Relevant & Important Information About Personal Injury Law So You Can Be In The Know
Bike accident injury cases are usually filed either by the person who was injured while riding a bike or by pedestrians injured by a bicyclist. Each type of case brings unique legal challenges:
Quadriplegia, resulting from a spinal cord injury, drastically changes a person's lifestyle and the lifestyle of the injured person's family. After a car accident, construction accident or medical emergency has caused paralysis of four limbs, the injured person has a long road ahead, typically divided into phases like these:
No city in North America has more elevators than New York City. As a result, elevator maintenance laws, guidelines and repair procedures take on an increased importance in one of the world's tallest and "most vertical" cities.
We expect manufactures of medical products to do everything in their power to design, manufacture and produce devices that are safe and provide patients with lasting benefits. Unfortunately, certain manufacturers appear to be more concerned with profit than providing a product that helps patients recover and live full and productive lives.
The financial and emotional costs of serious injury to a young child are often overwhelming. When child injuries occur in day care settings or when your child was in the care of a nanny, investigation is warranted and, as a parent, you deserve the truth.
Elderly people are placed in nursing homes because when they are no longer able to handle certain aspects of their care. When nursing home residents are injured or die due to abuse or neglect, it is both an outrage and a tragedy.
Construction workers who work on scaffolds, walkways, ladders and other height-related tools have powerful legal protections under New York's statute Section 240(1), also known as "The Scaffold Law." The New York City ladder accident lawyers of Smiley & Smiley, LLP, can provide results-oriented representation if you, while working on a construction site:
Bus accident legal claims bring all of the legal challenges of car and accident claims along with numerous additional challenges. For example:
Traumatic brain injuries happen in many different ways — and in each circumstance, there are different paths by which to pursue compensation for the injured person. A serious head injury can occur — and head injuries have occurred in the past — through such catastrophic injuries as the following:
As women age, their bone density tends to decrease. This loss of density can lead to osteoporosis and a higher risk of fractures. To prevent bone density loss or to treat existing osteoporosis, physicians have prescribed the bisphosphonate Fosamax to millions of American women. Unfortunately, long-term use of Fosamax is being increasingly linked to devastating fractures and other injuries.
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