Pedestrian Accidents: Who Covers Medical Expenses?

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Due to causing serious injuries such as broken hips or traumatic brain injuries, pedestrian accidents often have life-altering consequences. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that traffic crashes kill nearly 6,000 pedestrians and injure another 140,000 each year. Due to motor vehicles’ inherent weight and sturdiness, non-occupants are 50 percent more likely […]

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How Does a Personal Injury Lawsuit Work?

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An accident victim might be in a position to file a personal injury claim or lawsuit if someone else’s recklessness, carelessness, or negligence caused the accident and your injuries. When it comes to personal injury cases, you want to have an experienced attorney on your side at all times, advocating for you and helping you […]

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What Is a Contingency Fee?

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Many personal injury lawyers throughout the country handle their cases on a contingency fee basis. Under a lawyer-client contingency fee agreement, the attorney does not receive compensation unless and until the client recovers monetary compensation in some form. In some instances, the compensation may come from a favorable monetary settlement from the at-fault party’s insurance […]

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How Long Does It Take to Settle a Semi-Truck Accident?

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) estimates that large truck crashes cause approximately 100,000 injuries and 5,000 fatalities each year. After a serious semi-truck accident, victims often suffer from debilitating injuries that prevent them from working while increasing monthly medical and household expenses. Many families injured by negligent truck operators wonder how long it […]

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What Happens to the Brain in a Motorcycle Crash?

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Motorcycle accidents are very different from accidents involving most other vehicles for what main reason: In a car or truck accident, the motorist has protection from their outside environment. In a motorcycle accident, riders have no protection except for any protective gear they are wearing. For this reason, collisions and other accidents can launch motorcyclists […]

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How Long Do You Have to File a Claim for a Truck Accident?

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Large trucks include big rigs, tractor-trailers, box trucks, and more. Whenever one of these large trucks collides with a pedestrian or smaller vehicle, such as a car, motorcycle, or bicycle, the injuries sustained can be serious, catastrophic, or sometimes deadly. The injured accident victim might suffer a bone fracture or a soft tissue injury, for […]

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How Can a Truck Accident Lawyer Help?

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In one recent year alone, 4,136 people lost their lives in large truck crashes. Truck occupants account for 16 percent of these deaths, while 67 percent were occupants of cars and other passenger vehicles. The other 15 percent are pedestrians, bicyclists, or motorcyclists. What’s even more concerning is that the number of individuals who died […]

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What to Check After a Motorcycle Crash

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While roughly 20 percent of passenger vehicle accidents cause injuries or fatalities, a shocking 80 percent of motorcycle crashes result in injuries or fatalities. Whether your accident resulted in injuries or not, there are several crucial things you need to check after a motorcycle accident. Making these checks can help decrease your accident-related expenses and […]

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How Do I Know if I Should Immediately Remove My Loved One From a Care Facility?

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Placing a family member in a nursing home or other type of care facility is typically a difficult decision. Before you moved your loved one to their nursing home, you probably did some research to determine the best one for them and felt reasonably confident with your decision. Then something doesn’t sit right with you. […]

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How Can You Tell if There Are Staff Issues at a Care Facility?

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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are more than 1.3 million nursing home residents across the country living in 15,600 care facilities. With the large baby boomer population aging, these numbers will keep growing over the next several years. The option to place a loved one in a nursing home is […]

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