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If a previous injury worsened because of the accident, it can be considered in your claim. It might require evidence showing how the recent incident aggravated the old injury.

While not mandatory, having an expert by your side ensures you’re better informed and possibly better compensated. It also helps in navigating interactions with insurance companies.

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Yes, each state has a statute of limitations, which is a deadline for filing lawsuits. It’s crucial to be aware of these time limits to avoid missing out on potential compensation.

A direct appeal is a process through which a party asks a higher court to review the decisions made by the trial court in a particular case. The main focus and purpose of this review is to determine whether the trial court was correct in its reasoning, procedure, and/or determination. Even if there was some error by […]

Idaho has two courts that are for appeals coming out of magistrate and district courts (the trial courts in Idaho): the Idaho Court of Appeals and the Idaho Supreme Court. The Idaho Supreme Court is the highest Idaho state court, and its legal rulings are binding on all lower courts. In addition, for misdemeanor criminal appeals there […]

As a general matter, you must be a party to an action in order to appeal a court’s ruling. In a criminal case, the parties to the action are the defendant who is charged with the offense, and the State of Idaho which is prosecuting the charge. As appeal “as of right” means that a party is […]

Along the course of a criminal case, it is common for the trial court to enter a series of decisions that shape the issues and evidence that can be raised at trial. But, depending on what type of order is being appealed from, the issues that can be raised on appeal might be more limited. In other […]

The short answer is yes, but such appeals are very rare. It generally must be an exceptional case for the Idaho Supreme Court to grant special permission to appeal a ruling that is not otherwise appealable as a matter of right. The Idaho Appellate Rules have a mechanism through which a party can seek to file […]

The answer is almost always yes. And here’s why. For legal issues at trial, it is not always necessary to provide extensive case law in support of an argument (although it is certainly advisable to do so). At the trial level, a party usually just needs to make their request or objection in a timely manner and […]