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Category: Personal Injury Lawsuits

How Many Children Are Injured by Toppling Furniture?

Unfortunately, home isn’t always a safe place for children. Many children don’t understand the potential dangers at home, one of which is furniture toppling over on them. How many children are injured by toppling furniture? More than you might expect. Tip-over injuries happen when a c...

What Is the Average Payout for a Head Injury?

Head injuries can lead to a significant reduction in quality of life for the victim. When another party’s negligence or recklessness led to your head injury, you have the right to seek compensation. However, what is the average payout for a head injury settlement? An average payout is difficult...

Who Can You Sue if You Fall in a Parking Lot?

If you’re lying in a hospital bed after a severe slip and fall accident, you may think about who can you sue if you fall in a parking lot? It would probably be the parking lot owner. There may be other parties responsible, too, depending on the facts of your case. Who can be sued for a fall in ...

Can I Sue For Slipping And Falling in A Store?

Can I sue for slipping and falling in a store? If you’ve fallen and injured yourself because of an unsafe condition at a store, then you may have cause for bringing a legal claim. As public places that encourage people to come in and shop and spend money, stores have a reasonable duty to keep peop...

The Value of Wearing a Seatbelt in the Rear Seat

New York may soon require all passengers in the back seats of motor vehicles to wear seatbelts. Current state law requires only people under 16 years old riding in the rear seat to buckle up. A bill that would make New York the 30th state to mandate back-seat safety belt use is currently ...

National Safety Month Observed in June – It’s a Message We All Need to Hear

June is National Safety Month. Started by the National Safety Council more than 20 years ago, the month brings attention to the large numbers of injuries and fatalities throughout the country that are caused by

Motorcycle Safety Month: How to Share the Road with Motorcyclists

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, which is intended to bring attention to the high rate of accidents, injuries and fatalities among motorcyclists. Per miles traveled, motorcyclist fatalities occur 28 times more often than fatalities of passenger car occupants in traffic accidents, according ...