Frequently Asked Questions

How do I pay for my medical care if I’ve been in a wreck, been in an ambulance, and been to the hospital? The ideal answer is your health insurance. You want all of your bills – the ambulance, the hospital, the ER doctors, the radiologist, your primary care physician wh...

Do you need money to hire Skinner Law Firm? No, you don’t. Skinner Law Firm works on a contingent fee basis in our personal injury cases. That means that you will never write us a check, you will never need to give us your credit card number. What ends up happening at the...

“Do I have a good case?” That’s a question that we get on a pretty regular basis. There are three things that we look at. The first one is sometimes called liability or fault, and what we really mean is, did someone break a rule? If someone did break a rule, t...

Can I get a pain and suffering settlement? The short answer is yes. Pain and suffering is one of the elements of damages, as lawyers call it, that you’re entitled to recover if you’ve been in a wreck. Other types of damages you can get are your medical bills, your l...

We’d be happy to offer you a free initial consultation for your personal injury case. It’s really that simple – no charges involved. Contact our West Virginia personal injury attorneys near you in Martinsburg and Charles Town today for a consultation.

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Are personal injury settlements taxable? No, the IRS has a provision that says that if you have a bodily injury and then you recover for that bodily injury, you don’t have to pay tax on it. The theory is you’re just being compensated; you’re being put back in ...