Our content covers a high-stakes subject. Readers make consequential decisions — whether to hire a lawyer, whether to settle, whether to keep fighting — based partly on what they read here. We take that responsibility seriously and follow a disciplined editorial process.
Sources we rely on
- State statutes accessed through official state legislative websites.
- Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) for federal materials and tort law fundamentals.
- State bar association resources and continuing legal education materials.
- Public jury verdict reporters and PACER federal court filings for settlement and verdict ranges.
- Government injury statistics from the CDC, NHTSA, and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Writing process
- Outline: A staff researcher pulls the controlling statute and any leading cases for the topic.
- Draft: A writer produces a plain-English explanation, including practical guidance and what to ask an attorney.
- Review: A senior editor with legal background checks every citation and disclaimer.
- Publication: Articles are tagged by case type, state, and category so readers can navigate by what matters to them.
Update cadence
State legislatures regularly modify statutes of limitations, damage caps, and procedural requirements. We schedule annual reviews of every state guide and immediately update any article when we learn of a change in controlling law. Each article shows its publication date and last-modified date in the metadata.
Corrections
If you spot an error, please write to editors [at] injuryclaimguide.example with the article URL and the correction. We acknowledge every correction request, and when we make a substantive change we annotate the article so readers can see what changed and when.
Independence
Our editorial team operates independently from our advertising and attorney network operations. No advertiser or referral partner reviews articles before publication, and no firm pays for placement in our editorial content.