February, 2011 Articles
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Leonard Matsuk
Wrongful death can take on many forms but each has one thing in common - it should not have happened. The death could have been prevented and was a result of someone's ill intentions, carelessness or ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Leonard Matsuk
Trucks and the trucking industry play a vital role in the transportation of goods in today's society; in fact, we often take them for granted. We don't often think about it, but many of the consumable ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Leonard Matsuk
Any one can look up the subject of product recalls on the internet and see for themselves the amount of products yearly that are recalled in just about every category you can think of. It is an ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Leonard Matsuk
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) states that falls are one of the leading causes of traumatic occupational death and are responsible for 8% of all occupational fatalities resulting from ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Ward Smith
In the United States, a person or vehicle is struck by a train every two hours. According to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Safety Analysis, there were 13,067 railroad related ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Ward Smith
If you have suffered from a personal injury as a result of another person’s negligence or recklessness, chances are, your personal injury claim will settle out of court. A vast majority, 80% of ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2011 By Jowdy & Jowdy
The people who are often most vulnerable to serious injury or death due to carelessness or negligence are those who are unable to defend or protect themselves or who don't understand the danger ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2011 By Jowdy & Jowdy
It is common knowledge that the brain and the spinal cord are two of the most important parts of the functioning for the human body. In tandem, the brain and spinal cord provide the highway system for ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
The term "negligence" is a legal term in personal injury law which means; the failure to use reasonable care, which results in harm to another person. When somebody does something, that a ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
Considering how much time people spend at work, it's no surprise that accidents frequently occur in the workplace. Although certain occupations are more likely to incur injuries than others, ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2011 By Pacific Attorney Group
When a driver gets behind the wheel and his or her full attention is not on driving, this can easily lead to an accident. Distracted driving driving is a dangerous practice that claims thousands of ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2011 By Law Offices of Stipe & Belote
As a plaintiff in a personal injury case, you (or your attorney) will need to prove the fault of the defendant, the person or entity you believe is responsible for your injuries. This will be crucial ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
Premises liability law is the area of law that holds property owners legally liable when another person gets injured on their property. Often times the image comes to mind of an elderly woman having a ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Burch Law Office
A person can sustain a whiplash injury when the neck is rapidly forced backwards and then forwards or, the other way around. Whiplash injuries are most commonly seen in rear-end collisions involving ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
The construction industry remains one of the most hazardous jobs in the nation, usually maintaining its spot on the list as one of America's top ten deadliest jobs. The construction industry is so ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
Personal injury law deals exclusively with individual harm. Personal injury law falls under the category of tort law, which is handled as civil cases. With civil cases there are no criminal penalties ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
In North Carolina, when the preventable and wrongful death of a human being is caused by the carelessness, recklessness or intentional harm of another person, the victim's surviving family members ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
Car accidents are a leading cause of death in the United States with approximately 123 car accident fatalities every day. Nearly everybody has been involved in some form of an auto accident in their ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
Despite public outcry against drunk driving, men, women and teenagers still get behind the wheel and drive drunk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle accidents ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
In 1981, a ground-breaking report was published by the Hurt study. Funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, this study researched the causes and effects of motorcycle accidents. ...
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