Defective Products and Personal Injury Claims
According to the US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), roughly 3 million injuries and at least 20,000 deaths in the United States are caused by defective products. More than 220,000 children are injured every year as a result of playing with defective toys. In 2005, Dell recalled more than 220,000 laptop batteries with a high […]
A Look at Driver and Pedestrian Safety Issues in NYC
Seniors and young children are two demographic groups that tend to be at especially high risk of getting hurt in a pedestrian accident. Seniors may have reductions in cognitive function related to age that can make it more difficult for them to determine when it is safe to cross a road. Physical impairment and age-related […]
Negligent Driving can Cost You Your Life – Tips on Driving Safely in Windy Conditions
Statistics show that in the United States, the annual average number of car accidents is 6 million. Every day, there are over 90 deaths and about 3 million people are injured every year across the country. Approximately 2 million car accident drivers experience permanent injuries due to negligent driving every year. Driving in weather conditions […]
Maritime Accidents and Personal Injury Claims
In 2011, 4,588 recreational boating accidents were reported by the Coast Guard. The majority of these maritime accidents occurred to cabin motorboats, motorboats and personal watercraft. These accidents resulted in 758 deaths and 3,081 injuries. For every 100,000 registered recreational vessels, the corresponding fatality rate was 6.2 deaths. This is an increase of nearly 15% […]
How to File a Domestic Violence Lawsuit
As many as one out of three adolescents have allegedly gone through violence while dating. Apart from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, many teenagers and young adults are also exposed to “digital” abuse. A recent study reveals that about 10 percent of adolescents claim to have been under threat by means of IM, email, chat, […]
How Changes to Road Designs Could Reduce NYC Traffic Deaths
Last year, despite efforts to reduce the number of pedestrian deaths, there were high fatality rates in New York. City Limits, for example, reported that for the first 13 days of November, a pedestrian died every single day in the city as a result of an accident with a bus or car that was traveling […]
Sexual Assault and Personal Injury Laws
According to a survey done by the US Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization (NCVS), an average of 293,066 people (aged 12 and above) in the country are victims of rape and sexual assault each year. This means that one sexual assault occurs every 107 seconds. Nearly 6 out of 10 sexual assault/rape incidents are […]
Repetitive Strain Injury and Personal Injury Claims
Statistics show that repetitive strain injury (RSI), also known as work related upper limb disorders (WRULD), is increasing at an alarming rate in the workplace. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), approximately 1.8 million workers are affected by RSI per year. One government study puts the annual RSI cost between $17 billion […]
Drunk Driving and Personal Injury
One of the biggest problems in the United States is drunk driving. Nearly 30 people die every year in an automobile accident that involved a driver drinking alcohol. That means that there is approximately one death every 48 minutes. According to the CDC, there were 9,967 deaths caused by driving crashes that involve alcohol in […]
Residential Property and Premises Liability
In a recent article in the New York Times, whether by choice or by circumstance, millions of Americans are renting rather than buying homes. According to the Rental Protection Agency, the United States has approximately 110,000,000 renters and approximately 23,000,000 landlords. There are more than 2,600 new renters every day. And, according to the New […]
