If you have been the victim of an accident, it is very likely that at some point you may receive a settlement offer from an insurance company. Many victims assume that these companies are fair and above-board, so they accept these offers without hesitation. It is only later that they realize that the offer was
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For many people, the term “personal injury accident” conjures up images of a minor injury from a car accident or a slip and fall. In most cases, these people reason, the negligent party has insurance coverage to pay for liability and compensate the victim. However, this picture is not always so simple, and it is
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Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, remains one of the most costly and serious types of personal injury. However, many people assume that deadly TBIs occur in things like vehicle accidents or from violence such as a gunshot wound or assault with a blunt object. In reality, slip and fall accidents account for about half of
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After a vehicle collision, it is important for victims of any type of injury to protect their rights. This is not as simple as it sounds. In many cases, insurance companies will want to rush victims to settlement, hoping they will not realize how much their cases are actually worth. In this rush to settle,
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Spinal cord injuries are one of the most expensive types of personal injury, according to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. In fact, depending on the type of injury, an SCI can cost more than $4.7 million over the lifetime of a victim.
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Traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are some of the most serious types of personal injuries. Not only do TBIs often cost a great deal of money to treat, but, in many cases, they also impact victims for the remainder of their lives. The life-changing effects of a TBI may be unnoticeable to outside observers, but
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We would all like to believe that others will treat us fairly, particularly when we have been injured and are at our most vulnerable. Sadly, the truth is that insurance companies often try to avoid paying claims in order to save money, even when it is clear that the victim deserves compensation. In many cases,
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Slip-and-fall accidents are often dismissed as being “not as serious” as vehicle crashes, but the truth is that many people are injured and die in falls each year. In fact, while about 1.35 million people die in car crashes each year worldwide, about half that number, or 684,000, die in falls each year. This makes
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Many people, including many doctors, view traumatic head injuries as separate events from spinal cord injuries. This can often lead to misdiagnosis of SCIs when a traumatic brain injury is also present. According to a study from Brazil, spinal cord injuries involving the cervical, or neck, portion of the spine are most likely to be
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Researchers working on the Spinal Cord Injury Model System recently isolated data that shows residential mobility, or moving from one home to another, after a spinal cord injury has a strong impact on the health and recovery of patients. The study, published in the Archive of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was undertaken to investigate the
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