Understanding Coup Contrecoup Brain Injury
Category: Brain Injuries, Car Accident, Personal Injury, Resources
Head injuries are one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. What is disturbing is the fact that careless drivers causing automobile accidents and truck accidents are frequently responsible for causing such devastating injures and death. Other causes include falls, bicycle or motorcycle accidents and shaken baby syndrome. In cases of automobile accidents the head may strike an object and then produce what is known as a coup contrecoup brain
How Long Do Personal Injury Cases Take To Settle?
Category: Car Accident, Personal Injury, Resources
The answer to this question is not so simple because there are so many factors involved depending upon the type of case and facts involved. Some cases only take a short time, within months to settle, but others are more complicated and can take years to reach a fair settlement. The type of injury that you have sustained will affect whether or not your case can settle quickly. An injury may not be very serious.
Like most auto accidents, collisions involving commercial vehicles are usually caused by a number of combined factors. Trucking company negligence, truck driver distractions, and big rig defects all play a role in the frequency of collisions. Carelessness on the part of passenger vehicle drivers should also be acknowledged, as people driving smaller cars tend to drive more aggressively around vehicles that are moving slowly. Everyone shares responsibility in keeping our highways safe.
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Understanding Truck Accident Laws When You’ve Been In An Accident
Category: Car Accident, Personal Injury, Resources, Truck Accidents
Commercial vehicle accidents often cause more severe damage and injuries than crashes involving smaller vehicles. Because of this, there are special laws governing big rigs, tractor-trailers, and other commercial vehicles. Not only do truck drivers require a class A or B license, they are also required to adhere to rigorous safety and maintenance standards. When drivers fail to follow the law, the results can be fatal. The big rig and tractor-trailer accident lawyers at David
Does Your Vehicle Have An Active Recall Notice?
Category: Car Accident, News, Personal Injury, Resources
Literally dozens of recall notices are issued by auto manufacturers every year in an effort to correct defects or other manufacturing mistakes that could lead to accidents, injury, or death. Unfortunately, many vehicle owners either fail to act quickly on the recall notice or completely miss them in the vast amount of junk mail they receive on a daily basis. It is critically important to your safety and that of your family that you keep