When a person is involved in a motorcycle accident with another driver, the focus is often on holding that individual financially responsible for damages. However, sometimes there are third parties who also had a hand in causing the accident that may be overlooked for one reason or another. Here are two parties you may also want to investigate to determine if they too can be held liable and made to pay for any losses you sustained in a motorcycle accident.…
It can seem that not a week goes by without news of another data breach compromising the personal information of a significant number of consumers. From credit card accounts to Social Security numbers and even private health information, the amount of data stored on servers vulnerable to attack continues to grow. Is there anything you can do to prevent yourself from becoming a victim of a data breach? Once your information has been compromised, what is your legal recourse?…
According to some statistics, about 1 out of every 5 homes is vacant as the result of owners abandoning the properties once they went into foreclosure. Oftentimes, abandoned properties fall into disrepair, and many people have injured themselves as a result. Unfortunately, suing for compensation for injuries sustained on an abandoned property can be challenging. Here’s what you’re up against if you choose to sue the owner for a slip and fall injury you sustained while on the person’s abandoned property.…
Roughly 25% of people who have early post-traumatic seizures after a brain injury will have late post-traumatic seizures months or years later. Of those who have late post-traumatic seizures, roughly 80% of them will have yet another seizure. Having recurrent seizures is diagnosed as epilepsy, which can lead to significant changes in the patient’s life.
If you suffered a traumatic brain injury from being involved in a car accident and you had an early-post traumatic seizure in the hospital, it’s important for you to keep records of any symptom changes no matter how insignificant they may be.…
An investigation into the outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in New York has determined one of the city’s historic hotels was ground zero for the infection that has sickened 128 people so far. Testing of bacteria found in 25 patients matched the strain found in the hotel’s cooling tower. People catch Legionnaire’s disease by breathing in aerosolized Legionella bacteria.
Unfortunately, if you worked at or around the hotel in question and became ill by the disease, you may not be compensated by workers’ compensation for your damage or losses.…
As you catch up on TV after a recent injury, you might notice commercials advertising various law firms that handle personal injury lawsuits. However, before you limp to your phone and start contacting attorneys, it is important to think carefully about your situation. Here are two questions you should ask yourself before meeting with a lawyer, so that you don’t waste anyone’s time:
1: “Is it too late to file?”…
If you were to ask your physician for a list oflow impact exercises you could engage in to get healthier, bicycling would probably be among their top ten. This is a great way to not only exercise, but to be able to spend time with all age members of your family. Unfortunately, in 2013, more than 700 people were killed while cycling in accidents that involved a motor vehicle. In addition to this, more than 48,000 more were injured.…
Accidents caused by drunk driving are always legally complex, but they become even more so when the drunk driver who facilitated the accident became intoxicated at a bar. If you or someone who is close to was injured in a car accident at the hands of a drunk driver, you may also have a case against the establishment he or she was at the day of the crash. When might you have a case?…
The crash came out of nowhere, jarring you out of your thoughts about what you were going to have for dinner that night. With a sudden, slamming impact your life changed forever. You remember the sheer terror you felt as the pain overwhelmed you and emergency personnel put you in the ambulance. Although the physical injuries from your accident have settled into a new, background reality of chronic pain, you also suffered emotional injuries that sometimes feel as acute as the day the crash occurred.…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), lung cancer is the number one leading cause of cancer death, and it is crucial that medical experts are able to diagnose the condition as quickly as possible in order to prevent the cancer from metastasizing and spreading. Unfortunately, this type of cancer is also the hardest to diagnose. A failure to diagnose can lead to a poor prognosis, and those affected by a failure to diagnose may be able to file a medical malpractice claim against their acting physician.…
