If you slip in the grocery store or at the mall, you might be “lucky” to wind up with a sprained ankle or even a broken wrist. If that doesn’t sound like your idea of good luck, consider this: You could have wound up with a much more serious injury. Traumatic brain...
Semi-truck drivers are held to a high standard because the vehicles they drive can cause serious injuries to others if involved in a crash. A semi can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. If it strikes another car that weighs only 4,000 pounds, that car is going to suffer far...
Did you know that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.? This appears to be ironic because we depend on hospitals and other medical facilities to be alive or relieved of the ailments we are suffering from. That said, here are the common...
If you’re considering riding your bike on the sidewalk, you’re probably doing so because you’re worried about being struck by a car. Maybe you feel like drivers never give you enough space when you share the road with them, but they don’t use the sidewalks, so that’s...
Accident injury cases can be confusing for many injured victims in Pennsylvania because they do not necessarily understand the elements of damage compensation. Sometimes these compensatory items can be relatively simple in minor to moderate injury cases, and sometimes...
Drivers in Pennsylvania know they aren’t supposed to look at their phones when they’re behind the wheel. Unfortunately, it’s a bad habit that many still engage in despite the laws against texting while driving. Too often, drivers get overly confident that they are...
For many people, driving in silence is nearly unthinkable. They always have some sort of audio playing: Music, podcasts, audiobooks, the radio, etc. Even those who do not actively turn on some type of media are often talking with passengers. The ride is rarely...
There are some people who believe that the future of automobiles will be self-driving cars. There are already multiple companies working on driverless car technology, with Tesla being one of the most prominent figures leading the charge toward self-driving cars....
A recent study suggests that reducing the number of short trips people take by car could reduce the number of crashes. The research found that trips lasting between 30 and 40 minutes were 1.2 times more likely to result in a crash than those lasting less than 10...
Many senior citizens throughout Pennsylvania live in nursing homes. If you’re the child of someone in a nursing home, you expect these facilities to be sanitary and safe. Unfortunately, certain infections can spread throughout these facilities. Here is more...