Category Archives: Personal Injury
Women Aren’t Being Represented in Typical Crash Tests
Whenever there is news of the crashworthiness of a vehicle, inside of the vehicle, you often see those (sometimes yellow) looking fake people—mannequins, or dummies. But although they look like listless, stuffed or plastic shaped humans, the way a department store may use for a display, those dummies are actually very technically advanced. And… Read More »
Will I Owe Taxes on my Personal Injury Settlement?
So you’ve settled your personal injury case, and you pocketed whatever amount is coming to you as your compensation for your damages. But you may have forgotten about one, final bill that you may have to pay from the proceeds of your settlement: Taxes. That’s right, the government may want some money from your… Read More »
Don’t Make These 3 Mistakes After a Slip and Fall
Let’s say that you fall in a store or on someone else’s property. You are the victim. They did something wrong, to cause you to fall. It can be hard to imagine that you could do anything wrong to harm a case, should you choose to bring one later on to compensate you for… Read More »
Accident Victims Can Suffer From PTSD-Know the Symptoms
There once was a time when people thought that PTSD was a condition that was not legitimate—that it was just people “overreacting” to situations. As time went on, we tended to believe that PTSD was real, but was nothing more than a more serious form of anxiety. Now, however, the medical community finally realizes… Read More »
Who is Liable When You are Injured in an Airport?
Airports can be dangerous places to be. If you really think about it, an airport is the perfect mix of things that could cause injuries to people. In an airport you have people unfamiliar with the layout of the airport. These people are often carrying luggage, bags, or young children (or all of these),… Read More »
Danger From Above: Injuries When Objects Fall on Your Head
There are, or at least used to be, children’s cartoons, where large objects fall from tall buildings onto cartoon character’s heads. And while it is unlikely in real life that a giant piano will fall from the top of a building on your head, it is much more likely that a more common item… Read More »
How You Can Help Your Injury Attorney Win Your Case
When you go to a competent personal injury attorney, you may not even think that there are ways that you can help your attorney. After all, your attorney is the attorney, and you are the victim. While it’s true that you may not have the legal expertise your attorney does, there are things that… Read More »
Remembering the McDonald’s “Hot Coffee” Case
A jury recently awarded a girl money for burns she sustained when a McDonalds Chicken McNugget fell on her lap and burned her. The case has brought back many memories of the much-misunderstood but very infamous “Hot Coffee” case. The case became the poster child for a broken personal injury system, and for calls… Read More »
How Much Do You Know About Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect?
There are a lot of things about nursing home abuse that people are generally aware of, like the right of patients to be safe, to be taken care of, and to generally have the freedom to live their lives. But there are also many things, particularly statistics, that may in fact surprise you about… Read More »
What is Your Case Worth? That’s a Difficult Question
Do you have a great case? Is your case “worth a lot of money?” These are questions that a lot of accident victims have, and questions that are asked often of personal injury attorneys. They are not asked out of greed, but rather, out of concern for a future; when you are out of… Read More »
