Auto Accidents that Require Legal Representation

 Car accidents are certainly not all the same. You generally hear about fender benders on the interstate in the mornings during your commute. Unfortunately accidents do happen, but when car accidents happen as a result of reckless and negligent behavior, you may have a legal case. While there are no guarantees to compensation, after an [...]

Steps To Take Following a Car Accident

 An unfortunate reality in life is that everyone, at some point, is involved in an auto accident. Those first moments after an accident are crucial to your health and well-being. Unfortunately, after an accident everyone involved is probably not thinking as clearly as they should. This blog post will provide a basic list of steps [...]

SUV Rollover Information

Due to their rugged construction, size and versatility, SUVs are often a popular choice for families and adventure seekers across the country. Unfortunately, many have a false sense of security in such vehicles—not realizing that SUVs are more likely than any other vehicle to be involved in serious rollover accidents. While rollovers are the least [...]

Common Symptoms of Brain Injury

Brain injury occurs whenever the brain sustains trauma through direct force (i.e., making contact with an object) or indirect force (i.e., whiplash). Since traumatic brain injury can vary in degree and in the symptoms that it presents, diagnosis can be difficult. Commons symptoms of traumatic brain injury include things like:

When to Hire a Car Accident Attorney

Car accidents are a daily occurrence in the U.S. and affect millions of Americans every year. While minor fender benders or accidents resulting in damages less than $500 probably do not warrant the help of a car accident attorney to recover losses, you will want to think about utilizing the expertise of an accident lawyer [...]

When You’re involved in a Car Accident with an Uninsured or Underinsured Motorist

While most states require a minimum amount of liability insurance to be carried by motorists, the Insurance Research Council’s most recent report of uninsured motorists (2001) estimates that 14 percent of the motorists in the U.S. do not carry auto accident insurance. That means that if you are involved in a car accident, there is [...]

How to Choose a Car Accident Lawyer

When you have been involved in a car accident it is important to know how to choose an attorney. Very different results can occur in your case based on your choice of attorney. Therefore, when choosing an accident attorney you will want to spend some time researching who will be the best representative for your [...]

What to Expect When You are in a Car Accident

Of the almost six million car accidents that have occurred every year for the past five years in the U.S., approximately three million of those traffic accidents result in personal injuries every year (USDOT). With such a high number of accidents occurring each year, it is not unlikely that every American will experience at least [...]

When You’re the Victim of a Drunk Driving Accident

According to the CDC, alcohol-related crashes in the U.S. cost approximately 51 billion dollars every year and the Office for Victims of Crimes estimates that 30 percent of Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related accident at some point in their lifetime. Drunk driving has affected countless numbers of lives and are tried differently than [...]

Crashworthiness

We depend on automobiles every day—to get us to work, to get our children to school and to take us on the many adventures we dream about in life. While we may take care to select a reliable vehicle to help us get around everyday, our vehicles may not be as trustworthy as we think. [...]

When You are Involved in a Cell Phone Related Car Accident

According to the Human Factors quarterly journal, “Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year” (2005). The same study reported that motorists who are engaged in cell phone conversations while driving are less capable than drunk drivers with blood alcohol levels exceeding .08. These statistics are frightening considering [...]

How to Preserve Evidence after a Car Accident

After experiencing a traumatic event like a car accident, the last thing on your mind is taking pictures of the scene and recording detailed notes about the accident. While you may be in a state of shock and want nothing more than to get home after a car accident, it is imperative that you take [...]

Automobile Black Boxes

Automobile Event Data Recorders (EDRs)—also known as automobile black boxes—have been around for quite some time. While initially used to provide sensory data for air bag deployment, EDRs are now capable of capturing a wide variety of information about how a car is driven, including information about speed, braking, acceleration, steering and seatbelt use. Today, [...]

Rollover Accidents

According to the NHTSA, rollover accidents occur less frequently than any other traffic accidents, yet are responsible for about thirty percent of all traffic fatalities—that’s the highest fatality rate of any type of motor vehicle crash!

Reducing the Risk of Cell Phone Related Car Accidents

The number of cell phone related accidents is on the rise. With more and more research indicating a positive correlation between cell phone use and car accidents, it is important to do what you can to be as safe as possible while driving. While the best way to reduce cell phone related car accidents is [...]