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THERE IS NO “AVERAGE” CAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT
When you’re trying to put your life back together after a serious automobile accident, you hardly know where to start. While your body fights to overcome the physical injuries you’ve sustained, your mind is trying to stay calm and clear-thinking. Naturally, one of your big concerns is getting the financial help you’re going to… Read More »
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS – NOT OVER TILL THEY’RE OVER
As we’ve found over the years of working with Indiana clients, structured settlements can be very good things – under the right circumstances. Many personal injury lawsuits are settled, with the injured party agreeing to receive regular payments over a period of time (or sometimes for the rest of his or her life) in… Read More »
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS CAN BE GOOD THINGS – UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES
Structured settlements can be very good things – under the right circumstances. It’s important to understand how structured settlements get “structured” in the first place. Many civil cases, including personal injury lawsuits, end up with the injured party agreeing to receive regular payments over a period of time (or sometimes for the rest of… Read More »
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE BREAST CANCER CONSTITUTES MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
A doctor is not responsible for a patient having cancer. But, a physician can be responsible for cancer misdiagnosis and the consequences of cancer misdiagnosis. The billboards and magazine article have made it very clear – when it comes to breast cancer, there is tremendous value in early detection by patients through self-examination. But… Read More »
WHEN PELVIC AND VAGINAL SURGERY RESULT IN KIDNEY DAMAGE
Bladder injuries are the most frequent urologic injury inadvertently caused by a surgeon, as explained on the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis website. Fortunately, bladder injuries can usually be recognized and repaired immediately. What is not usually recognized immediately are ureteral injuries. These have the potential to be life-threatening or to… Read More »
SHOULDER DYSTOCIA CAN BE A NEWBORN NIGHTMARE
“Shoulder Dystocia is the nightmare of obstetricians,” the authors of an article in the Journal of Prenatal Medicine observe. Why? “Shoulder dystocia is one of the most litigated cause in obstetrics,” they explain, “because it is frequently associated with permanent birth-related injuries and mother complications.” In plain English, shoulder dystocia is a disaster that… Read More »
DO I NEED AN ATTORNEY IN THE STATE WHERE MY ACCIDENT HAPPENED?
Bob and Sissy Sandburn and their three children had enjoyed a wonderful visit with Bob’s sister’s family in northern Michigan. Unfortunately, on the way back home to Indiana, the Sandburns’ car was struck by an oncoming vehicle driven by a Michigan resident who had a high blood alcohol level. Sissy and Bob each sustained… Read More »
TRUCKING ACCIDENT VICTIMS REQUIRE A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF HELP
Ever heard of Newton’s Third Law Effect? When two objects collide, the size of the force of the first object equals the size of the force imposed on the second object. Translated into auto accident language, that law means that, in accidents involving one big semi truck and one smaller passenger vehicle, the injuries… Read More »
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN THE U.S. – KNOW THE FACTS!
Let’s talk about medical malpractice in the U.S. Are there many instances of malpractice? Well, yes! As far back as 1984, a Harvard study on medical errors estimated that 27,179 injuries, including 6895 deaths and 877 cases of permanent and total disability, resulted from negligent care in New York in 1984. More recently, after… Read More »
RECOVERING DAMAGES AFTER A SHOOTING INJURY
In the United States of America there are plenty of guns, with plenty of laws, both federal and state, governing gun manufacture, gun sale, and gun use. There is also plenty of gun violence. Two different sets of laws may be invoked by a person injured in a shooting who wants to sue to… Read More »
