06/16/2026
One of the hardest parts of a personal injury case is the part no one warns you about: the waiting.
In this case review, Attorney Austin G. Ward explains how courts across many counties are overwhelmed, understaffed, and underfunded, and cases can linger on the docket for months.
Filing a lawsuit does not produce a quick trial date, and the date you do receive can be a year or more out. On top of that, civil trial dates are rarely the date a case actually goes to trial. They get continued, sometimes by a few months, sometimes repeatedly.
Setting that expectation early is part of guiding clients through the process with honesty.