Monthly Archives: October 2017
DO I NEED AN ATTORNEY IN THE STATE WHERE MY ACCIDENT HAPPENED?
Bob and Sissy Sandburn and their three children had enjoyed a wonderful visit with Bob’s sister’s family in northern Michigan. Unfortunately, on the way back home to Indiana, the Sandburns’ car was struck by an oncoming vehicle driven by a Michigan resident who had a high blood alcohol level. Sissy and Bob each sustained… Read More »
TRUCKING ACCIDENT VICTIMS REQUIRE A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF HELP
Ever heard of Newton’s Third Law Effect? When two objects collide, the size of the force of the first object equals the size of the force imposed on the second object. Translated into auto accident language, that law means that, in accidents involving one big semi truck and one smaller passenger vehicle, the injuries… Read More »
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN THE U.S. – KNOW THE FACTS!
Let’s talk about medical malpractice in the U.S. Are there many instances of malpractice? Well, yes! As far back as 1984, a Harvard study on medical errors estimated that 27,179 injuries, including 6895 deaths and 877 cases of permanent and total disability, resulted from negligent care in New York in 1984. More recently, after… Read More »
RECOVERING DAMAGES AFTER A SHOOTING INJURY
In the United States of America there are plenty of guns, with plenty of laws, both federal and state, governing gun manufacture, gun sale, and gun use. There is also plenty of gun violence. Two different sets of laws may be invoked by a person injured in a shooting who wants to sue to… Read More »