Personal Injury Attorneys in Charleston, WV
Attorneys in Charleston, WV
Attorney Pat Jacobs has over 40 years of experience successfully representing injured and disabled clients throughout the state of West Virginia. Client service and client satisfaction are our main goals. Each case gets personal and individual attention.
Our Law Firm
Our highly trained, experienced, and dedicated lawyers ensure that your case is fully investigated and prepared to win. Our practice areas include workers’ compensation, social security disability (SSI/SSDI), personal injury, coal mining injury and death, defective medical products, dangerous drugs, employment issues, auto and truck accidents, Asbestos exposure, Mesothelioma, and lung disease or lung cancer.
No attorney has more experience in UBB-related death & injury cases.
West Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer
A West Virginia personal injury lawyer can determine if the worker can get a claim based on the operator or employer’s lack of following the mandated safety regulations. The personal injury lawyer will ensure that the defendant will be held accountable for having ignored these regulated safety protocols.
Fracking accidents in West Virginia are a severe matter. If you have suffered from a serious fracking accident, you must contact a West Virginia injury lawyer. Pat Jacobs will fight for your rights and the responsible parties to justice.
Product liability cases are often overlooked, especially in single-vehicle accidents involving large trucks. However, theories of defect apply equally to 18-wheelers as they do to cars. Faulty roofs and seat belts cause injuries in 18-wheeler truck accidents as well as passenger car wrecks. However, some defects, such as inadequate underride protection, are almost exclusive to 18-wheeler trucks.
Workers’ compensation is insurance for employees who were injured at their workplace during the course of their employment. Compensation can include temporary total disability benefits while the injured worker is unable to work, payment for medical bills, permanent partial disability benefits, or permanent total disability benefits.
On April 1, 2010, Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis announced a new campaign entitled We Can Help. This campaign was created to assist low-income workers in reporting wage and hour violations to the Department of Labor.
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Mesothelioma cancer, or malignant Mesothelioma, is a rare disease generally affecting the lining of the chest and/or abdominal cavity. Mesothelioma is mostly associated with exposure to Asbestos and can stay hidden in those exposed for up to 50 years. Around 2,500 to 3,500 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with Mesothelioma each year.
Medical malpractice is the failure of a medical professional or a medical facility to meet the standards of good medical practice in its specialization. A medical professional may be a doctor, nurse, medical technician, dentist, optometrist, or other health care provider. A medical facility may be a hospital, nursing home, medical testing facility, or clinic.
New medical products and devices have changed healthcare as we know it. Unfortunately, there have been some instances where defects have occurred and caused damages. If a manufacturer knowingly sells a faulty product, they could cause severe injury to the patients that they are supposed to be helping.
The pharmaceutical industry has been able to dramatically reduce the time it takes to get a drug approved and onto the shelves of American pharmacies and drug stores. This fast-track approval process has resulted in an enormous number of unsafe medications shipped to our neighborhood drug stores and then consumed by Americans. Jacobs Law Office represents individuals who have been harmed by the side effects of prescription drugs, non-prescription drugs, and medical implant devices.
SSI stands for Supplemental Security Income. Monthly benefits provided by the Social Security Administration are paid to individuals who are 65 years of age or above, disabled, blind, or meet other requirements to assist them with their limited incomes. Children who are disabled or blind may also qualify for SSI.
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some frequently asked questions about The Law Offices of G. Patrick Jacobs located in Charleston, WV. Most are general questions, and the answers that we have supplied may not apply to your legal issue. More specific questions can be answered by contacting our personal injury attorneys in Charleston, West Virginia.
Our practice areas include car accidents, wrongful death, personal injury, and more. Our experienced personal injury lawyers can answer any questions about injury and disability cases.
What is a personal injury case?
If you have been injured due to someone else’s negligence, recklessness, or misconduct, you may be eligible to pursue a personal injury case. Our experienced personal injury attorneys have settled a variety of personal injury cases in West Virginia including car accident injuries, slip and fall injuries, con
What is a “statute of limitations?”
The statute of limitations is defined as the period of time during which you can file a claim for a given kind of case. This statute varies based on the state in which you are filing a suit and the violation that has been committed. For example, a victim must file a case within two years of the time that he or she knew the malpractice had been committed. If more than two years pass before a claimant comes forward to file their case, the case will be barred and the claimant will not be able to receive compensation. Again, the statute of limitations differs depending on the type of case. If you believe that you have been the victim of personal injury, you should contact our law firm in Charleston, West Virginia as soon as possible to learn more about the statute of limitations in your particular case.
How much does it cost to hire a personal injury lawyer?
In the majority of cases, personal injury lawyers at Jacobs Law Office will take your case on a contingency basis. This means that if we do not win your case, our services are free. If, on the other hand, we win your case, our fees will be taken as a percentage of your compensation. Our office will initially pay the expenses of your case, which include hiring witnesses, compiling evidence, and other associated costs. If we win your case, our law firm will take these expenses out of the recovery. Thus, choosing to come into our office for a consultation will cost you nothing. If you believe that you are a victim of personal injury, contact our office in Charleston, WV immediately.
What is medical malpractice?
Medical malpractice is negligence by a medical professional that causes injury. Negligence in these cases is defined as any breach of the standard of care that another reasonable, equally qualified medical professional would have provided. When a medical professional’s negligence leads to a patient injury that would otherwise not have occurred, he/she may be guilty of malpractice. Contact our attorneys in Charleston.
Can I afford to hire an attorney?
Generally, personal injury attorneys in West Virginia do not charge any fees upfront. Instead, you will be charged on a contingency fee basis, which means that if you win your case, the lawyer will be entitled to a percentage of your award. If you do not win your case, you pay nothing. As for the expenses of your case (such as hiring medical experts to testify and obtaining medical records), we will pay the fees initially. If you win your case, the law firm will be reimbursed for their expenses out of the recovery. Contact our office located in Charleston, West Virginia today to get started on your case.
Will you take my case?
This question can only be answered once you have described your experience in detail to one of our experienced personal injury attorneys in Charleston, West Virginia. At Jacobs Law Office, we must feel able to establish a number of conditions in a court of law to take your case. We can only make this determination once we have heard your individual case in detail during a free consultation. Fundamentally, we must be able to establish that a third party has been unreasonably negligent and that the negligence has been the cause of your injury. If you feel that you have experienced a personal injury due to the negligence or recklessness of another, contact our office to schedule a consultation. From there, we can determine whether our law firm will represent your personal injury case in court.
7020 MacCorkle Avenue, SE Charleston, West Virginia 25304