Whenever a news story about cycling is posted on a local news site across the country the comments below it inevitably contain a well worn litany of drivers berating cyclists. The specific incident in the cycling crash news story itself has limited significance to...
The contingency fee or “No fee unless you win” allows many people who otherwise couldn’t do so obtain access to legal services. In the many years our Idaho personal injury attorneys have represented injured people, few clients have wanted us to work...
Car insurance is a far more complex topic than one might initially think. There exists a wide variety of automobile insurance coverage types: collision coverage, medical payments insurance, basic liability, underinsured motorists coverage (UIM), uninsured motorists...
When we deal with semi-truck crash cases we often see clients with some sort of spinal cord injury. The spinal cord is a long thing bundle of nerves that runs from your brain down the center of your spine. It ends in your lower back. The spine protects it. In our...
One of the first questions our injured clients ask is: Who pays my medical bills? This question is always on our client’s minds. We hear it whether the injury occurred in an auto accident, a bicycle collision, a truck crash or any other type of on the road...
We regularly deal with grieving families who have lost a loved one to a vehicular manslaughter caused by a negligent driver. As civil lawyers we do what we can under the wrongful death statute to take care of these people. This remains true whether the lost loved...
Learning to ride a bike is still an American right of passage for a young child and that makes bike safety for kids important. The freedom bike riding brings to kids also needs some common-sense parenting to avoid unnecessary accidents and injuries. As an attorney...
Suing drunk drivers for causing injury is part of what we do. Drunk driving is referred to in the law of Idaho as driving under the influence (DUI). In other places it is referred to as driving while intoxicated (DWI). Regardless of what you call it, the behavior...
When one person’s negligence injures another person, the injured person has the right to recover monetary compensation for the damages they incur. The term damages has two parts. One part of damages are the economic losses (lost income-medical expenses etc.). ...
Our firm’s roots date back to the founding of Hepworth Law offices in Buhl in 1953. John C. Hepworth founded the firm and practiced for over 50 years. It is his legacy of doing law the right way that our firms seeks to live up to every day. And we are proud...
