It doesn’t matter if you hold the cell phone in your hand and talk while driving, or have hands-free access to talk all you want; both ways may cost you your life. No matter which way you add it up, yakking on a cell phone held in your hand or…
When a recession hits those who want to downsize their cars or give them up to save on gas, they usually opt to buy a motorbike. Not a bad idea, but with that choice comes an increased risk of serious personal injuries or even death. In Georgia alone in 2008…
It’s the law that property owners must take every reasonable precaution to make sure there are no serious hazards that would harm or kill anyone coming on the property. Premises liability applies to personal and commercial property and any owner or manager looking after property is legally bound to make…
It’s hard to try and set an amount of damages that you may have sustained in a car crash. The sheer overwhelming number and type of wounds may totally confuse you, not to mention having to repair your vehicle. During the summer the highways and by-ways across America are jammed…
Many people choose not to pursue an accident claim. The reasons range from knowing the insurance company will settle; to they don’t want the legal hassles and expense. The bottom line is that putting in a claim for compensation for personal injuries after an accident is pretty much an accepted…
Malpractice means so many different things to different people, that the term when used in a legal setting really needs to be expanded upon for the sake of clarity. The most crucial thing is to be able to distinguish between malpractice and other kinds of negligence. “Generally speaking the term…
Premises liability law has been around for a lot of years, but still, many people don’t really understand what it means. To put this simply, premises liability is all about someone falling and injuring themselves due to the carelessness or negligence of a business or property owner. If this happens,…
It should go without saying that wearing a motorcycle helmet will save lives, but many people opt not to wear them because they don’t look cool – a potentially deadly decision. It’s cool to own and ride a motorbike or some other mode of transportation like that these days. It’s…
Medical malpractice is most often considered to be a lawsuit filed against a doctor for some form of negligence that caused a patient harm. In reality, there are numerous kinds of malpractice lawsuits. These days when people read about medical malpractice in the media, they assume that the story will…
Having an operation ranks as number one on a list of things people would rather not do. There is an enormous amount of trust placed in the hands of a surgeon, and one hopes there are no surgical errors. It’s tough enough to get up the courage to face major…