According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of five falls causes a serious injury such as broken bones or a head injury. More than 800,000 patients a year are hospitalized because of a fall injury, most often because of a head injury or hip fracture. Medical bills for fall victims…
Defendants in slip and fall cases often try to claim that plaintiffs knew or should have known that a risk for injury existed.
Ninety-six percent of the people who died in crashes involving large trucks and other vehicles on U.S. roads during 2018 were drivers and passengers outside the trucks. Further, notes the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute, a total of 4,136 individuals died in wrecks with tractor-trailers, flatbeds and construction vehicles. Roughly 15…
The most common cause of car accidents at intersections is vehicles making left turns. There are multiple reasons for this. A driver who is turning may not see a vehicle coming because their vision is somewhat obstructed or they misjudge the speed the vehicle is approaching and think they have enough time to make that…
One of the effects of being in a car crash that many people aren’t aware of is the possibility of going into a state of shock. The whole experience of the crash can be both psychologically and physically jarring. While psychological shock typically fades in a few hours following the accident, physical shock can cause…