{"id":1992,"date":"2016-12-29T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2021-09-02T21:47:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T21:47:02","slug":"lawyer-wishes-knewthere-no-slam-dunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/articles\/lawyer-wishes-knewthere-no-slam-dunks\/","title":{"rendered":"What Your Lawyer Wishes You Knew: There Are No \u201cSlam Dunks\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1998 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/basketball-768713_960_720-e1481570678803.jpg\" alt=\"Slam Dunk\" width=\"955\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/basketball-768713_960_720-e1481570678803.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/basketball-768713_960_720-e1481570678803-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/basketball-768713_960_720-e1481570678803-768x115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/basketball-768713_960_720-e1481570678803-700x105.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>There Are No \u201cSlam Dunks\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes, people call us and say their legal case is a \u201cslam dunk\u201d and that it will be really easy. That is very rarely the case. In fact, <strong>nearly every case has at least one or two factors that make it complicated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The law itself is complicated and there are often problems regarding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>insurance coverage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>reimbursement requirements <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>joint and several liability<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>pre-existing medical conditions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>liability concerns<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>causation problems <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cases require experience, strategy, and planning in order to bring them to justice. Unless you have practiced this type of law yourself in our jurisdiction, you can\u2019t know everything that can come into play \u2013 and we don\u2019t expect you to.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, you need an experienced attorney who knows how to litigate personal injury and insurance cases. You need someone who can analyze all the legal issues \u2013 both the ones that you can see and those you can\u2019t. You need someone who knows how to prepare a case properly and who will marshal their legal experience and knowledge for your benefit. This takes time. There generally isn\u2019t a uniform solution to every case. Your case is just as unique as you are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When shopping for a lawyer, instead of assuming that your case is a \u201cslam dunk\u201d and it will be easy, interview the lawyer you may select. Find out how they view the case, what their experience is with cases like yours, and how they plan to handle your case to obtain justice for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you\u2019re in need of a lawyer, call Nelson Boyd\u00a0at 206-971-7601.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,109],"tags":[114,152,153,34,26,23,92,38,46,287,98,122,11],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-legal-tips","tag-attorney","tag-car-accident","tag-car-crash","tag-deborah-nelson","tag-insurance","tag-jeff-boyd","tag-legal-information","tag-nelson-boyd","tag-nelson-boyd-attorneys","tag-personal-injury-case","tag-seattle-lawyers","tag-state-of-washington","tag-washington"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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