Devastation struck DuPont, Washington on Monday, December 18 when the Amtrak Cascades 501 train derailed on its maiden voyage from Seattle to Portland. The train was carrying 86 people when it rounded a curve at nearly three times the speed limit. It left the tracks...
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Could Your FitBit Be Used to Help Your Personal Injury Lawsuit?
The world is always changing, and nowhere is this change more obvious that in the world of technology. New devices and information technology are changing our lives daily. Now a new deal between two different tech companies could change the way your healthcare works....
Proving Damages in a Nursing Home Abuse Case
According to the CDC, over 2 million people reside in nursing homes and that number continues to increase every year. Nursing homes are expected to provide a safe, comfortable environment for their residents and take care of their increasing needs. Unfortunately, in...
Did You Know That Social Media Could Affect Your Injury Claim?
Do you use social media? Based on studies, the answer is probably yes. After all, in 2014, Pew Research Center published a report stating that almost three-quarters of Internet users were active on social media, a number that has surely increased since then. Social...
Georgia Personal Injury Lawyers Blog
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), three words that have changed the game of football forever, three words that have come to haunt the NFL. CTE is a condition known to develop in football payers who sustain multiple concussions without proper treatment. Players...
Why Did Another New Beginnings Nursing Home Just Close?
For the past several months, we have been following reports about a nursing home management company that has fallen to pieces and left a trail of broken senior care facilities in its wake. Now a new development in this case has caught Georgians by surprise, and has...
Does The NCAA Have To Worry About Concussion Lawsuits Too?
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), three words that have changed the game of football forever, three words that have come to haunt the NFL. CTE is a condition known to develop in football payers who sustain multiple concussions without proper treatment. Players...
Do You Know How to Identify Elder Abuse?
Elder abuse is not confined to physical abuse like nursing home neglect. According to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), it also includes "financial or material exploitation", which can take many forms but usually involves a scam of some kind designed to cheat...
Is The Postal Service A Danger To Motorcyclists?
On November 10, 2012, a drywall contractor hopped onto his motorcycle to go make a bid for a job. His girlfriend decided to join him, and they rode off and onto Ga. 198. Along the way, the couple got stuck behind a mail truck that was out and about on its rounds. When...
Could Cameras In The Operating Room Help Fight Malpractice?
The instant replay has been helping sports stars improve their game for years. So, why can't doctors use the same technology to help physicians make fewer mistakes in the operating room (OR)? A study out of Toronto University seeks to answer that question, and its...