According to the Traffic Safety Facts of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 4,735 pedestrians and 743 cyclists in the United States died as a result of crashes with motor vehicles in 2013. 66,000 pedestrian injuries were reported the same year. The total annual cost of pedestrian injury among children aged 14 and below is $5.2 billion. Pedestrians and cyclists who have been injured in a motor vehicle crash are entitled to make a personal injury claim. If the accident has been caused by a negligent or careless motorist, you can claim compensation to recover costs for medical bills, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss

Approximately one lawsuit is filed every 2 seconds throughout the United States. If you go by the statistics, every year, there is an average of about 6,000,000 car accidents in the country. This means that this type of accident is the cause of a large number of lawsuits. According to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released in 2014, motor vehicle crashes in 2010 cost close to $1 trillion in loss of life and loss of productivity. NHTSA reports that in 2014, there was an estimated 2.34 million people injured in motor vehicle crashes. A large percentage of car accidents are

A 55-year-old construction worker was preparing to hang drywall on a ceiling at a construction site on West 17th Street when he lost his balance on a ladder.  The man fell four stories into an elevator shaft, according to the New York Times.  He struck three metal bars that were protruding upward at the base of the shaft after the fall happened. The metal bars, which had pierced his arm, leg, and torso, had to be cut so it would be possible to take the injured worker to the hospital.  He was listed in critical condition following the incident. Elevator shafts (in particular open elevator