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| There are various ways that personal injury may result. Personal injury may be caused by defective or dangerous consumer goods, motor vehicle accidents, slips and falls or even animal attacks. Personal injury attorneys are experienced with recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of your case. They know before you pursue legal action if you have a potential case and what would be needed to make it stronger. Personal injury attorneys work with the experts in various areas that assist with intelligently investigating the technical and medical aspects of your case as well as investigators to complete all the details. Read More >> |
| Please review our personal injury frequently asked questions concerning issues as: You’re ENTITLED to Compensation! and What is negligence? Also reivew questions concerning what you need to know about insurance companies. |
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| According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), someone is involved in a car accident every ten seconds in the United States. This high frequency of car accidents makes motor vehicle accidents the most common personal injury cases in the courts today. In most states, motor vehicle accidents are covered by negligence law, although some states have laws (known as “no-fault” laws) that state that the driver that caused the accident is irrelevant to the case. Generally, however, motor vehicle drivers have to use the amount of care that a reasonable person would employ under the circumstances. Read More >> |
| Please review our motor vehicle accidents frequently asked questions concerning issues as: Who can I sue for compensation for my injuries? or How much compensation can I get? |
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Medical Malpractice occurs when a physician fails to properly treat a medical condition and the negligent act or omission is the cause of additional or aggravated injury to the patient. Obviously the physician cannot be responsible for the original underlying medical problem. This negligence could cause a case against the doctor if his/her actions differ from generally accepted standards of practice, or it may be against the hospital for improper care. These include problems with nursing care, medications or sanitation. Local, state and/or federal agencies, which operate such hospital facilities, may also be held liable.
Medical malpractice laws are designed to protect a patients' rights to seek compensation if they are injured due to negligence. Medical malpractice cases are by their very nature, complex, expensive to pursue and have a high risk of no recovery. If you believe you have a medical malpractice claim, it is essential to seek advice from our experienced medical malpractice attorney who may assist in determining the validity of your claim and the details that need to be proven to see if it is worth pursuing. Read More >> |
| Please review our medical malpractice frequently asked questions concerning issues as: If I think I have a medical malpractice claim, what should I do? or May medical malpractice damages be recovered if the signed consent forms are considered valid? |
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| "Workers' compensation" refers to both the benefits that employees injured on the job are entitled to and the method for obtaining those benefits. Workers' compensation laws are set by each state and these laws can vary from state to state. Additionally, the federal government has workers' compensation laws for federal government employees and employees in certain types of jobs.
In most states, the laws require every business to have some type of workers' compensation insurance to cover employee's injuries on the job. Read More >> |
| Please review our workers' compensation frequently asked questions concerning isuees as: Why was workers' compensation developed? or How could this problem be solved? |
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The National Highway Safety Administration reports that in 2006, over 4,800 motorcyclists were killed. This is an increase of 5 percent of motorcyclists killed in 2005. Over the past 10 years, the number of motorcyclists injured has risen by 37.5 percent, with 88,000 motorcyclists that were injured during 2006*. In Iowa 86 percent of motorcycle deaths involved those without helmets, 21 percent of motorcycle deaths included alcohol. Read More >> |
| Please review our motorcycle accidents frequently asked questions concerning issues as: What compensation may I receive in a motorcycle accident case? or How long does it take to recover damages? |
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When an elderly person enters a nursing home's care, most people assume they will be treated with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Nursing homes do not always tend to their patients as they should. A majority of nursing home residents, to their detriment, rely on nursing home employees to provide them with basic needs such as food, water, medicine, daily hygiene, bathroom assistance and social activities.
Unfortunately, there are many nursing home residents who have suffered severe injuries or death as a result of nursing home abuse or neglect. Current estimates indicate that more that 800,000 older and developmentally disable individuals, cared for by family members or other community-based caregivers, are subject to physical and mental abuse, neglect and exploitation. Numerous experts claim the number abused is dramatically higher. Nursing homes are considered "health care providers" and are subject to medical liability for negligent treatment, lack of treatment, or other claimed departure from accepted standards of medical care which results in injury to or death of the patient. Read More >> |
| Please review our nursing home neglect frequently asked questions concerning issues as: What is nursing home abuse? or Where should suspected abuse be reported? |
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In 2006, commercial vehicles registered in the United States totaled 107,943,782*. Although truck drivers exercise above average safety precautions, no one is immune from the dangers of weather, road hazards, or the actions of other drivers, even truck drivers. The government, with the cooperation of trucking companies, has made great strides in reducing the accidents involving commercial vehicles, and accidents have decreased by 3.4% between 2005 and 2006. Nationally, commercial trucks accounted for only 11.7% of all fatalities in motor vehicle accidents, and only 4.1% of all injuries. Even so, there were still 140,473 crashes involving commercial trucks in 2006. These caused nearly 5,000 fatalities and 86,000 injuries. Read More >> |
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There are more than 100,000 miles of rail line throughout the United States. While passenger use has declined, rail transportation still plays a vital role in shipping freight and goods. While rail transportation is vital to the economy, it comes at a heavy cost. Thousands of workers suffer at-work injury or death while employed by railroads annually. Passenger accidents, while rare, have the potential to cause severe harm. Most importantly, a train strikes a vehicle or pedestrian at a crossing at an average rate of once every two hours. Not only do these accidents injure and kill those struck by the train, but they can cause derailments and injure or kill the train crews and passengers as well.
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