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Do I Still Have a Personal Injury Claim If I Am at Fault Too?
The most common questions we receive in a personal injury claim are “How do I prove my case?” and “What is my case worth?” Which party is at fault determines what financial recovery you have a right to in any personal injury case. New Hampshire follows a comparative fault system. That is, the amount… Read More »
Bikers, Walkers Threatened By Increase In Distracted Driving
More Cars, More Walkers and Bikes, More Distractions = Higher Traffic Deaths According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), almost 6,000 pedestrians were killed in 2016 in traffic accidents. In 2015, more than 800 bicyclists lost their lives in motor vehicle-involved crashes. Pedestrian deaths shot up 10 percent between 2014 and 2015, bicyclist… Read More »
Workers’ Compensation and Workplace Safety
Workplace Safety Economic swings are common in capitalist economies, often thought of simply as “good times” and “bad times.” Sometimes, however, we experience extreme swings, from the Great Depression of the 1930s on the low end, to the “DotCom” and housing boom covering the years from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s on the high… Read More »
New Hampshire Personal Injury Law and Proportioning Fault
Negligence is the crux of a personal injury case. In order to receive compensation for personal injuries, an injured person has the burden of proving negligence on the part the defendant – for example, the other driver. In order to prove negligence under New Hampshire personal injury law, an injured plaintiff must show that:… Read More »
What are Wrongful Death Lawsuits?
At the NH personal injury Law Office of Manning Zimmerman & Oliveira PLLC, we are often asked by family members what legal rights they have if a loved one dies as the result of another person’s wrongdoing. Wrongful death lawsuits enable the family of a victim to sue a wrongdoer for damages on behalf… Read More »
Do You Know the Warning Signs of NH Nursing Home Abuse?
Protect the elderly in your life by learning the signs of NH nursing home abuse National data on cases of abuse in America’s 15,600-plus nursing homes and other elder-care programs is hard to come by. But several recent studies by government investigators, advocacy groups and the news media have chilling implications. According to the… Read More »
New Hampshire Personal Injury Attorneys Selected a “Best Law Firm”
The New Hampshire personal injury attorneys at the Law Office of Manning Zimmerman & Oliveira PLLC are honored to have been selected a “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News & World Report for 2017. Rankings for this recognition “are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations,… Read More »
Website Helps Disabled Reduce Living Expenses
According to the federal government’s census website, people living with a disability make up almost 20% of our population and are more than twice as likely to experience persistent poverty. To help reduce costs, Coupon Chief has created a guide that offers a great deal of information on different discount programs available to these… Read More »
David, a N.H. Workers’ Compensation Client
David, a NH Workers’ Compensation Client “Thank you for all you did to help me with my NH workers’ compensation case. Maureen, your advice was on point, as was all the work that was needed to help my case. Your honesty and genuine concern and faith were more than I could ever have hoped… Read More »
NH Truck Crash Lawyers: Collisions With Commercial Vehicles
According to the NH truck crash lawyers at the Law Office of Manning Zimmerman & Oliveira PLLC, collisions can happen anywhere and at any time. More and more, these crashes involve distracted drivers. In New Hampshire, a comparatively small state, traffic fatalities have been rising higher than the national average. In some instances, crashes… Read More »
