Category Archives: Personal Injury
Parking Lots Are More Dangerous Than You Think
There is a general feeling that parking lots are safer places to drive, or to walk. Cars drive slower, meaning most accidents are just “fender benders.” There are no traffic lights to run through. And drivers expect pedestrians to be walking, so presumably, drivers watch out for them more than they would on an… Read More »
Why Getting an Attorney Quickly is Such a Good Idea After an Accident
“Don’t wait – get an injury attorney immediately after your accident!” “If you’re injured in an accident, get an attorney as quickly as possible!” You’ve probably heard attorneys say things like this. But do you really need an attorney immediately after suffering an injury as a result of an accident? And if so, why… Read More »
How Can Negligence Per Se Help Your Case?
Many people don’t understand that someone can be negligent, without breaking an actual, written law. Just as an example, there is no written law that says that a store has to clean their floors every hour, or that a property owner has to warn someone that there is a loose tile in the kitchen… Read More »
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 »
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 »
