Handling Accident

Drunk drivers not only take their own lives in their hands when they get behind the wheel after having too much to drink but the lives of others, too. When a drunk driver loses control of their vehicle and causes an accident, the damages to the other driver, and any passengers, can be significant. If a drunk driver hits you in Florida and you suffer serious injuries as a result, you have the right to seek compensation by filing a lawsuit. The following considers who you may be able to sue if you are injured in a drunk driving accident : The Drunk Driver Clearly, the most obviously liable party in a drunk driving accident case that results in injuries is the drunk driver themselves. Not only may the driver face criminal penalties for their actions, but civil penalties as well. In order to hold the driver liable, you will need to prove their negligence. Remember, negligence doesn’t just mean a violation of a law or statute (i.e having a blood alcohol concentration - BAC - over .08 perc...

Two former nursing home employees have revealed information 1 that shows just how dangerous some nursing home facilities can be and how far companies will go to cover up misconduct. The employees worked as social workers at a facility in Illinois that claimed to care for up to 309 patients, including elderly and geriatric patients, as well as younger people with substance abuse problems, mental illness, or who were convicted felons. According to the former employees, supervisors at the nursing home requested that they falsify medical records in order to try to cover up instances of abuse to patients. In many cases, if a nursing home patient has injuries from abuse or neglect, supervisors or owners may want to fabricate medical records to make it look like the injuries happened due to an accident and not mistreatment. In this case, the employees allege they were asked to do the following:     -Make it look like a woman received face injuries and two black eyes from a fall when...

It is true that most automobile accidents are caused by driver error, but it is not true in every instance.  There are other potential causes of accidents unrelated to dr iver error, such as defective vehicle manufacture, poor road maintenance, or vehicle equipment failure. One potential cau se of automobile accidents is are beyond the ability of careful, cautious and prudent driver s is improper maintenance work performed by a mechanic.  When the vehicle is a motorcycle the stakes are ev en higher than with a car as motorcycle accidents are more likely to result in serious injury than crashes involving passenger vehicles. People who have been in hurt in a motorcycle accident where the cause of the accident was not the error of the motorcycle driver but rather a mechanic who failed to properly repair the motorcycle can seek compensation from the mechanic or his or her employer. Establishing Negligence on the Part of a Mechanic In some cases, the negligence of a m...

Las Vegas is on the cutting edge of technology. Designed by a French company, Las Vegas recently unveiled one of the first completely driverless vehicles on public roads. The automatic car was recently driving down the streets of downtown Las Vegas, with no one at the wheel. More importantly, there was no wheel. Las Vegas has created what is called an “Innovation District” in downtown Las Vegas. The completely driverless cars are just part of the innovation Las Vegas wants to create. Similar electric shuttles are being tested in Paris, Singapore, Qatar, New Zealand and Australia. What they all have in common, is that there is no wheel, no brake pedal and no driver. The shuttle uses cameras and sensors to navigate the road.  The shuttle operated on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. The Las Vegas shuttle only operated at 12 mph, for a few short blocks and in a dedicated lane. There was a “stop” button, where at least for now, an employee was on board while the shuttle was in moti...

Car accidents are capable of causing a variety of serious i njuries, including broken bones, also known as fractures . 1 When bones break, it can cause severe pain, disfigurement, and even scarring in the event that the bone breaks the skin. Importantly, not all broken bones are the same: there are many different types of broken bones, including the following: A gre enstick fracture , 2 which is not a break or a fracture in the strictest sense, insofar as it is more like a bent bone rather than a break.  These types of fractures are most common in children. A transverse fracture , which is when the break occurs at a ninety degr ee angle to the bone’s axis. An oblique fracture which is a break when the bo ne has a curved shape to it. A comminuted fracture is when the bone breaks into several pieces. A compound fracture , which is when the bone pierces the skin or a foreign object breaks the skin at or near the place of the broken bone. Regardless of the specific type of br...