite imagery. In addition, our office will hire highly trained experts be it doctors, accident reconstructionist, engineers, economist, and/or any other specialist necessary to properly explain our clients damages to the jury. If our clients case goes to trial, then our staff will be working day and night until justice is served.