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May
Are Personal Injury Settlements Public Record?
Whether or not a case is made a public record is incredibly important to people who might be concerned about revealing the details of their injury to complete strangers. Typically, when a personal injury claim is settled out of court, the amount and particulars of the case aren&r...
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07
May
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Working Accident
This year, Irma Vargas, the widow of construction worker Jose Luis Delgado Lopez, filed a personal injury lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Her husband's accident happened last November when he died Tuesday morning after falling 76 feet from the 6th story of a c...
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07
May
What If Your Injuries Present Themselves Long After an Accident?
No matter how traumatic your accident may be, you may not be aware of your injuries until later. This is particularly true if you go into shock after a scary and jarring event, such as a car accident. Adrenaline sometimes masks our pain until we can get to a place of safety, so y...
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07
May
Why Are Soft Tissue Injuries So Serious?
When people talk about soft tissue injuries, they mean any damage done to a part of the body that isn’t bone. Soft tissues can include the muscles, ligaments, and tendons throughout the body, including the brain. While the mildest soft tissue injury is bruising (specifically, an ...
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07
May
Is Driving in California More Dangerous Than in Other States?
California is enormous. The length of the state reaches from Mexico to Canada, and it can take at least five hours to travel from the Pacific Ocean to the closest city in Nevada, the next state over. Because the state is so large, it has hundreds of different roads, highways, str...
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07
May
How Much Is Your Truck Accident Case Worth?
Commercial trucks can cause devastating amounts of damage if they are involved in a crash. Big rigs can weigh anywhere from 10,000 to 80,000 pounds, so if one of these vehicles strikes a car at high speed, it can cause serious injuries. Pedestrians and passenger vehicle occupants...
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07
May
Risks of Overloaded & Improperly Loaded Trucks
Commercial trucks are highly regulated by federal and state laws, mostly because they are quite cumbersome to drive and can weigh anywhere from 10,000 to 80,000 pounds. If they lose control, they can cause a devastating amount of damage to people and property alike. These laws ar...
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07
May
How Much Compensation Can You Claim in a Birth Injury Lawsuit?
Almost 30,000 babies are born with a birth injury every year. While injuries during birth aren’t rare and can be healed within a few days to weeks, others are easily preventable and can cause long-term damage. Likewise, a poor decision made by a medical professional could cause a...
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07
May
Is There a Cap on Damages in California?
Believe it or not, personal injury suits aren’t all frivolous suits. In fact, the majority of personal injury lawsuits are filed in cases of gross negligence, after a person or group’s careless actions led to someone else’s severe injury. In some states (like Texas), however, a p...
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07
May
Semi Trucks and Exploding Tires
Truck accidents aren’t nearly as common as those involving passenger cars; however, they do happen. Apart from driver error or dangerous encounters with passenger cars, one of the things that can cause an accident is a tire blowout. Many 18-wheelers weigh anywhere from 10,000 to ...
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07
May
Emotional and Mental Issues After a Car Accident
Although car accidents are relatively common occurrences, few people are ever fully prepared for them. No matter how small the collision, a crash can be jarring, terrifying, and disorienting. After an accident, most people focus on the physical injuries people might have sustaine...
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07
May
Teen Accidents: Common Mistakes Made by New Drivers
If you have a teen driver in the family, you know how expensive insuring them can be. This is because statistically, the risk of crashing is higher among 16- to 19-year-olds than among any other age group. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), per mile d...
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