Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Government Now Wants Medical Debt to Affect Consumer Credit Scores
A few years ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), ordered that medical debt could not be reported to people’ credit reports. The logic was, unlike most other forms of debt, medical debt is involuntary. We just don’t know when or if we’ll get sick or injured, and getting sick or injured is not… Read More »
Your Injury Attorney Does More Than Get You Compensation
If you are injured in an accident, you may think about hiring a personal injury attorney to get yourself compensation. You want to be reimbursed for your financial losses, and also compensated for your pain and suffering and loss of the quality of your life. A good injury attorney can do that for you…. Read More »
How Do You Prove Damages in a Wrongful Death Case?
If someone dies in an accident, the relatives and family of the deceased are understandably crushed. But even though that’s obvious to anybody who has family that they love, it isn’t assumed in wrongful death cases. Even in a wrongful death case, the family and next of kin, still have to show to a… Read More »
Most People Can’t Recognize the Signs of Drowning
Let’s imagine that you are near a pool. You are supervising a bunch of people in the pool, and you’re a strong swimmer. You know you could rescue someone in need, if they were under distress while in the water. But even if you could rescue them—would you even know if they were drowning?… Read More »
Laceration Injuries: No, it’s not “just a cut.”
There is the general sense that when someone suffers a laceration, that they aren’t that injured. A laceration is seen as a cut, or some kind of superficial wound, the kind that many of us had as children when we played too hard. But overlooking the severity of lacerations is a big mistake. When… Read More »
Ways to Tell if a Loved One is Being Neglected in a Nursing Home
Nursing home and neglect cases have a unique aspect which makes them different from other types of personal injury cases. They are shrouded in secrecy, and often, the abuse and neglect is happening away from the outside world. Families who come to visit loved ones don’t visibly see their loved one getting abused and… Read More »
Large Semi Trucks Can Have Very Large Blind Spots
If you remember when you were learning to drive a car, you may remember being taught about your blind spots. In fact, much of the technology in our cars today, focuses on “seeing” things in your blind spot, and alerting you to when another vehicle is in that blind spot. Well, if blind spots… Read More »
Your Car’s Value Could Go Way Down After an Accident
In a car accident, even one that doesn’t involve another negligent driver, your property damage insurance will pay for the damage to your vehicle, or replace it, depending on the extent of the damage to the car. And while a repair of your vehicle, at no cost to you (other than what you’ve paid… Read More »
Holding Law Enforcement Accountable for Police Brutality and Excessive Force
As a general statement, police do a good job, and try their best in what is a dangerous and uncertain profession. But like any profession, sometimes things go wrong, and police overstep their boundaries, ignore policies, or they use excessive force. What can you do, if a police officer uses excessive force on you,… Read More »
How Burn Injuries Happen and Why They’re So Severe
Burn injuries can be some of the most horrific, painful, disfiguring and disabling injuries someone in an accident can sustain. And yet, they’re hardly the first kind of injury people think about when they think of accidents that cause personal injuries. You Don’t Always Need a Heat Source We tend to think of burns… Read More »
