Serious burns and other catastrophic injuries are quite common in large truck crashes. These massive vehicles usually carry several hundred gallons of diesel fuel. Since diesel and gasoline burn at different temperatures, many truck crash victims suffer third-degree burns. These injuries always require painful skin grafts, usually from expensive burn centers.
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Head injuries are some of the most common and serious injuries suffered by car accident victims. Although the side effects of a head injury depend on the severity of the trauma as well as the area of the brain that sustained the majority of the damage, victims generally suffer from headaches, dizziness, and even memory […]
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Each year, motorcycle wrecks seriously injure thousands of victims. Multiple restraint layers, not to mention steel cages, protect vehicle occupants from injury. Motorcycle riders, on the other hand, are completely exposed to danger. The force of the accident usually throws motorcycle riders off their bikes. The resulting impact causes wounds like head injuries, broken bones, […]
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If you are an adult child caring for an elderly parent, you may find yourself choosing a nursing home for your loved one. Once that choice is made, you should feel confident that your loved one is being cared for properly and treated with compassion and dignity. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Nursing […]
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Prior to the early 1990s, DUIs were rarely enforced on the street, and if they made it to court, they were little more than traffic tickets. Indeed, my own mother was hit by a drunk driver in the early 1980s. It was Christmas Eve, and the sheriff near the small town where we lived in […]
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Simply stated, Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) are unique. These injuries are quite unlike other types of injuries, and not just because of the high fatality rate. Other physical wounds, such as broken bones, may eventually heal, given time and treatment, but a traumatic brain injury is often permanent because once brain cells die, they never […]
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Fully-loaded large trucks often weigh more than 80,000 pounds. When they cause crashes, these trucks often cause catastrophic injuries and even death. And all too often, the police accident reports, which can be the first evidence obtained in these cases, might be inaccurate or incomplete.
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A soft tissue injury is classified as damage to a person’s muscles, ligaments, or tendons. They can be caused by a sprain, strain, overuse, or a single impact to the body that results in a contusion (otherwise known as a bruise). They are injuries that do not involve any bone or internal organ and are […]
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Because motorcyclists are almost completely exposed to danger, in that they are not insulated from the outside world inside a car or truck, a motorcycle rider is 28 times more likely to die in a car crash than a vehicle occupant.
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