Personal Injury
Slip and Fall Injuries In Hospitals on the Rise
Slipping and falling in a hospital can occur whether you are a patient in the hospital or visiting someone who is recuperating. Just like other slip and fall accidents, those that occur in hospitals can be dangerous, leading to broken bones, neck and back injuries as well as traumatic brain injuries that require extensive treatment.…
3 Most Common Types Of Slip And Fall Accidents
A slip and fall personal injury can occur while visiting someone’s home, attending school, working on the job site, shopping in the supermarket, or walking on the sidewalk. A slip and fall caused by wet floors, icy sidewalks and parking lots, spilled grease, uneven walking surfaces, and cluttered walkways can cause serious personal injury. Slip…
Coronavirus Can Survive on Surfaces for Days
A major study published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine reported the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 can survive on some surfaces for several days, and is even detectable in aerosols for several hours. This important research offers valuable insights into the lifespan of this new virus outside of a human body,…
Electric Scooter Injuries Jumped 200% In Last 4 Years
The number of electric scooter accidents has exploded since they hit’ the scene in 2016 Companies such as Bird, Lime, Lyft, Razor and Spin have placed thousands of electric scooters on city sidewalks throughout the country. Cities are scrambling to enact legislation to regulate electric scooters and provide protections to those who are injured by…
Motorcycle Collisions Don’t Always Involve Another Vehicle
As Of 2019, there were nearly Seven million motorcycles registered in the US.’ In Arizona, there were more than 150,000 motorcycles registered in 2008. In than 3.0m were injured. 2 At last count, there are more than motorcycle injured every year. If you have a general PI practice, you Will likely to represent a few…
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Has More Serious Effects
Dr. Leonard is a clinical and forensic neuropsychologist practicing in Scottsdale, AZ. She was formerly on the faculty at Harvard Medical School where she continues to serve as a Member in the Program of Psychiatry and the Law at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.brain injury phoenix This is the first of a…
DUI’s Responsible for Majority of Wrong Way Driver Accidents
Police have identified the woman killed after crashing into a light-rail train as she was traveling on the wrong side of the road in downtown Phoenix early Sunday morning. Phoenix police said the 30-year-old woman, Tameka Talise Spence, was driving a 2014 Nissan Sentra eastbound on Washington Street — which is westbound-only — when it…
Can You Get a DUI in a Self-Driving Car?
Cars that drive itself — it’s no longer fictitious. General Motors, Waymo, and Tesla are just some companies that already have prototypes of self-driving vehicles. It’s just a matter of time before they’re brought to market. self driving dui az, autonomous car dui, telsa dui This raises the question of how it will affect DUI…
14 Year Old High-School Student Dies in Pedestrian Accident
A 14-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car near 83rd Avenue and Cactus Road in Peoria Friday morning. 14-year-old Steven Elijah Gessner was walking to school and as he entered the crosswalk on 83rd Avenue, he was struck by a minivan.Gessner was transported to the hospital with “significant injuries” but later pronounced…
Wrong Way Driver Accidents Has Become an Epidemic in Arizona
Just recently Two Tempe officers were involved in a wrong-way crash on State Route 51 in Phoenix early Monday morning on November 10th as a result of a wrong way driver. On September 30th another 4 people were injured in a wrong way accident near interstate 17. Wrong way accidents has become a crisis in…