Rasansky Law Firm Personal Injury Lawyers blogs

Financially Surviving a Truck Wreck

jrlaw — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:13:33 +0000

A truck wreck can cause very severe injuries. The size of a big rig, especially when it’s loaded, means that nothing short of a concrete barrier or a landscape feature is likely to survive an impact with one of these vehicles. If you’ve been in one of these accidents, you’re likely facing very high medical bills and a lot of pain and suffering. There are specific responsibilities that trucking companies have and, with the help of a good lawyer, you may be able to hold them to those responsibilities financially.

A truck is legally required to be in safe working order. Some companies cut corners by not providing safe equipment for their drivers. The results are oftentimes tragic. In some cases, you may be seeking a wrongful death lawyer because of the devastation caused by these accidents. Even if the situation didn’t get that severe, you still may want to seek compensation. There are good reasons to do so. If you weren’t responsible for the injuries you sustained, there’s no reason that you should have to foot the bills that result from the incident. A lawyer may well be able to help you.

Filing a Lawsuit for Slip and Fall Injuries

jrlaw — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:52:53 +0000

Slip and fall injuries cause many people pain and suffering every year. These injuries oftentimes take place in commercial establishments. When you go into an establishment that opens their doors to you, you have a reasonable expectation that you’re entering a safe environment. Unfortunately, lacking signage and slippery floors oftentimes result in people being hurt, sometimes severely. The lawsuits that sometimes arise from these situations are not frivolous nor are they excessive. Depending upon your health, a slip and fall injury can cause serious harm.

If a shopkeeper hasn’t placed signage on a floor that’s recently been washed, they’re not serving their customers well. It’s almost impossible for anyone to tell when a floor is wet unless there is a sign indicating as much. What’s more, customers don’t expect that they’re walking into what amounts to a skating rink when they go to a commercial establishment. This means that there is definitely blame to go around when someone is hurt. A personal injury lawyer is your best option if you’ve been hurt in this way. They can look at the situation and see if you have a case, oftentimes in the space of a free consultation.

Big Rig Collision - What Now?

jrlaw — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:34:26 +0000

A lot of the Dallas car accident cases that make their way to court are big rig crashes. These accidents can be devastating for those involved and, oftentimes, they can mean the loss of someone’s life. There is a vital time frame, however, after the accident when you’ll be presented with several options. If it’s clear that you’re not at fault, it’s likely that one of those options will be a settlement from the trucking company. This is not always your best option, even though it may seem like the company is being generous with you.

A big rig crash will almost always involve a sizable company. In some cases, you may be hit by an independent operator, but these small business people are a rare sight these days. The large trucking companies have certain obligations they have to meet under the law. Among the most important of these obligations is that they maintain their trucks properly and that their drivers are well-rested and provided with all that they need to do their jobs safely. These companies, to avoid an even bigger problem, will oftentimes offer settlements to drivers they’ve injured due to their negligence.

What is Covered Under Premise Liability?

jrlaw — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:51:55 +0000

A lot of the cases a personal injury attorney takes have to do with premise liability. These may involve slip and fall accidents in commercial spaces or other types of disasters that should have been avoided. The crux of these cases is that the person who was injured had every reason to believe that they were entering a safe environment—one that they were invited to enter—and that they were injured in a way that they could not have foreseen. There are several different ways that these injuries can come about.

Slippery Floors
Slippery Stairs
Defective Escalators/Elevators
Unstable Stair Railings or Fixtures
Unstable Chairs

When a commercial establishment invites you in, they’re implicitly guaranteeing that you’re not walking into what amounts to a hazard to your life and limb. They have responsibilities to live up to. If they don’t, your best option may be to contact a personal injury lawyer. These professionals understand the laws that apply to premise liability inside and out, literally, and they can make sure that you’re represented in court, if need be. You may also receive a settlement from these cases if it’s clear to the premise owner that they were at fault.

Filing a Product Liability Lawsuit

jrlaw — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:47:19 +0000

Product liability lawsuits can be a bit tricky. There are plenty of occasions when people are injured using dangerous products. However, there are some products that are inherently dangerous and that are labeled as being so. What makes a lawsuit over a defective product valid is when you had every expectation of not being injured and the product failed in some way to live up to that expectation. There are several ways that the law related to consumer products functions to hold manufacturer’s responsible for their products.

A defective product attorney can determine whether or not you have a case. They’ll need to know, however, the exact circumstances of the accident and how it occurred. If you were using the product in a way that goes against the indicated uses, there is no lawsuit available to you. Manufacturers are generally very good about labeling their products as to what hazards they pose, and they’re not responsible if you hurt yourself for them. They are most certainly responsible, however, if they hurt you through no fault of their own. Some of the hesitation people have regarding these lawsuits comes from a natural concern that it’s all their fault. This is rarely the case, however.

Detecting Nursing Home Mistreatment

jrlaw — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:14:42 +0000

If you suspect that nursing home mistreatment is affecting your loved one, there are some classic signs to be on the lookout for. Though everyone is an individual, there are some common features to how people react to being abused. Many of these are very recognizable and should be considered cause for concern. You have to balance some of this with the fact that, in our later years, all of us are prone to becoming senile, demented or otherwise mentally compromised. Abuse, however, leaves marks on the body, in many cases, and these may be the best indicators.

Psychologically, senior abuse tends to cause the same wounds as does the abuse of children or domestic abuse. Look for the following:

Sudden Depression
Withdrawal from Social Activities
Confusion
Sudden Changes in Personality
Unmerited Anger
Hopelessness
Guilt

Physically, a lot of nursing home negligence and abuse manifests as improperly given or completely skipped treatments. If a condition should be getting better, but isn’t, ask your doctor to take a look and see if something is obviously wrong. Doctors know what to expect out of their treatments and, if they’re not getting the results they do expect, they may be able to track down the cause very quickly.

Medical Malpractice and Your Privacy

jrlaw — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:09:09 +0000

One of the most intimidating things about filing a medical malpractice claim is having your medical information dragged out in public. Fortunately, this isn’t as bad as you may think. Your lawyer can be trusted with all of your medical information as much as any doctor can. If you go in for a consultation and you don’t end up having a case, the lawyer will not divulge your information to anyone, ever. There’s no reason to let embarrassment or fears that your information will be outside your control stop you from filing a claim that could net you damages for your pain and suffering.

Medical malpractice affects thousands of people every year. Sometimes it’s a bad diagnosis that leads to the wrong treatments being prescribed. In other cases, a doctor may simply neglect all of their patient’s needs, resulting in a condition worsening when it shouldn’t have. In any case, medical negligence, at best, is expensive. At worst, it can be lethal. There are specific laws that apply to how doctors conduct their business. They are held to very high standards, as is necessary given what they do for a living. A doctor does have a legal duty to you when they accept you as a patient.

Filing an Accident or Personal Injury Claim

jrlaw — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:32:03 +0000

There are recourses available if you’ve had a Dallas car accident. While legal affairs are usually quite expensive, there are ways you can file a claim without being put out for a lot of money. In fact, you can actually file a claim for an accident without paying money up front. This is done through a contingency arrangement, which is a good way to make sure that the case you’re filing is worthwhile. In this arrangement, the lawyer doesn’t get paid unless you go to court or win, or unless you get a settlement.

In a contingency arrangement, the vehicle accident lawyer usually offers a free consultation. At this time, they’ll sit down with you and go over the details of your case. They’ll need to know as much as you can offer; be sure to bring all the relevant paperwork with you. The attorney will be able to tell you if your case has a good chance of winning. If it does, you’ll have to work with the attorney to come up with a concrete figure to seek for damages. This is a basic part of how this type of law works. Sometimes it’s hard to put a dollar value on some kinds of injuries, but this is where the attorney’s prior experience comes in.

Surviving a Big Rig Crash

jrlaw — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:26:11 +0000

There are few things as terrifying as a big rig crash. These massive vehicles, when they’re loaded and moving at freeway speeds, can utterly destroy a passenger vehicle. Sadly, this happens every year to too many people. In the worst cases, someone dies. Too often, these deaths occur because of negligence on the part of the truckers or the companies for whom they work. If someone you love has been hurt or killed, or if you’ve been injured, there are people who will help you deal with the financial and emotional fallout of these wrecks.

A wrongful death lawyer can handle these cases and make sure that you get your day in court. In some cases, the companies will offer a settlement, helping you to avoid the further trauma of going to trial. In any case, these lawyers are able to stand up to these companies for you and, no matter how much money the trucking company may have behind it, you won’t be outmatched. Lawyers who handle these cases are not intimidated by what the trucking company may throw at you, and there’s no reason you should face this kind of a fight on your own.

What Hazards Does Traffic Pose?

jrlaw — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:13:08 +0000

Car accident personal injury attorneys frequently run into very similar cases. This is simply because some driving conditions, and some types of drivers, are inherently more dangerous than others. Accidents tend to occur under similar conditions, as these conditions make it difficult for drivers to see or, in the case of heavy traffic, because the stress that they cause leads to poor judgment and impatience. If you want to play it safe, there are certain types of conditions and drivers that you can try to avoid.

The majority of fatal car crashes involve drivers between the ages of 18-28. This is not because these drivers are inherently bad. In fact, those are the ages when your reflexes are the best they’ll ever be. However, it’s also the age range where people tend to do the most driving and when they’re most likely to make bad decisions. Experience counts for a lot where driving is concerned and, quite simply, these drivers don’t have enough of it to know what to do in bad situations. Oftentimes, a car wreck attorney will find themselves representing someone who has been hurt, or killed, by one of these younger drivers.