228 articles on "accident"

Types of Truck Accidents

Here are the most common types of truck accidents:Truck Brakes MalfunctionHeavy trucks use air brakes exclusively: Most are drum-like units. Air enters the chamber when the brakes are applied, the push rod moves out turning the slack adjuster which r...

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The Killing Of A Pedestrian From A Car Crash Triggers A Legal Case

A pedestrian will die from a motor vehicle accident every one hundred and eleven minutes. Some of these fatalities will result in a wrongful death lawsuit. These are challenging claims which are regularly ardently defended by insurance companies and ...

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$300,000 Jury Verdict For Victim Severe Hurt In Vehicle Accident

When handling a vehicle accident claim, it can in some cases be necessary to be able to show that the defendant's story is not truthful. Sometimes all an attorney has to do so as to establish this is to show that the defendant lied or told an ac...

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Personal Injury Cases Concerning Fractures And Additional Injuries From A Motor Vehicle Accident

Bone fractures are not atypical in high impact automobile accidents. When the impact is enough to result in a fracture it will likely also cause several other types of serious injuries. In what follows we look at two documented claims which involved ...

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Elderly Woman Endures Fractures As A Pedestrian And Recovers $300,000

It is simply amazing the way in which individuals can try to absolve themselves of responsibility in cases when they are plainly at fault for having caused an accident. For example, look at one reported matter in which a 71 year old female was the v...

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The Motor Vehicle Accident “Whiplash-Type” Injury As Of 2004

The Motor Vehicle Accident “Whiplash-Type” Injury As Of 2004  by: Dan BaldygaThe “Bottom Line” regarding “Whiplash Crash Facts” (accumulated during 2004 - - and including all the previous years) are as follows: THERE ARE EIGHT SERIO...

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Hurt Victims Often Find Themselves Held Responsible For The Accident By The Driver

Accidents occur. That is also true for accidents involving motor vehicles and pedestrians. Attorneys skilled in handling pedestrian injury claims are knowledgeable about not only the mechanics of the accident, the insurance issues, and the medical is...

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Spinal Cord Injury & Michigan Statute of Limitations

A spinal cord injury usually begins with a sudden, traumatic blow to the spine that fractures or dislocates vertebrae. The damage begins at the moment of injury when displaced bone fragments, disc material, or ligaments bruise or tear into spinal cor...

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What Does A Burn Attorney Do?

If someone from your family gets badly burnt in an accident caused due to the negligence or intention of another person or entity, contact a burn attorney. The lawyer fights the case on your behalf and negotiates for a compensation for recovery and r...

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Why Driver's Give False Testimony About The Way An Accident Occured

Many people are injured every year in motor vehicle accidents. The largest classification of those hurt are drivers. In some of these cases the two drivers are the only witnesses to the accident. One might hope that the driver who caused the accident...

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