Tag Archives: personal injury
How To Avoid Preventable Boating Accidents
This past summer, an extravagant Fourth of July fireworks display on Long Island Sound turned deadly when a yacht carrying 27 passengers sunk, leaving a 12-year-old boy, his 11-year-old cousin and an 8-year-old girl dead. Bad weather and an overcrowded boat were deemed factors in the tragedy. Boating accidents happen on all kinds of watercraft […]
The Toxic Work Environment
Identification of and Recovery for Industrial Diseases This past summer, National Public Radio (NPR) reported that its joint investigation with the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) unveiled a resurgence of a deadly disease that plagues coal miners. Apparently, the mining industry and federal regulators have known for more than two decades that coal miners were […]
Navigating the Complexity of Construction Accident Law
The very nature of construction lends itself to high death rates as well as permanent and debilitating injuries. With an estimated 18.3 deaths per 100,000 workers, construction is reported as one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, through accidents caused by negligent or reckless workers or supervisors, defective equipment, inadequate safety precautions […]
How To Handle Yourself After A Slip, Trip Or Fall
Earlier this year, $414,868 was awarded to a Costco shopper who slipped on a puddle of liquid soap and shattered her knee. The case made headlines not because of the circumstances – slip and fall accidents are the third leading cause of injury to customers and employees in the United States — but because the […]
Father’s attorney seeks contempt order in Levi Evans case
CROWN POINT | The father of a Lake Central High School student found dead on school property is seeking a court hearing on whether St. John police and the Lake County coroner should be held in contempt for not providing additional information. Levi Evans, 17, was found dead Aug. 8 with no apparent sign of foul […]
Altered Lives
Traumatic brain injury in the United States March was Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a pernicious, devastating condition altering the lives of people who suffer it—and those who love them. An acquired brain injury, TBI is caused by force to the skull and delicate brain tissue within. Sports injury, car […]
Danger on the Premises
Maybe you twisted your ankle in a pothole and fell while walking across a supermarket parking lot. Perhaps you were struck by a falling object near a construction site. No matter what the cause, such accidents can leave you injured and unable to work or lead your normal life. In the worst cases, accidents and […]
