NEUWIRTH LAW OFFICE, LLC

05/04/2026

If you’ve recently been injured, the steps you take right now can directly impact your case.

First, don't try to figure out if you have a case or not. Just call a lawyer. I have seen more good cases screwed up by people delaying that first call. We are very highly trained and able to help with the thousand things that make your case stronger. This is not a DIY situation. Why? Because only a lawyer can file a lawsuit that wins. Non-lawyers' negotiate without knowing values and without the threat of filing a lawsuit.

In my latest “Ask Andy” episode, I walk through how to properly build a personal injury case—from documenting evidence to avoiding common mistakes when dealing with insurance companies.
Many people unknowingly hurt their own claims early on. This episode will help you avoid that.

If you have questions about your situation, feel free to reach out.

This episode addresses the slow steady process of building a case for you in my view as a personal injury lawyer. https://neuwirthlaw.com/askandysc/

04/22/2026

The Second Biggest Mistake in Personal Injury Claims: Settling Early
A lot of the big personal injury firms that advertise on billboards make their money by settling a lot of cases early and before people fully understand the extent of their injuries or future medical needs. I am all in favor of early settlements as long as your are fully healed. In reality, there are a lot of less serious injury cases and a lot of serious injury cases. Mostly, serious injury cases cannot be settled before filing a lawsuit because we are seeking too much money.
If you don’t have an attorney working for you, consider why an insurer is trying to settle with you? Often people without attorneys get only a fraction of their case’s value.
Once a case is settled, it cannot be reopened, making timing a critical factor in securing fair compensation. If you are working with a lawyer, you should understand:
• Why insurance companies push early settlements: to save money on cases that they know they will have to make payments on.
• You only get one chance to make and settle a claim. Settlement ends the claim and all future pain and suffering is not their responsibility.
• Why medical clarity is critical before settling: You don’t want to have a condition that needs surgery in a year, but you settled for a sprained back.
• When it actually makes sense to settle: When you know your injury is fully healed or will be healed without further care or it’s a smaller case and litigation does not make sense.
If you have a serious injury like a broken nose, usually that will heal without surgery. We can put a value on that, say $100,000 and get your case settled if there is an offer near that amount. But, with back pain or shoulder injuries or other things that tend to take time to heal and recover, you should be careful about settling early. Sometimes, back injuries need surgery. Shoulders and necks too. Other times they do not, but you won’t know in the first months or so. So, some patience is required. Even though you may not get quick money.
The first biggest mistake in personal injury claims is not getting a lawyer involved immediately.

This episode addresses why you should take time to settle your case and why the insurance company wants you to settle early to me as an injury lawyer. https://neuwirthlaw.com/askandysc/

04/20/2026

Airbags can cause burns, fractures, and facial injuries—but that doesn’t always mean you have a legal case. Airbags are meant to protect you—but what happens when they cause injuries?
In this episode of Ask Andy, personal injury attorney Andrew Neuwirth explains:
• Why airbags can cause burns, fractures, and facial injuries
• Why those injuries are often considered “normal”
• When an airbag injury may point to a defect or malfunction
• When it may (and may not) make sense to pursue legal action
If you’ve been injured in a car accident and are wondering whether the airbag made things worse, this episode breaks down what actually matters legally. Airbags deploy with significant force and can cause a range of injuries, including burns, fractures, and facial trauma. These injuries are often expected and not necessarily evidence of a defective product. Here is some basic legal analysis focusing on whether the airbag functioned as intended or whether there was a malfunction or design defect.

This episode discusses airbag injuries including a fractured sternum, chemical burns, vertebra fractures, collarbone fractures, and eye injuries. https://neuwirthlaw.com/askandysc/

04/17/2026

Do you have Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage?

You probably don't know what this is! Uninsured protects you and your family if you are in a hit and run or hit by a driver with no insurance. Underinsured protects you in a serious case where you are hit by someone with poor coverage. These coverages are just as important as Bodily injury, which covers you when you cause the crash. Car insurance is purposely confusing for reasons that are best left for another day.

This episode talks about what insurance you should have and what your insurance coverage means and should you have hit and run insurance in my view as a motorcycle injury lawyer. https://neuwirthlaw.c

04/10/2026

I recently settled a drugged driving case, where the driver was unable to verbalize intelligible responses to the police. I had two clients in a car that was slammed into a jersey barrier by the drugged driver. The case settled once I filed the lawsuit and it ended with policy limits being offered to the clients. Not all car accident cases are created equal. Some are mistakes. Some are bad judgment. And then there are drunk driving cases—where someone made a conscious decision to ignore the safety of everyone else on the road. That difference matters.

If you are a defense lawyer faced with this situation, drunk driving doesn’t just strengthen liability—it can change the entire value structure of the case because the risk of punitive damages becomes part of the equation. Drunk driving is not just negligence—it’s reckless conduct. That distinction matters because it opens the door to punitive damages, which are designed to punish, not just compensate.

If you are a plaintiff’s lawyer, like me, the goal is to maximize damages and get the case settled. The case will never be tried. The only question becomes how much insurance coverage is available.

The risk to the individual driver is that their personal assets can be at stake. The risk to the insurer is that their drunk driving insured may sue them for not settling the case within his or her policy limits, which would prevent exposure of the driver’s personal assets.

These cases are really not defensible. So, they end up in settlements with defense counsel basically asking, “What are you looking for to settle this case?”

Insurance carriers understand the risk of a jury seeing a drunk driver. That risk alone can change how cases are evaluated and resolved. In some situations, it pushes cases toward higher-value settlements or more aggressive litigation strategies. If alcohol is involved in a crash, it is not just another detail—it is a central fact that can change the entire case.

If you are dealing with a crash involving a drunk driver, the analysis is different from a typical case. If you want to talk through how that changes your situation, feel free to reach out.

10/29/2025

The Neusletter -

Personal injury lawyers love few cases quite as much as a serious dog bite with insurance coverage. Why? What is the defense? The dog cannot testify as to what you did to him and the owner cannot say anything that would justify their dog’s attack.

10/13/2025

The Neusletter -

Arizona is now permitting non-lawyer ownership of law firms. This is already generating all sorts of interesting scenarios to develop. Private equity is actively involved in evaluating purchases of either practices or mergers of practices under a non-lawyer ownership group. These arrangements need a...

09/25/2025

The Neusletter -

CASE SELECTION: I get about 1,000 calls a year from people seeking representation. Most don’t have a case at all. Another group have a case, but not a big enough one for my practice. The big decision as a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer is: Do you want the case and do you want the client? It ...

09/03/2025

The Neusletter -

From September to early December is a great time to be settling cases. Insurers want as many of their cases closed by the end of the year. That takes a little planning, but any case deserving of a pre-litigation settlement should have a demand going out around this time of year. I dig through my cas...

08/13/2025

The Neusletter -

I know that there is a lot of hate for cyclists riding on the roads. Occasionally, I will see a misbehaving cyclist or a cyclist on a major road that they should not be on. However, more often than not, cyclists are out there getting exercise and enjoying the area.