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Jun

How Do Personal Injury Claims View & Compare Negligence & Recklessness?

When someone files a personal injury claim against a third party that has caused them harm, they will often label the defendant as someone who acted with negligence or recklessness. While the terms do seem and often are interchangeable, they actually have different definitions in...

Jun

Revealing the True Cost of Catastrophic Injuries

For a typical personal injury, calculating the damages the patient deserves is somewhat straightforward. Medical costs can be totaled alongside the cost of wages missed for being out of work. Additional damages might not even be sought if the injuries are capable of healing readi...

Jun

Proving Liability in a Holiday Skiing Accident

Californians who want a White Christmas need to head up a mountain to get it. While up there, it is quite common to hit up the ski slopes for a holiday getaway that is both thrilling and relaxing. With recent years bringing in warm winters across California, more people than ever...

Jun

Child Brain Injuries

According to the CDC, over 60,000 children are hospitalized each year with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). While many fully recover from their brain injuries, others will face a lifetime of challenges. Unfortunately, doctors often have trouble diagnosing the severity of a child’s...

Jun

Negligent Security Basics: Getting the Most Out of Your Claim

In California, property owners, business managers and landlords have a legal obligation to keep visitors on their property safe, including invited guests, licensees and even trespassers. If a property owner fails to provide basic security and a visitor is injured as a result, the...

Jun

What You Need to Know About Concussions

A concussion is a type of brain injury that is caused by a severe blow to the head or body, which causes the brain to impact the skull. While there is spinal fluid that acts as a cushion to prevent your brain from being damaged, sometimes it's not enough. Concussions aren&r...

Jun

Personal Injury vs. Catastrophic Injury: What’s the Difference?

A personal injury can range anywhere from a dog bite due to the negligence of a stranger to a broken arm from a slip and fall accident. While they can still be overwhelming and traumatic, these injuries usually heal relatively quickly and don't require lifelong treatment. C...

Jun

How Social Media Can Hurt Your Injury Claim

Social media is an extremely popular pastime for most people. Around 22% of the world's population uses Facebook, and most Instagram users are between 18 and 29 years old (6 out of 10 adults online). It’s also a relatively recent phenomenon. Facebook is only 13 years ...

Jun

Is It Too Late to File My Injury Claim?

Injuries are a widespread occurrence across the nation. Thousands of people are injured at home, at work, and in the community every year. However, when these injuries could have been prevented with better care on the part of someone else, those who are injured could sue the resp...

Jun

Are Personal Injury Insurance Settlements Taxable?

Most times people sue for personal injuries, they do so because someone else's gross negligence caused significant damage and harm. While the initial mistake may seem harmless to the person who made it, the repercussions can be long-lasting and can even prevent the person w...

Jun

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...

Jun

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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