Personal Injury and Property Damage Legal Services

Millions of people are injured in motor vehicle accidents each year – many very seriously. According to statistics provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, someone in the United States is involved in a car accident every 10 seconds. In 2008, an estimated 37,261 people were killed and 2,350,000 people were injured in traffic accidents.

Negligence and consumer product defects bring bodily and emotional harm to millions of Americans each year. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that each year 27.7 million Americans visit emergency rooms for unintentional personal injury. A shocking 121,599 people die each year from those injuries. A bit of frayed carpet, an improperly executed repair, an irregular stair step, a loose handrail, an automobile accident caused by another driver’s negligence, a defective consumer product -- each threatens to cause serious personal injury.

Because insurance is regulated on a state-by-state basis, the following information is generalized. To determine your rights in your individual state, please refer to your contract of insurance or give us a call (toll-free and without obligation) at (877) 572-4143.

Traffic accidents damage thousands of motor vehicles each year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a motor vehicle collision happens every ten seconds in the United States.

A defective product not only fails to live up to your expectations, but it can also seriously injure you, leaving you with lasting pain and hardship. To ensure that you receive the compensation you deserve for injuries or damage a defective product has caused you, you should familiarize yourself with the consumer protection laws of your state.

There are more than 36 million people over the age of 65 in the United States today. Many will require some type of assisted living, whether it is in the form of an assisted care facility, nursing home, or in-home nurse. According to some estimates, between 1 and 2 million Americans aged 65 or older have been abused. That is despite the fact that nursing home residents have unique patient rights and certain legal protections.

The phrase “slip and fall” describes a personal injury case in which a person slips, falls, and becomes injured as the result of a hazardous condition on someone else’s property. Conditions can exist or arise either outside or inside a building or other structure, posing a risk. Inside a building, conditions such as wet floors, torn carpeting, or narrow stairs can cause a person to slip and hurt him or herself. Outside, someone may slip due to rain, ice, or snow. People who suffer lip and fall accidents that result in injury can be potentially eligible for damages whether the property is commercial, public, or residential. All property owners have some responsibility to ensure that an environment is safe.

Dog bites are a nationwide problem. Nearly six out of ten U.S. households include a pet. Dog owners claim that their canine companions lower their stress levels and bring happiness to their lives. But these companions also sometimes bring stress and unhappiness to others in the form of dangerous, even life-threatening, injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that nationwide about 20 people are killed, and another 585,000 injured, from dog bites every year. About 77 percent of dog bites are from the pets of family or friends, and 50 percent of attacks occur on the dog owner’s property. Nearly one in five dog bite attacks requires serious medical attention, and 31,000 people underwent reconstructive surgery in 2006 alone for injuries caused by dog attacks.

Boating is one of the most popular outdoor hobbies in the United States. And though it is widely considered a fun and relaxing sport, recreational boating has a dark side. In 2008, boating accidents in the United States resulted in 3,331 injuries and 709 deaths. Shockingly, America’s waterways are second only to highways in terms of the number of accidental deaths occurring on them.

If statistics are any indication, motorcycling is one of the nation’s most popular pastimes. In 2009 close to 10,000 motorcycles were sold in the United States. Some nine percent of Americans own one, which means there are over 4 million motorcycles registered in the United States.

Loss of consciousness is not necessary to sustain minor brain injury. However, longer loss of consciousness usually implies greater injury to the brain. Testing and evaluation by a neuropsychologist/neurologist is essential early on. Often times many providers, family physicians and otherwise, overlook the severity of these issues thinking you only have neck pain causing these headaches when in fact you have a traumatic brain injury. If not addressed and treat, TBI can cause ongoing problems.

The loss of a loved one can be tremendously difficult. It is understandable why the need for grieving sometimes causes people to wait for pursuing wrongful death claims. Time may be of the essence for investigation and information gathering thus, even though a family member may be lost, the time for pursuit, or at least hiring an attorney, should be done promptly.