It is no secret that seatbelts save lives, and more people than ever before are taking advantage of their vehicles’ most important safety feature. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claims that 88.5 percent of people wear seatbelts in the United States. […]
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Personal injury cases can take a long time. Clients, who typically have no experience with litigation, usually perceive the normal lifecycle of a lawsuit as an agonizingly long haul. Even when we are able to move a case through the courts much more quickly than usual, the process can seem endless. Recently, and despite my […]
On busy streets filled with speeding and often distracted drivers, pedestrians are walking targets. On Halloween, the risk of a pedestrian accident is higher than on most days of the year. […]
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Large trucks play an important role in driving the country’s economy. Unfortunately, commercial truckers are often expected to drive long distances through all kinds of conditions in order to meet strict deadlines. […]
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It should come as no surprise that trucking is one of the deadliest industries in the United States – second only to construction. Navigating a large, heavy vehicle over busy, unfamiliar highways through night and day, rain and snow – it’s no wonder that there were an estimated 342,000 large truck accidents in 2013. […]