When someone suffers a serious injury, they may miss time at work. This is why one of the major challenges that people tend to focus on in the wake of injurious circumstances is seeking compensation for lost wages. If you can’t work for a month, you’re losing out on...
Injuries
How can a brain injury impact your daily life?
Any knock to the head can alter your health and life in various ways. Even a relatively mild traumatic brain injury, such as a concussion, can change how you act, feel, think and function in the short term. If you find yourself facing a brain injury after an accident,...
A look at some irreversible injuries
Serious injuries come in all forms and can happen quickly. Sometimes a significant injury can respond well to treatment, and other times the damage has an irreversible, permanent nature. Despite medical advances, the following injuries, even in young people, rarely...
Why big cars mean big danger for pedestrians, cyclists
Consumers in California and across the United States are increasingly forgoing buying traditional sedans in favor of purchasing larger, heavier SUVs and trucks. While many people buy larger vehicles because they feel they offer more protection for their loved ones in...
Can a spinal cord injury eventually heal?
Spinal cord injuries frighten the average person. People don't like to imagine the loss of their sensation or motor function. They question how they could adapt to the mobility limitations and lifestyle changes resulting from such an injury. People think of a...
What are degrees of burn severity?
Suffering from a burn injury requires medical attention, but the type of attention needed differs depending on the severity of the burn. How does a person treat a burn injury properly? How does each degree of burn severity manifest in the first place? First- and...
What are possible complications from spinal cord injuries?
People generally think of paralysis as the result of a spinal cord injury. It is true damage to your spine can cost you the ability to walk or use your arms and hands. However, an SCI could produce other complications that you will have to deal with for the rest of...
Two important questions when a child is injured
Healing from an injury can be a long and difficult process. Nothing is more heartbreaking when the injury involves a child. Whether the result of a car crash, dysfunctional toy, accident at a daycare, or other issue an injury to a child requires careful care....
Steps you can take to prove your accident damages
A car accident or a workplace mishap can leave you or your loved one with serious injuries that can reshape the way life is lived. Normal day-to-day activities can become nearly impossible, and merely figuring out how to take care of yourself or your loved one can be...
SHARP INCREASE IN TRAFFIC DEATHS IN 2020
Although there were far less drivers traveling on U.S. roads in 2020 because of the pandemic lock downs, the traffic deaths have greatly increased. The National Safety Council recently reported that 42,060 people died in vehicle crashes in 2020. This figure was an...