Medical Malpractice: Types of Recoverable Damages
Medical malpractice is a type of personal injury when a patient suffers an injury due to the negligence of a healthcare worker. In return, a victim of medical malpractice can sue the negligent healthcare worker to recover damages. Some victims receive multi-million dollar awards from medical malpractice lawsuits, while others receive a few thousand dollars....
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A New Distraction: Selfies Behind the Wheel
Taking a self-portrait —a “selfie” —with a camera phone is popular; so much that the term was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. A driver, who is taking a selfie, is looking into a camera, and in turn, not focusing on the road. Unfortunately, the popular self-portrait has been added to the long list of...
Finding the Best Energy Drink Injury Lawyer
Each year roughly 10,000 people are killed in drunk driving accidents and many more are injured. More than 1 million people are arrested each year for driving while under the influence. While driving while intoxicated is a problem that affects all age groups, it is significant issue with younger drivers: 34% of drivers involved in fatal driving while intoxicated accidents are between the ages of 21 and 24 and 30% are between the ages of 25 and 34. Unfortunately, a recent trend in energy drink consumption may contribute to even more DWI deaths and injuries.
What to Do When a Car Accident Police Report Is Wrong
[avrek_evaluation_cta] Whether or not you are held financially liable for a car accident can heavily relies upon the information in a police report, but what do you do when a car accident police report is wrong? An insurance adjuster or court will review all of the available evidence, so it's imperative any mistakes be corrected as soon as possible.
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Coffee Intoxication DUI: Can Coffee Intoxicate You?
Most people associate intoxication with alcohol or illicit drugs. However, there are many other substances that cause people to experience symptoms similar to alcohol or drug intoxication.
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Hurt at a Theme Park: Can You Sue After Signing a Waiver?
On March 6th, 2014, 63-year old Anthony Theisen was injured while riding an indoor amusement park roller coaster at Mt. Olympus Theme Park in the Wisconsin Dells. Theisen fell 17 feet and was left in a coma. In a similar incident, on December 30th, 2013, 23-year old Carson Tueller and his family went to a...
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Can You Sue An Alcohol Company For Alcohol Addiction?
[2021 Update]: Though little has changed in relation to the liability of alcohol companies for alcohol addiction, ABC News reports concerns about new surges in alcoholism. According to a study supported by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), surveyed individuals reported major spikes in their alcohol consumption and binge drinking between 2019...
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When Can I Sue For Pain And Suffering?
Thousands of personal injury lawsuits are filed each year by people who were injured in accidents. In some cases, victims are awarded substantial sums of money. Indeed, the media often highlights jury awards that top $10,000,000. More often, however, victims receive damage awards that amount to a few thousand dollars. Why the disparity? Typically, when...
ADHD and Car Accidents: When Is the Driver at Fault? [2023]
[2023 Update]: Study after study continue to show that ADHD and car accidents go hand in hand and is a significant risk factor while operating a motor vehicle — and that is a serious public health issue. According to Joseph Biederman, M.D., when ADHD inattention, impulsivity and distractibility get behind the wheel, serious risk of accidents and injury increase. Within the first month of driving, teens with ADHD are 62% more likely than their non-ADHD peers to be involved in an automobile crash. Over the first four years of having a license, drivers with ADHD are 37% more likely to get into a crash, twice as likely to drive while intoxicated and 150% more likely to receive an alcohol, drug or moving violation compared to their non-ADHD peers.
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Airline Liability for Personal Injury During Flight
In early February 2014, when United Airlines Flight 1676 landed in Billings, Montana, three flight attendants and two passengers were injured and immediately transported to area hospitals with broken ankles or fractured ribs. The culprit of the injuries? Turbulence. Passengers described the turbulence as so severe that it was the “scariest 25 seconds of their lives.” ...
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