One complaint you probably have about your lawyer is your lawyer is late. Late for meetings with you. Late for phone appointments with you.

Late for Court (yes, this happens a lot). After your lawyer is late, he or she then acts as if they don’t have time to meet with you and is trying to get out the door as soon as they came in.

Read the frequently asked question below “How do you run your law office differently Jay?” to see how you can set your own phone appointment or office meeting 24 hours a day.

I am THE ONLY lawyer in the country that allows you to do this and handles your case from start to finish.

Meetings and phone appointments will start and end on time. I am a stickler for this because your time is valuable.

Why waste it playing phone and email tag with me?

The lawyer never talks to you.

The truth is most lawyers hate talking to their clients.

So what do most lawyers do?

They avoid talking to you. They have you talk to their paralegal or legal assistant. . .or worse they have you play phone tag with them.

Lawyer love playing phone tag with you. After you hire a lawyer, this is THE number one complaint about lawyers by far.

The love it so they can avoid talking to you. It is stupid but that is what most lawyers do. I keep my case load low so that I can handle my cases myself. Also, if you hire me (please read my book first before you try to hire me) you can set your own phone appointment or office meeting 24 hours a day online. I don’t think there is any other law firm in the entire country that let’s you set your own phone appointment or office meeting 24 hours a day online. This eliminates the phone and email tag nonsense. I guess I’m a little old-fashioned. I like talking to you. Most lawyer, however, don’t.

Another complaint about lawyers after you hire one is you never actually meet the lawyer you hired.

So, you’re watching tv and one of the tv lawyers comes on (I have no problem with advertising but I do have a problem with treating people this way) and you think you are hiring him.

The truth is you aren’t. You’ll never meet that lawyer.

He’s just lying to you to try and get you to hire him so he can get your case settled as quickly as possible so he makes money and you get pennies.

The insurance companies know this. That is why they offer these tv lawyers 50 cents on the dollar, if that, for settlements.

That’s the truth. It is the blunt honesty that tv lawyers don’t want you to know.

They lie to you. They lie repeatedly to you. They get most of the money in the settlement and you get pennies.

Meanwhile, they are laughing all the way to the bank. It’s disgusting what these tv lawyers do to their clients.

First, you can set your own phone appointment or office meeting 24 hours a day online.

I think I am the only lawyer in the country where clients can set their own phone appointments or office meetings online.

Your time is valuable so why in the world would you waste it playing phone and email tag with your lawyer?

Allowing you to set your own phone appointments and office meetings online prevents the phone and email tag frustration.

Most lawyer love that non-sense.

I don’t.

At the bottom of nearly every email I send you there is a link where you can set your own phone appointment or office meeting 24 hours a day.

You can see for yourself by clicking on www.JayFosterLaw.com/Appointments or www.JayFosterLaw.com/OfficeMeeting.

Second, I don’t settle cases where I get rich and you get pennies.

TV lawyers like to do that because they don’t go to Court.

The insurance companies know this and they make them very low offers on cases because they know most juries don’t like the tv lawyers.

Imagine how embarrassed you would feel IF (and that’s a big if) the tv lawyer goes to Court on your case and when talking with the jury, one of them says, “Your tv ads are stupid and you make outrageous promises that aren’t true.”

How does your tv lawyer get around that problem?

The truth is he can’t.

He will get destroyed.

Also, I have phone appointments on Saturdays. This way you don’t have to take off work to talk with me.

Most lawyers keep banker’s hours.

Next, I don’t lie to you and pretend you can’t fire me.

Nearly every day, I get calls from people like yourself frustrated with their lawyer.

You hate your lawyer.

Your lawyer doesn’t talk with you.

Your lawyer doesn’t listen to you.

You want to fire him but you are scared because your lawyer has told you some lies about firing him.

Here’s how I look at it: if you don’t like what I’m doing then I have failed. It is that simple.

For whatever reason, I didn’t give good customer service and now you want to fire me.

I don’t fault you. I fault me.

So I will ask you: what could I have done better? What did I do wrong? How can I get better for future clients?

I ask those questions because I do want to get better for future clients.

But, I’m never going to lie to you and say you can’t fire me or that you owe me a bunch of money if you fire me (this is another lie lawyers love to tell so you don’t fire them – the truth is you don’t pay the lawyer any money for firing them – the lawyer gets paid by the insurance company).

Finally, you hire me so you get me.

You don’t get put off on a paralegal or legal assistant.

I guess I’m a little old-fashioned because I believe if you hire me, then it is my job to talk and meet with you.

Most lawyers hate doing that.

No. In Mississippi, we love voting for people who love insurance companies. This includes Judges.

So, the rules are the jury never finds out the person who made a decision to break broke all the safety rules and smash into you has insurance.

Why?

So the insurance company lawyer can play on the jury’s sympathy by saying things such as “Please don’t vote against my poor client. He has no money to pay this.”

Or some other such nonsense.

The rules aren’t fair but life isn’t fair.

Yes.

As long as the person who caused your wreck in Mississippi had insurance coverage then it should pay for a car rental for you while your car is being repaired.
One thing you need to know though.

You MUST have insurance to cover the rental car in case you wreck it.

If you don’t have insurance to cover any wreck while you are driving the rental car, then the rental car place will want you to buy their insurance which is insanely expensive.

The statute of limitations is legal mumbo jumbo for a time limit.

I didn’t make up the words “statute of limitations.”

Lawyers did because they don’t speak English for some reason.

You have a time limit to either settle your case or file a lawsuit.

If you don’t settle or file a lawsuit within this time limit, then your case is over.

So you can’t miss the deadline or you can’t get any money for the wreck, even if you didn’t cause the wreck.

So what are the time limitations? A car wreck in Mississippi can be limited to one year.

The time can be as long as three years. It depends on your case.

If you were in a wreck in Mississippi, I don’t charge you anything unless I win.

So, everything I do for you is free until I get the insurance company to pay us money for your injuries from the wreck.

I don’t see how the legal system would work for people who get hurt in a wreck, can’t work any longer, and if they had to pay a lawyer, there’s no way they could survive financially.

Only the 1% would have access to the legal system and that is just not fair for the rest of America.

Paying a lawyer $150-$250 a hour would be impossible for most people in Mississippi so that’s why I do it for free and I don’t get paid unless we win.

So that’s why I don’t charge you anything unless I get a settlement from the insurance company.

If I get the settlement, then I get paid. If I don’t get the settlement, I get nothing.

And that’s also why I don’t take bad cases.

I let the stupid tv lawyers who tell you that you can get a million dollars for someone sneezing in your direction take those bad cases.

Yes.

I get this question a lot.

If you didn’t cause the wreck, then you don’t pay for the damage to your car. It’s as simple as that.

But, what I tell most people is don’t drive yourself nuts trying to get the idiot’s insurance company to pay for the damage to your car.

I would just use your own insurance to pay for it.

Then, your insurance company can get their money back from the idiot that ran into you.

I say “idiot” because whoever smashed into you chose to do it.

It wasn’t an “accident.”

It was a choice.

What I’m finding now is most people were on their cell phone either talking or texting or even checking their email.

So, if they know that doing that is going to cause a wreck (or at least greatly increase the chances for it), then how in the heck was this an accident?

It wasn’t.

It’s no different than making a choice to go rob a bank. You may not intend to hurt someone but the fact is you did.

It’s no different than the rule-breaker texting while driving.

It’s a choice.

And they chose to smash into you.

One of the ways you can figure out if your lawyer has the necessary experience for your Mississippi wreck with an 18 Wheeler is by finding out if they know the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations in detail.

If your attorney does not have a current copy and the copies of the last several years of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, then your attorney may not have the experience necessary to handle your case.

I highly recommend you read my book BEFORE you hire any lawyer for a wreck with an 18 wheeler.

I’ve got questions you should ask your lawyer in my book which will help you figure out if the lawyer knows what in the heck he is doing.

Yes.

Obviously, what I mean by “fatigue” is a truck driver who is too sleepy to be driving.

All they have to do is install a device called “Sleepwatch” or Grace’s device.

It monitors whether a driver is too tired to drive and can help prevent wrecks.

Why are truck drivers sleepy?

Because trucking companies push them to drive way over the number of hours they should be driving.

They push them to break the rules and they don’t care.

I was involved in the Texaco Gas Station explosion case.

That’s the one in Biloxi right on the beach.

You know why that gas station blew up and burned people alive?

Because the truck driver was so tired he thought he was in Long Beach at the time.

You see this truck driver was delivering gas to the gas pumps. He was putting it in the underground tanks.

He had already filled the tanks in Biloxi earlier.

But, he was so tired, he forgot and literally thought he was in Long Beach at another gas station.

So, he overfilled the underground tanks.

Gas starts running out all over the place. He sees this and runs.

The gas blows up and people get burned alive.

I won’t ever forget the picture of someone’s toe melted off in the middle of Highway 90.

It makes me sick every time I think about it.

No.

In fact, it is approximately $850.00-$1,00.00 to install devices in 18 Wheeler Trucks.

These devices monitor truck drivers and help determine whether they are too tired to drive.

Certainly, $850.00 is not too much to ask to avoid a death or injury.

Yet, we still have trucking companies across the country who have refused to install this simple device.

If you got hurt at work, you might get a settlement.

I say “might” because not everyone gets a settlement.

You might get one, you might not.

There’s a bazillion things to consider when trying to figure out how much money you can get.

Here’s a few things to consider: 1. Your injury. 2. Your educational level. 3. Your work experience. 4. Your “loss of wage earning capacity.” 5. Your age.

There’s a bunch of other stuff to think about in trying to get a case settled.

Just read my book and you can get more information about how to settle your worker’s compensation case for free.

Yes.

If you suffer a workers compensation injury and thereafter, you are temporarily totally disabled, at some point you may return to work at light duty.

If your employer puts you back to work at light duty but pays you less money than what you were earning at the time of the accident, you are entitled to temporary partial disability benefits.

This is defined as the two-thirds of the difference in your pre-injury and post-injury wages.

No.

If you got hurt at work in Mississippi while working for a Mississippi employer, you don’t get money for pain and suffering.

However, you are entitled to a bunch of other things such as your Mississippi Worker’s Compensation check (if your doctor takes you off work due to your work injury), round trip mileage to your doctor, and payment of all of your medical expenses related to your worker’s compensation accident.

Why is it this way?

Because we love insurance companies in Mississippi.

Your legislators limited the amount you can recover for getting hurt at work.

So your employer and the insurance company is very happy about this.

If you get hurt on the job in Mississippi, the amount of money you can get is limited by state law. In other words, it is not an unlimited amount.

Don’t believe the baloney some lawyers try to sell you.

You can’t get millions for a Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Accident.

Read my book about worker’s compensation accidents which will give you more information about this.

You get the book for free.

I did not make this term up.

Lawyers made up this legal mumbo jumbo.

So here in Mississippi, what this means if you got hurt at work, you may reach what is called “maximum medical improvement.”

Some people may abbreviate maximum medical improvement to MMI.

Essentially, what this means in English, is that your doctor says you are as good as you are going to get.

You may not necessarily be completely healed and you may need more medical treatment but, for Mississippi Worker’s Compensation purposes, again, you are as good as you are going to get.

This goes up every year.It’s now up to .56 cents per mile if you got hurt in a Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Accident.

Don’t let the insurance company jack you around.

You get paid this mileage and they are required to pay it.

I say just use Google Maps to figure out your mileage.

It’s not just for your mileage to the doctor either.

You get it for going to the physical therapist.

Picking up prescriptions.

Just about anything related to medical care.

And no, if I accept your case, I don’t get any money out of your mileage.

You can read my book for more information about this.

If you are in a Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Accident, you are entitled to 66 2/3s of your average weekly wage.

Once again, we have to look at some legal mumbo jumbo written by the Mississippi Legislature.

Section 71-3-17(b) of the Mississippi Code, says, “Temporary total disability: In case of disability, total in character but temporary in quality, sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2/3 %) of the average weekly wages of the injured employee.”

This Section of the Mississippi Code is discussing an injured Mississippi Worker who is temporarily totally disabled and the amount, as a percentage, of what you, the injured worker, should receive from the insurance company.

As I always say, many things change in Mississippi Worker’s Compensation law.

Mostly, because your local state legislator is bought and paid for by insurance companies.

So the legislators think of ways to cram it down your throat.

If you are injured in a Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Accident, your average weekly wage is determined by taking the average of your wages for the 52 weeks before your worker’s compensation accident.

This can get complicated and as always, we recommend you contact us directly to get an accurate answer for your Mississippi Worker’s Compensation injury.

And no, in case you’re wondering, I won’t charge you to answer the question.

But, here’s some legal mumbo jumbo for you from your state legislature: Section 71-3-31 of the Mississippi Code says, “the basis for compensation under this chapter shall be the average weekly wages earned by the employee at the time of the injury, such wages to be determined from the earnings of the injured employee in the employment in which he was working at the time of the injury during the period of 52 weeks immediately preceding the date of the injury divided by fifty-two.”

Section 71-3-31 also says, “but if the injured employee lost more than seven days during such period, although not in the same week, then the earnings for the remainder of such 52 weeks shall be divided by the number of weeks remaining after the time so lost has been deducted. When the employment prior to the injury extended over a period of less than 52 weeks, the method of dividing the earnings during that period by the number of weeks and parts thereof during which the employee earned wages shall be followed, provided that results just and fair to both parties will thereby be obtained. Where, by reason of the shortness of time during which the employee has been in the employment of his employer, it is impracticable to compute the average weekly wages by the above method of computation, regard shall be had to the average weekly amount which, during the first fifty-two (52) weeks prior to the injury or death, was being earned by a person in the same grade, employed at the same or similar work in the community. Wherever allowances of any character are made to an employee in lieu of wages or specified as part of the wage contract, they shall be deemed a part of his earnings.”

No, I did NOT write this legal mumbo jumbo.

The truth is it drives me crazy that legislators and lawyers can’t speak English.

They speak some weird foreign language that drives me nuts.

If you went to trial and the Judge issued an Order ruling against you on your Mississippi Worker’s Compensation case, you have 20 days to appeal the decision. This means the appeal of your Mississippi Worker’s Compensation case absolutely must be filed with the Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Commission on day 20 or earlier. In other words, mailing the appeal on the twentieth day is not good enough. It must actually be filed with the Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Commission on or before the twentieth day after the Mississippi Administrative Law Judge makes a decision.

Section 71-3-47 of the Mississippi Code provides the time deadline for this and says, “This decision shall be final unless within twenty (20) days a request or petition for review by the full commission is filed.”

Procedural Rule 10 of the Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Commission, says, “In all cases where either party desires a review before the Full Commission from any decision rendered by an Administrative Judge, the party desiring the review shall within twenty (20) days of the date of said decision file with the Secretary of the Commission a written request or petition for review before the Full Commission.”

The Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Commission has made up rules.

Why?

Because, frankly, you can’t trust lawyers as far as you can throw them.

So they had to come up with some rules because most lawyers will do just about anything to win.

So that’s where this Rule came from – the Commission.

Please be aware that statutes and rules change all the time so please do not rely upon what you are reading on my website in regards to your case.

Why do the laws and rules change all the time?

I find it is because your local legislator is voting against you.

He or she is trying to figure out what laws they need to pass to stick it to you.

I don’t care if your legislator is your best friend.

They aren’t voting for you.

Your legislator votes for insurance companies.

You can bank on that.

First, make sure you get to an emergency room and get the medical treatment you need.

Next, if you can, please tell your supervisor immediately about the accident.

After this, please understand that you have the right to choose your own doctor when you are injured at work in Mississippi.

This is one of your most important rights and you should use it.

Don’t get jacked around by the insurance company’s doctor.

No. There are no jury trials for Mississippi Worker’s Compensation cases. Instead, all of the trials have a Judge.

There’s a court reporter present to take down everything that is said in the court room.

The insurance company has their lawyer present.

Your lawyer is present.

Sometimes, your employer will have a witness there sitting with the insurance company lawyer.

There are eight Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Judges for the entire State.

The Judge listens to everything and then decides who wins the case.

If you were injured at work in Mississippi, you get a workers compensation check IF your doctor says you can’t work because of your work injury.

The amount depends, in part, on what you were making at the time of the injury.

But, no workers compensation benefits are required to be paid for the first five days of temporary total disability.

Yes! The right to get your own doctor for a Mississippi Worker’s Compensation Accident is one of the most important rights you have.

Don’t let the insurance company push you around on this.

I GUARANTEE you that the insurance company will try and send you to their doctor.

If you don’t believe me on anything else, believe this: the insurance company’s doctor knows which side his bread is buttered on.

And it isn’t yours.

I also answer the question of whether you are entitled to a doctor of your own choice on video.

Just click on Do I Get My Own Doctor?