Recent Blog Posts
Does Your Case Need An Accident Reconstructionist?
In almost every kind of lawsuit, including those for injuries, there is one common theme: both parties often have differing views of how events transpired, and different opinions of who did, and said, what. That is especially true in accident cases, where parties often point the finger at each other, with different viewpoints over… Read More »
What If You Weren’t Wearing A Helmet In A Motorcycle Accident?
If you are riding a motorcycle, helmets are always a good idea. In fact, they can avoid catastrophic injury. But despite their benefits, many people don’t use them, and the law, for many, doesn’t require them. So if you’re in an accident and you weren’t wearing your helmet–can you still recover damages? The Helmet… Read More »
Using Accident And Injury Records Of Strangers To Help Your Injury Case
If you are injured in a dangerous condition on someone’s property one of the first things they will say as a defense, is something like “that’s been there for a while and nobody else has been injured on it.” If you are injured by a doctor who commits medical malpractice, you may want to… Read More »
Are Rideshare Drivers Behind The Wheel Too Long To Be Safe?
Let’s say that you are in an Uber or Lyft, and you are in an accident. Your Uber driver blames the other driver, while the other driver blames your Uber driver. You are just a passenger. From your perspective, it seems as if your driver may have done nothing wrong, that you can tell…. Read More »
Liability When Property Has An Attractive Nuisance On It
There are some things and some conditions that just naturally attract people, particularly children. But that’s not just a life observation. It’s one the law makes also, when it comes to the doctrine of attractive nuisance. Straight Trespassers To understand attractive nuisance, you must understand the duty that a landowner owes to trespassers. In… Read More »
Your Injury Attorney Helps You In More Ways Than You Think
We tend to think that our personal injury attorneys only get compensation for their injury victims. While that’s a large part of an injury attorney’s job, and the primary thing he or she can do for you–that’s not the only reason to get a good injury attorney after your accident. An injury attorney does… Read More »
Is Anybody Liable When A Student Athlete Gets Injured Playing A Sport?
When our children play sports, whether for schools or cities or private organizations that offer athletic programs, and injuries happen, the cause of those injuries is often dismissed as being just part of the game or sports activity. And while there is some truth to that, you should not quickly assume that if a… Read More »
Understanding Dooring Accidents
Dooring is kind of a funny name, for a very real accident, and one that we can all relate to. As the name suggests, it’s when someone–usually a pedestrian or a bike rider, but it may be another car driver as well–is hit by someone opening their (usually parked) car door, or leaving their… Read More »
There’s More Science To Dog Bite Cases Than You Might Think
When we think of dog bites and dog bite injury cases, we don’t turn our minds to science. Dog bite cases don’t seem to be the most scientifically involved cases that would require any type of specialized knowledge to prove. And while that may be true in some dog bite (and dog injury) cases,… Read More »
What Does It Mean To “Go Into Shock” After An Accident?
After a major accident, it often is not the actual injury that is the most deadly aspect of what happened to you. It’s often the body’s reaction to the injury. It’s called going into shock, and while TV and movies have shown us that going into shock is a bad thing, most people don’t… Read More »
