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Practice area 02General liability defense.
Premises, automobile, and negligence claims defended from first notice through trial — worked from the outset as though every one of them will be tried.
Overview
The value of a liability case is set long before a jury sees it. It is set by what the investigation found in the first month, by whether the right experts were retained before the other side locked in their narrative, and by whether opposing counsel believes the file will actually be tried.
Laur Law defends premises, automobile, and negligence claims for insurers and the businesses they insure. Robert has defended multi-million dollar exposures to defense verdict. Files are built for trial from the beginning — which is also, reliably, what makes a reasonable resolution possible.
What clients bring to us
- Premises liability — slip and fall, trip and fall, negligent security, and maintenance claims
- Automobile and commercial vehicle negligence
- Bodily injury claims with disputed causation or pre-existing conditions
- Property damage and property-related negligence
- Claims involving contested medical damages and letter-of-protection treatment
- Cases with comparative fault or third-party responsibility
- Matters requiring coordination with a related workers' compensation claim
How Laur Law approaches these matters
Evidence disappears on a schedule
Video is overwritten, witnesses move, and conditions get repaired. The first weeks decide what evidence will exist at trial, so investigation begins immediately rather than after the pleadings settle.
Damages are a defense, not an afterthought
Liability often gets all the attention while the number is built on the medical. Treatment history, causation, and the reasonableness of charges are examined with the same rigor as the underlying negligence question.
Credible trial posture changes the negotiation
Opposing counsel notices which files are being prepared and which are being processed. Consistent readiness is the least dramatic and most reliable form of leverage there is.
What to expect
- Immediately — evidence preservation, scene and video, early witness contact
- First 30 days — liability and damages assessment with a realistic verdict range
- Throughout — reporting to your format, advance notice of anything that moves the budget
- At trial — the attorney who has had the file since day one
Questions we get
How early should we assign a liability file?
As soon as suit is anticipated, and earlier if there is video, a scene that will change, or witnesses who will be hard to locate later. Early assignment costs very little and preserves a great deal.
Do you handle cases with a parallel workers' compensation claim?
Yes, and handling both sides in one place avoids the coordination problems that arise when separate firms take inconsistent positions on the same set of facts.
Will the case be tried by the attorney who worked it up?
Yes. There is no handoff to a trial team that has to learn the record from scratch.
Do you provide verdict range assessments?
Yes, in writing, with the reasoning behind the range. Assessments are updated when discovery changes the picture rather than left to stand.
New suit to place?
Send the complaint. You will have an assessment and a plan, not a form letter.