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Children and the Dangers of Falls We try our best to protect our children from accidents, but by their very nature accidents are sometimes unpredictable and beyond a parent’s ability to prevent. Of the injuries that children can sustain as a result of an accident, trauma to the brain is perhaps one of the…

Study Says, Your Concussion May Actually Be a Neck Injury A concussion sounds like the furthest thing from a neck injury, but new research suggests the dividing line between the symptoms of these two quite different injuries may not be all that clear. If you’ve been diagnosed with a concussion and your symptoms are…

Texting While Driving: Do You Suffer From Cell Phone Addiction? As research results continue to pile up, it’s becoming more and more clear that texting while driving, and other forms of distracted driving, can have quite serious consequences. In fact, we only have to take a look at the local news to find articles…

What are the Signs of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion)? There are an endless number of accidents which can result in a traumatic brain injury (TBI). If you’ve been involved in an accident which may have seemed minor at the time, and suffered a blow of some sort to the head as a…

CT Scans for Children: A Risky Venture? The CT (computerized tomography) scan is an important tool in the health care professional’s diagnostic toolkit. With a CT scan, a physician can diagnose internal injuries and check for signs of cancer and other diseases. As the technology for delivering the scans has improved, so has the…

Can You Suffer Brain Damage from a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury? When people think about brain damage caused as a result of an accident, a serious traumatic brain injury is what most often comes to mind. You’re less likely to think that head injuries caused by common accidents such as falling from a bike,…

How is fault determined in a car accident? In fault car insurance states like Texas, fault has to be determined following a car accident so that both parties can figure out who is responsible to pay for the accident’s damage and injuries. But how is fault determined at an accident scene? ·         Citations/Accident report…

What if I can’t prove negligence? To have a valid personal injury claim, you have to be able to prove four things: ·         An individual had a duty ·         The duty was breached ·         The breach caused harm ·         An injury The individual is the person who harmed you, and the duty varies from…

What if I don’t want to go to court over my accident? Most people have only ever been in a courtroom during jury duty, so it’s understandable that many people are intimidated by the prospect of going to court for their injury case. Most injury cases never make it to court. Even though car…

What is a Letter of Protection? When you’re injured in an accident, you need medical care. But what do you do if you don’t have the money to get treatment until you get a settlement? Just like attorneys will sometimes work on contingency, doctors will, too. When attorneys work on contingency, they agree to…