Newfoundland Injury Law Blog

Legal website to relieve consumer frustration

Being an injury victim and looking for an accident lawyer in Newfoundland and Labrador – it’s so frustrating!

It’s frustrating because there are so few sources of reliable information out there to help consumers find the right lawyer.  Look at the Yellow Page ads and you get the same basic message, one ad to another – free consultation, we’re aggressive, we care for you, we’re the biggest, no fee unless we collect – and what kind of basis is that for making a smart pick of a lawyer?  What in the Yellow Page ads really helps you to distinguish one injury firm from another when they all say the same thing?  

(Actually, in our Yellow Page ad we do try to help injured consumers with what may be keeping them awake at night – have a look!)

Consumer frustration at trying to find good reliable information is the reason I wrote my free book, 7 Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Injury Case.  In it, I set out factors and approaches you might consider in choosing an injury lawyer.  

But nowadays, consumers often don’t stop their research at the Yellow Pages or by asking a friend.  They “google” the internet.  And when consumers do that, they get frustrated all over again.

Because when you put in a search term like “Newfoundland and Labrador Injury Lawyer” you get lots of lawyer referral sites that are spending millions of dollars to get good search engine placement, you get lots of random law firm sites that don’t even have an office in our province, but you don’t get search results that return websites of local law firms with good reliable information on personal injury issues.  Information that can really help you make what may be one of the most important decisions in your life – choosing an accident and injury lawyer to help you with an accident claim that could affect the rest of your life.

The frustration caused by lack of good information is why I totally revamped our website as of June 2008.  Our aim is to provide injured consumers with an easy to locate web resource to help them to answer the questions that keep them up at night.  Do I even need a lawyer?  How do I find the right lawyer for my case?  Should I talk to the insurance adjuster about my injuries or sign any papers?  Am I making a terrible mistake in my claim?  

With the valuable free information you can get from my “ultimate” accident book and this website, I aim to put the consumer on an even playing field with the insurance companies.  Armed with this information, if you think you need a lawyer, the next step of hiring a lawyer is up to you.  I’ve given you the tools to make the right choice.