Personal Injury News Blog

A personal injury suit involving an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) employee has settled for an undisclosed amount.
The settlement averts a Dec. 8 jury trial in Madison County.
Troy Turner filed the suit in August 2007 alleging he sustained “diverse and numerous injuries” on Oct. 18, 2005, when Jeongyun Huh collided with the rear of his [...]

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Each year, hundreds of thousands of children suffer injuries from accidents that occur while engaged in recreational activities such as bicycling, scootering, and in-line skating. Children are at far greater risk than adults for injuries simply because they are less coordinated, have slower reaction times, and are less accurate with their movements. One of the [...]

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This is quite rare, but in fact you can make a personal injury claim without actually being injured yourself.
Under the law, which was established by a California case called Dillon vs. Legg, if you have “sensory and contemporaneous observance of the accident as contrasted with learning of the accident . . . after its occurrence,” [...]

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Freeways are one of the worst places to have an accident since cars are going at extremely fast speeds and drivers on freeways have limited visibility and control of their vehicles. Also, when one gets into an accident on a freeway it is almost impossible to move your car safely to the side of the [...]

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In an intentional tort, the person wants to cause the consequences from his/her act or believes that the consequences of the act are reasonably certain to occur (as opposed to being negligent where the injury was not necessarily intended). Many crimes are not only subject to criminal prosecution and punishment but also give rise to [...]

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It may be impossible to determine the exact break-down of fault in a multi-car accident. When an accident involves more than two vehicles, it is likely that drivers and their insurers will point fingers at everyone else.
When you have been injured in a multi-vehicle accident, you should get the medical treatment you need and contact [...]

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Geralyn Mulcahy, 47, was killed Saturday evening when a Bobcat construction vehicle backed over her on the HLR Motorsports race track in Moberly, Missouri.
According to the investigating officers, Mulcahy was walking on the race track at around 7:45 p.m. when a Bobcat Skid-Steer Loader, driven by Steven Halterman, backed over her. Halterman had been doing [...]

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Many accidents “don’t just happen” on their own. They result from someone’s carelessness or recklessness, or hazardous conditions, or defective products, or placing you in dangerous circumstances. Very often, accidents cause injury to people, damage property and businesses interests, and create expenses that innocent parties have to pay, for something that was not their fault.
When [...]

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Seattle’s Komo News.com reports that a 14-year-old boy from Concrete, Washington will be charged with first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Patricia Almli, 54, of Oso who was shot while hiking. Skagit County Prosecutor, Rich Weyrich, said that the teenager acted “recklessly” when he accidentally killed Almli.
According to Weyrich, the teenage hunter “failed to [...]

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When you are about to get onto your bicycle, the first thing you should make sure to have once you have taken off, is a helmet on. Ever since I was a small child I was always made to wear a helmet, whether I was bicycling, on a scooter, or on a skateboard. And if [...]

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