In fiscal year 2015, 10 workers died while doing their jobs on construction sites in New York City. This almost doubled the annual average number of fatalities over each of the prior four years.  There was also a 53 percent increase in the number of construction workers injured on New York City jobsites over the course of fiscal year 2015, with 324 workers left hurt after incidents on-the-job.  Equipment World reports that a significant number of the deaths were preventable but occurred anyway because job safety conditions on many New York City jobsites are “woefully inadequate.” Regulators are supposed to make sure that safety rules

In the United States, a large percentage of civil litigation is comprised of personal injury lawsuits. According to the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2005, 60 percent of the 26,928 real property, contract and tort trials were related to some form of personal injury. Additionally, it was reported that over personal injury cases were heard in the state courts of the 75 most populous counties in the nation. If you are injured in an accident, Personal Injury Protection is one type of auto insurance coverage that may benefit you. Not all states have this insurance coverage, but it is a requirement

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 346,830 sexual assaults or rapes of persons 12 years or older were reported in 2012. And according to a new survey by the Association of American Universities (AAU), 23%, or 1 in 4, of female college students said that they are sexually assaulted before they graduate. These numbers are significantly higher than the numbers reported in 2014. The National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) reports that approximately 20 million out of 112 million women, or 18%, in the United States have been raped during their lifetime and approximately 30% of cases involving sexual

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were 32,675 people killed in motor vehicle crashes on US roadways in 2014. Injuries were suffered by an additional 2.3 million people the same year. According to annual national road crash statistics, there are more than 37,000 motor accident deaths in the country and an additional 2.35 million suffer injuries or disabilities. The US spends $230.6 billion per year on road crash costs, which is an average of $820 per person. If the no-fault system is used in your state law for car accident cases, you may have limited option options for a personal injury

Every day, there are 6,300 deaths caused by occupational accidents or work-related diseases, which is over 2.3 million deaths per year. There are 317 million annual accidents that occur on the job; a large portion of these lead to extended absences from work. This daily adversity has a vast human cost and it is said that the economic burden of poor occupational health and safety practices is estimated at whopping 4% of the annual global Gross Domestic Product and America’s GDP is barely up considering this ongoing recession. Due to work-related accidents and diseases, employers go through expensive absenteeism, loss of skilled staff, early retirements

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about 260,000 carpal tunnel release surgeries are conducted every year. In all cases of carpal tunnel syndrome, close to 47% are caused by work-related activities, and permanent injury to the affected hand may occur in approximately 1% of people with carpal tunnel syndrome. When compared to all other major work-related injuries or illnesses, this injury also accounts for the highest average number of days lost at work. As more workers are chained to desks performing their job in front of a computer, repetitive stress injuries (RSI) like carpal tunnel are becoming increasingly common – although the same

In the United States, a majority of civil litigation consists of personal injury lawsuits. According to the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, some form of personal injury was involved in 60 percent of the 26,928 real property, contract, and tort trials in 2005. Statistics show that 4 to 5 percent of personal injury lawsuits go to trial. This means that 95 to 96 percent reach settlement before it can go to court. According to experts, 90 percent of personal injury cases that do go to trial do not win. A settlement occurs in a legal case when a resolution is agreed upon