If you are involved in a car accident that is someone else’s fault, you may be entitled to financial compensation for the resulting economic and non-economic damages. However, not all car accidents are straightforward. Sometimes, determining liability can be tricky...
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Don’t settle your personal injury claim for less than you deserve
Being injured in an accident can be a traumatic experience, and understandably, you may want to put the incident behind you as quickly as possible. However, it is important to ensure that you receive full compensation for your damages. First, it is worth noting that...
Are injuries more severe when you’re older?
Injuries can certainly happen to anyone. They do not discriminate. People can be injured on the job, in car accidents, on someone else’s property and in many other ways. This happens to people from all different backgrounds and age groups. That being said, studies...
How do back injuries happen at work?
Workplace injuries happen all the time. If you sustain an injury at work, or while advancing your employer’s interests, you may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. To pursue the benefits you deserve, however, you need to understand exactly what you are...
What’s a third-party claim after a workplace injury?
You were injured while working, so you fully expected your workers’ compensation benefits to kick in and take care of your medical needs and give you some replacement wages. However, you never expected to be off work for so long, and the money that you have been...
What causes a wrong-way accident on the interstate?
The interstate highway system is highly touted as being one of the safest places you can drive. It has been designed to reduce many of the risks you face on other streets. For example, the lanes going in opposite directions are divided by walls or medians, so you...
How can vibrations lead to workplace injuries?
Every year, multiple Pennsylvania workers suffer on-the-job injuries and illnesses. While some of these situations are obvious, others are subtle, like years of exposure to vibrations. However, extended exposure to vibration caused by repetitive motions, handheld...
Most car accidents happen close to home
You have likely heard someone say that most car accidents happen very close to home. And this is true. One study determined that about 77% of those who had been injured in motor vehicle accidents had been within 10 miles of their house at the time. As a driver,...
Amazon’s ergonomic problems
Amazon continues its dominance in the marketplace. Fast and often free deliveries have brought the company to seemingly unprecedented prominence. However, that rise to success may have come at a cost. In response to numerous accusations of unsafe work conditions, The...
When motor vehicle collisions are work-related
Millions of Americans travel for work-related reasons on a regular or semi-regular basis. Obviously, truck drivers, delivery personnel and rideshare operators, etc. drive for a living. Others travel as part of their job description. Others are compelled to travel...