During your first meeting with an injury attorney after any accident, your lawyer will first want to hear about what happened, and he or she may collect a variety of information from you. The length of the initial interview can ...

Accident and injury lawsuits can take many forms, but the basic stages of a personal injury case usually remain constant. FindLaw's Stages of a Personal Injury Case section provides a basic overview of the different stages of a typical personal ...

Injuries can come from many different sources, whether they involve an intentional act (such as physical battery or slander), the negligent production of dangerous prescription drugs, or even tainted food. When you become injured through no fault (or limited fault) of your own, ...

A personal injury case is a legal dispute that arises after a person suffers harm from an injury where someone else might be legally responsible for that harm. Personal injury law has mostly developed through court decisions, although many states ...

The main difference between mediation and arbitration is the process used to solve your conflict. Both options will help you solve a legal issue outside of the traditional court process, but they use two different methods to get you from ...

Welcome to FindLaw's Mediation Process section. Mediating a dispute may provide a valuable alternative to a courtroom, or at least be a viable first option before resorting to litigation. It is considerably less adversarial and encourages the parties to work ...

Lawsuits are integral to our system of law, but they're also a messy business. They take time out of your life, money from your wallet, and add stress to lives already full of enough anxiety. People tend to avoid taking ...

Mediation can be a very useful way to resolve some legal issues out of court, especially in cases where emotions run high, such as divorce. However, mediation has its disadvantages, which are often overlooked. What is mediation? Mediation is a process in ...

As dockets for small claims court, which hear cases under $2,000-$5,000, depending on the state, continue to increase at a high rate, most courts have instituted policies that encourage, and in some cases mandate, a mediated resolution of disputes wherever ...

Mediation is an informal conflict-resolution process brought before an independent, neutral third-party the mediator. Mediation cases give the parties the opportunity to discuss their issues, clear up misunderstandings, and find areas of agreement in a way that would never be ...