Category Archives: Personal Injury
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 »
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 »
Different Ways of Showing a Property owner is Liable for Your Accident
Whenever someone falls on or is injured while on someone else’s property, the legal analysis asks whether or not the property owner acted the way that a diligent and reasonable person would have acted. That is, whether an ordinary property owner, exercising due care, would have made the premises safe. That’s generally how almost… Read More »
Can You File Bankruptcy While You Have a Personal Injury Case Pending?
If you are in an accident, you may also be under serious financial strain. So much strain, you may be considering bankruptcy. But bankruptcy can seriously affect your injury case or claim. Why are You Filing? The first question is to ask yourself why you are filing for bankruptcy. If you are filing bankruptcy… Read More »
How Much Security Does a Property Owner Need to Provide?
When we are crime victims, especially of violent crimes or crimes that cause us injury, we can, and should, point the finger at the criminal, as the wrongdoer who caused us injury. But when we are crime victims on someone else’s (or a business’) property, the criminal may not be the only entity liable… Read More »
Defenses to Dog Bite and Dog Injury Cases
If a dog injures or attacks you, the owner of that dog is strictly liable for the injuries caused by the dog. That generally means that you, as the victim, don’t need to prove that the owner did anything wrong, or that the owner failed to do something—if the dog injures you, so long… Read More »
