In the last article on this blog, we covered three of the most common causes of slip-and-fall accidents. However, there are many other dangers that result in people falling and getting hurt on someone else’s property. Often, it’s the more uncommon of these dangers that surprise us with a catastrophic injury. Here are three dangers […]
Imagine you’re walking through a department store when you slip and fall on a piece of clothing that was blocking your path. As it turns out, the clothing had been there all day, but the store employees and management never did anything to move it out of the pathway of customers. If you seriously hurt […]
Doctors are skilled at asking questions and pulling vital information out of their patients to ensure accurate diagnoses — at least, most doctors are. Sometimes doctors negligently fail to spend sufficient time with their patients and they don’t ask the questions to fully analyze their patients’ health situations. This can result in serious injuries and […]
No mother expects her child to be born with a serious medical condition, but the birthing process can be rough on babies at times — and a birth injury could be unavoidable. In other situations, however, a birth injury is entirely avoidable. When doctors detect the possibility of a birth injury during labor, they need […]
Every time you pull out into traffic, you’re facing a host of dangers due to the potentially drunk, unlawful, distracted, reckless and generally negligent motorists around you. Although you can’t do anything about these motorists, there are a few things you can do to significantly reduce the likelihood that you and your passengers will get […]
When something goes wrong during the birthing process, babies can suffer serious injuries. Although birth injuries can happen naturally due to no one’s fault, sometimes they happen because a doctor, medical staff or a medical facility committed negligence. Because injured babies and their parents may be able to pursue financial compensation in court, it’s important […]
People can wind up hurt in all kinds of strange situations and locations. While you may think that most accidents happen at home, some of them also happen on public property or inside businesses. The people who end up hurt on someone else’s property may find themselves in a financially difficult situation. Serious injuries can […]
Medical malpractice comes in many forms in the United States. People sometimes may get injured after a surgery, but they don’t know the real reason for their suffering because the doctor decided to keep this terrifying surgical error a secret. Or, people may die in a hospital after being given the wrong amounts of medication […]
When American consumers go to the grocery store and purchase food products, they expect those products to be safe for human consumption. They also expect the labels on the products to accurately reflect what’s found inside them. Consumers have the right to expect this due to American consumer product safety laws, which uphold product manufacturers […]
Self-driving cars sound so George Jetson, who wouldn’t want one? Casually sipping your coffee and reading a book (or taking a nap) during your morning commute would be better than stressing out while navigating bump-to-bumper traffic. But is convenience and exciting tech the reason we need self-driving cars? The real reason for the implementation of […]