Do You Know the Signs of Elder Abuse?
It is difficult to accept that those who nurtured, protected, and provided for us in our youth could be abused in their later years by the people who are supposed to care for them. Incomprehensible as it may seem, elder abuse is a significant form of human rights violation, and a real, existing evil in...
The 10 Accidents You’re Most Likely to Have at Work
Ten Most Common Workplace Accidents All types of workers, including office workers, can be injured in any number of ways. However, the following are among the most commonly occurring accidents that cause injury to workers: This has been consistently the most common workplace injury. It can result from lifting, pulling, pushing, throwing, holding, or carrying....
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Help Spread the Word About Bicycle Safety
Would it surprise you to learn that California had the most fatal bicycle accidents of any state in the U.S. in 2012? Traffic accidents in California killed 147 bicyclists and injured an additional 13,921 that year. We’re concerned about bicycle accidents and the great harm they can cause. As part of Avrek Law Firm’s efforts...
Infographic: Don’t Let a Drunk Driving Accident Ruin Your Holidays
The winter holidays provide us all with a chance to be thankful for the things that we have and spend time with the ones that we love and cherish the most. Unfortunately, during this time of thankfulness and get togethers, we also see dramatic increases in binge drinking, DUIs and drunk driving accidents in California...
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Truck-Bus Collision Shows Complications of Commercial Motor Vehicle Accidents
The New Year was barely a week old when it was marred locally by a truck accident involving two big rigs and a tour bus. The wreck put 13 people in the hospital and involved a bus company with a history of allegedly unsafe operations. KTLA reported that the crash occurred near the eastbound 60 Freeway...
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Avrek Team Supports Costa Mesa’s Someone Cares Soup Kitchen
One of our community support efforts this past holiday season was to help at the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen in Costa Mesa. The kitchen’s staff and around 150 active volunteers serve approximately 300 meals a day to homeless men, women and children in the community, and see that number swell to about 800 on holidays...
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Common Motorcycle Accident Injuries – What You Need to Know
California ranks among the states with the highest number of motorcycle accidents. Many motorcyclists who are very safety conscious will still suffer serious injuries because of another driver’s carelessness. How often do motorcycles crash? Unfortunately, often.
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New Trucker Technology Increases Safety, Decreases Privacy
In California, each year, accidents involving large trucks often end with the death of a motorist. In an effort to reduce the number of motorists killed in accidents, trucking companies are using new technology to closely monitor truck drivers. While many drivers feel that their privacy is being invaded, highway safety, overall, is improving. The...
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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...
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