Auto Accident
Who Is Liable in a Car Accident Caused by a Medical Emergency?
Most accidents happen because one driver violates the traffic laws, drives while distracted, drives while drunk, or is too tired to drive. In these cases, the driver is primarily responsible for any injuries or deaths that are due to the crash. Some accidents, though, occur because of a sudden medical emergency. A driver may lose…
Read MoreWhy Trucks Are Dangerous While They’re Turning
Trucks are dangerous enough when they travel in a straight line. Controlling a truck is even more difficult during a turn. They’re big and bulky, and their blind spots are large. This is why so many commercial drivers are required to have a special license to operate trucks; they need to be safe, and other…
Read MoreWhat Are My Rights if I’m Hurt While Driving for Uber or Lyft?
Most discussions about Uber and Lyft accidents involve injuries to the rideshare passengers, and injuries caused by a rideshare driver. The reality, though, is that many Uber and Lyft drivers are injured on a regular basis, too, and some may die as a result of those injuries. The rights of rideshare drivers vary depending on…
Read MoreWhat Are the Leading Causes of Wrongful Death for Teenagers?
Discussing fatality rates in children and adolescents isn’t an easy conversation, but the more you know about the risks, the more able you are to prepare and protect your family from dangerous situations. Teenagers are in a risk category all by themselves; they’re beginning to experience the world as independent people without the benefit of…
Read MoreHow Hospitals Use Lien Laws to Prey on Accident Victims
After physically treating victims of serious accidents, some hospitals follow up with a vicious debt collecting practice that preys on the livelihood of the very same patients they previously saved. The practice of using lien laws is over 100 years old, and dates to a time when less than 10% of Americans had health insurance.…
Read MoreWhy Truck Accidents Cause Such Catastrophic Injuries
When big trucks and small cars meet, the results are never good. For the sake of perspective, the difference in mass between big rigs and passenger vehicles is about the same difference between an average adult male and a newborn infant. More specifically, if a fully loaded big rig were scaled down to around 200lbs,…
Read MoreHow Today’s Vehicles Put Pedestrians and Cyclists at Higher Risk of Injury
Fatalities from car-on-car collisions are declining as new technologies help keep passengers safe inside of vehicles. But what about pedestrians? Whether on bicycle or foot, personal injuries continue to rise for those involved in a vehicular collision. Are the vehicles we buy safe? A look at shifting trends Personal vehicles in the U.S. have gotten…
Read MoreThe 10 Most Dangerous Motorized Vehicles
The most common type of dangerous vehicle is the passenger vehicle; this makes sense because there are so many of them. But there are a lot of dangerous motorized vehicles out there. Based on our experiences as injury lawyers, the most dangerous vehicles – the ones most likely to be involved in an injury or…
Read MoreI Was Seriously Injured Driving a Company Vehicle: What Happens Next?
Getting in an accident while driving a company vehicle is incredibly stressful. The vehicle is not in your name. It’s owned by your employer. And you are more than likely worried not only about your injuries but injuries to the other people involved. You might also be running through a host of questions immediately after…
Read MoreShould I Worry About Shoulder Pain After a Car Accident?
One of the most common injuries victims of Tennessee car accidents suffer is to the shoulder. Even a slow-speed collision can injure your shoulder depending on how you were sitting in the vehicle and where that vehicle was struck. Shoulders are an important part of the movements human beings use most often, and so even…
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