New York And Pennsylvania Personal Injury Law Blog
What should I know about nursing homes?
Finding a safe place for professionals to care for your loved one is a difficult challenge. How can you be sure that you are choosing the right place for your elderly family to stay? Arming yourself with the proper knowledge is the first step in finding the right home...
Proactive protection from medical mistakes: What patients can do
Hospitals are scary places, and doctor’s offices and clinics often aren’t much better. Medical professionals are increasingly shouldering heavy patient workloads and the distractions presented in modern medical facilities are almost endless. That can easily lead to...
Identifying an unsafe staircase
A slip or trip on a staircase can cause massive injuries. It is not quite the same as a fall from heights -- from one level to another -- but you have a lot of the same factors in play. Losing your balance for a mere second can cause you to fall down the stairs for a...
Listening to certain types of music causes car accidents
Planning to listen to music the next time you get in the car? If you’re like most drivers, it’s such a given that you probably haven’t even thought about it. It’s just what you do when you drive. For those who are very busy with work, families, school and the like,...
How fast should stores clean up spills?
It’s clear that a store owner cannot clean up a spill instantly. Say a customer drops a glass bottle of liquid on the floor, it shatters, and then the customer hurries off to avoid having to pay. If another person walks down the aisle thirty seconds later and slips on...
The 100 deadliest days of summer
Summer can be fun, relaxing and enjoyable. Most of us think about Fourth of July parades, fireworks, days at the beach, taking the boat out on the water or going on exciting road trips. However, summer can also be deadly. This is especially true for teens. In fact,...
Understaffing in nursing homes is rampant
Have you ever walked into a nursing home and simply felt like there was no way all of the residents could possibly be getting proper care? Maybe you couldn’t find a single staff member, and you ended up standing around in the lobby for 20 minutes before someone...
Don’t swerve left if a car is in your lane
Imagine that you’re driving at night. You see headlights coming over the hill ahead of you, but you assume they’re just in the oncoming lane. You turn your brights down so as not to blind that driver. Then they come over the hill at a high rate of speed, and you see...
How do I pay my medical bills after a car accident?
A car accident only takes a moment to cause catastrophic injuries to a person, and the consequences can last a lifetime. One of the most significant results of a substantial injury is the medical bill, and how someone will pay for this considerable expense is a severe...
In less than an hour, someone dies in a DUI crash
How often do you think someone passes away in a drunk driving accident? It’s probably a lot more frequent than you realize. Statistics show that about 30 die daily in these accidents. That means that it takes less than an hour -- roughly 50 minutes, on average -- for...
