Spinal cord injuries are often the result of serious motor vehicle accidents between cars and big-rigs, vehicles and bicyclists, or vehicles and pedestrians. Regardless of how a spinal cord injury occurs, it can cost the victim and his or her family hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in treatment,...
Category: commercial vehicle accidents
Dangerous roads in Passaic County and beyond
Planning your route carefully can potentially help you avoid an auto accident. Factors such as road conditions, complex intersections and compromised visibility contribute to dangerous incidents. Review the data about some of the most hazardous places to drive near Passaic County. Paramus If you're planning a drive to Paramus, avoid...
What are the common causes of truck accidents?
The trucking industry is an essential part of the U.S. economy. Truck ship almost every good that people need to survive. They also supplement many industries to allow them to manufacture goods for the public. Demand for everything is high these days, which means there are many trucks on the...
3 strategies auto insurers use to make lowball offers
When you sustain a serious injury or accrue property damage in a car wreck, you may turn to your insurance company to cover related expenses. However, before you accept your insurance company’s first offer, you may want to ask yourself whether your insurer is trying to pay out as little...
Understanding the true cost of a spinal cord injury
When you suffer a spinal cord injury in New Jersey, it may impact virtually every aspect of your life. Spinal cord injuries have the potential to affect everything from your bladder and bowels to your circulatory and respiratory symptoms. They may also make it difficult or impossible for you to...
How prevalent are deadly bus crashes?
If you recently lost a loved one due to a bus accident, you could have a number of devastating hardships to work through. Aside from emotional pain that no amount of money can make up for, you could have financial hardships and other challenges to work through, such as helping...
What happens if your loved one is in a coma?
If your loved one suffered a severe head injury in an accident, you may feel helpless. If he or she is in a coma, you may not know what to expect. Comatose patients cannot express themselves. According to Mayo Clinic doctors only have the information that you can provide and...
Can a person survive internal decapitation?
Sometimes injuries from a serious accident are not externally apparent. This is one of the reasons why emergency personnel will usually put a neck brace on you when removing you from an accident. It helps to stabilize your neck and prevent further injuries as they remove you from the vehicle....
Recently disabled in a car accident? This might help
When you’re involved in a truck accident, your life can change in the blink of an eye. Although some individuals are lucky enough to survive these wrecks with only minor injuries, others are left with serious, debilitating harm. For far too many truck accident victims, permanent disability is a reality,...
What recourse is there for injured commercial drivers?
There are many cases in which a trucker or other commercial driver strikes another vehicle or a pedestrian. Of course, if they did so negligently, then they or their employers should pay compensation to the victims or the victims’ families. Of course, commercial drivers also get into serious accidents which...