Personal Injury News Blog

PTSD symptoms include anxiety, depression, substance abuse, flashbacks (experiencing the event again without wanting to), nightmares and other problems sleeping, avoiding people, places, or things that remind you of the event, difficulty trusting in other people, self-blame, sudden anger, jumpy reactions to loud noises or other surprises, and guilt toward people who survived the event. [...]

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Burger King Corp. said Wednesday it is cutting the amount of sodium in its kids meals and promoting menu combinations with less than 650 calories as part of a push to emphasize nutrition at its fast-food chains.
The nation’s No. 2 hamburger chain said it will now limit sodium in its kids meals advertised to children [...]

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Cartilage is a semi-elastic tissue that helps cushion bones and distribute weight evenly in joints. There are three types of cartilage: (a) articular (or hyaline) cartilage which covers joint surfaces, (b) fibrocartilage such as the meniscus in the knee or disks of cartilage between vertebrae in the spine, and (c) elastic cartilage such as the [...]

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to strengthen the warnings on the diabetes drug Byetta after receiving reports of another 6 patients being admitted to the hospital. Two of these patients died because they got hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis after taking the drug.
Byetta is a drug that is administered by injection for [...]

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As malpractice is a form of negligence, defenses that are generally allowed against general claims of negligence are also viable against claims of malpractice. These might include the following defenses:

The patient was also negligent and caused much of his or her own harm
The patient failed to mitigate his or her own harm or damage, or [...]

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A birth injury is a trauma to the baby that occurs just by the process of being born. The injury is generally due to tremendous pressure put upon the baby while passing through the birth canal. It can be caused by factors such as prolonged labor, a “breech” (legs first) delivery, premature birth, measures taken [...]

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In 2006, 3,490 drivers age 15 to 20 died in automobile crashes. High school teens, ages 15 to 17, were involved in 974,000 crashes nationwide and 406,427 of those teenager accidents involved injuries and the resulting economic impact of those accidents was over $40 billion dollars. According to a study performed by the Children’s Hospital [...]

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Personal injury litigation is subject to different regulations in every state.  To bring a case in Rhode Island it is very important that you consult an experienced Rhode Island personal injury lawyer, who can guide you through the states unique laws.
Personal injury litigation includes many types of action, including car accident cases, defective products cases [...]

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A personal injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of injury, either physical or psychological, as the result of an accident or medical malpractice.
The most common type of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, defective product accidents and holiday accidents. Indeed, [...]

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Christopher Crook joins as a senior litigation partner. He is a member of the Law Society personal injury panel, where he sits as an assessor; he is a founder member of the Bodily Injury Claims management association and is a co-author of the Practitioners Guide, which accompanies the Rehabilitation Code of Best Practice.
Mark Cody joins [...]

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