Evidence is perishable and needs to be gathered in a very timely fashion. In a product liability case, you need to have the product that caused the injury, for example a tire or car seat, preserved in the state it was in when the accident occurred. In addition, conditions can be altered - cracks in pavements are filled, trees are cut down, whatever the case may be. Also, witnesses need to be contacted. It is sometimes difficult to track down witnesses who provided their names and numbers.
People move and are hard to locate again.
Once the investigation is complete, a team of experts is usually hired to help put the case together for you. You many need a variety of experts - engineers, architects, landscape architects, vocational rehabilitation specialists, spinal cord injury specialists, economists, chemists, metallurgists etc. The good news for people is that law firms like ours advance all of the costs in these types of cases, allowing clients of any means to have an attorney represent them. Without a well thought-out strategy, a person who has a serious injury has virtually no chance of being taken care of properly. A top personal injury attorney can work with healthcare, and other experts, to develop a life care plan for the injured person.