Winning at trial as an injured individual after weeks, months and even years of legal deliberations and back and forth can feel like winning the jackpot, and may bring some form of relief and even closure to all the stress and trauma associated with personal injury lawsuits that make it to trial. We may feel as if the worst is behind us and that we have finally been able to secure our future as far as medical care, rehabilitation, unemployment benefits, lost wages and so on are concerned. However, this relief can be short-lived and give way to a fresh wave of stress and anxiety when the defense team decides to file an appeal to contest the judgment of the case, something that happens way too often.

Injured clients may start to ask questions to the effect of – “I won my personal injury claim at trial, but the other side appealed the verdict. Is my injury lawyer going to abandon the case due to lack of expertise when it comes to appellate court proceedings and simply pass my case off to another firm?” This is a valid question and the concerns you may have are legitimate as claims that involve hundreds of thousands or millions in compensation will almost always be appealed as the insurance company really isn’t fond of paying out substantial amounts given their for-profit business model, and if we’re being completely honest, their bad faith tactics of exploiting the injured and their own clients.

At McCready Law, we believe in representing our clients every step of the way, and we employ various tactics to ensure that you get to keep your full judgment and that your claim doesn’t end up falling into the trap of unnecessary and oftentimes frivolous appeals – read on to find out more.

Call McCready Law If Your Personal Injury Verdict Is Appealed

Are you looking for the best countrywide injury lawyer? Please reach out to us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced injury lawyers at McCready Law bring to the table combined legal experience which spans over 90 YEARS where we’ve helped tens of thousands of injured Americans across the country and from all socioeconomic backgrounds recover compensation after getting injured due to the negligent actions of other individuals. We have been able to successfully recover over $260 million and counting over the last couple of decades, with a lot of these settlements and judgments ranging in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for clients with catastrophic or disabling injuries, as well as families whose members lost their lives due to gross negligence.

Our success can be attributed to a number of unique actions that you may never experience in other law firms such as personally handling all claims and not shunting them to paralegals or legal assistants as is common practice in most law firms, engaging highly trained and renowned medical, forensics, investigative and accounting experts in order to create a compelling case replete with evidence which demonstrates causation and quantifies your damages in a way that is financially comprehensive. We run a bilingual firm (hablamos Español), and we have nationwide reach thanks to our vast and trusted network of referral attorneys.

Last but not least is the fact that we take on all cases on contingency fee basis, which simply means that there are ZERO UPFRONT FEES for the duration of the processing of your claim, as we only levy our fees at the end of the suit, and only if we’ve recovered compensation on your behalf. If you or a loved one got injured in an auto accident, slip and fall, daycare center, at a factory or construction site, at an offshore rig or sporting event, on a boat and you suspect negligence had a central role to play in said injuries, give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation – our intake team is standing by.

My Injury Claim Was a Success, but it Was Appealed – Now What?

The law can be a complex animal, and a final victory may never be truly just that – final. In injury claims that make it to trial, the other party that loses has the right to challenge a verdict by filing an appeal to a higher court, also known as an appellate process. Appellate court is distinctly different from trial court and requires a unique strategy from both parties if they are to prevail.

While a trial court is primarily used for fact-finding, listening to live evidence, the processing of witness testimony and the scrutiny of physical exhibits in order to determine liability for harm or injury caused as well as damages owed, an appellate court focuses on reviewing a trial in order to tease out any legal errors so as to challenge the outcome or verdict rendered. Therefore, appellate court does not consider new testimony, re-evaluate facts of the case and so on, but it does look into transcripts of court proceedings, the evidence admitted and all filings to determine if there was a legal fact that could cast aspersions on the verdict of the presiding judge and jury in trial court.

Is a Personal Injury Appeal a Do-Over?

It is important to note here that an appeal isn’t a “do-over” but it is a legal proceeding that must be focused on specific allegations of legal error which transpired at trial court level. Appeals may be successfully brought forth if the defense can prove that there was improper admission or exclusion of evidence, incorrect jury instructions, misinterpretation of law, abuse of discretion by a judge where the defense questions their ruling deeming it either arbitrary or unreasonable and so on.

Best Personal Injury Trial and Appeals Attorneys – Call Us Today!

While it is true that trial lawyers differ from appellate lawyers in their presentation of facts, manner of cross-examination, decision-making skills, as well as processing of thousands of pages of trial records (appellate lawyers shine at this), the experienced injury lawyers at McCready Law possess both trial and appellate court experience, and we as a firm have dedicated and integrated trial and appellate teams where we can seamlessly process a potentially appealed claim to an internal department that can continue right from where our trial lawyers left off.

There is so much information that we haven’t relayed in this article and given the unique needs of every potential injury lawsuit, we would like to invite you to give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can go over the particulars of your case for a more precise analysis and valuation of your claim. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation. Thanks for choosing McCready Law, and we look forward to helping you.