If you’re injured in an automobile or truck accident, it is important to have yourself treated by medical professionals, and yet so many people do not seek the treatment they need.
As an attorney, I deal with clients who have been injured in accidents. Sometimes they have great medical insurance, other times they do not. The important thing, however, is that they get the medical treatment they need – fast!
While many of the recommendations made by the NPPS are aimed at municipalities and school districts, individual property owners can find themselves responsible for play equipment injuries that occur on their properties. Here are some tips to help protect children as they use outdoor play equipment:
Supervision—play areas need to be designed so that supervisors have access to and clear views of the entire play area.
If you’ll be taking your children to the fair, you may want to take a few minutes before you arrive to explain to them the importance of sticking together. A buddy system is particularly helpful in crowds. Pair adults with the smallest children, and put older kids together in pairs to help ensure that everyone has a buddy and knows they are responsible for staying together. Also discuss what to do in the unlikely event they get lost.
When you arrive at the fair, be sure you lock any valuables that have been brought along on the trip up in your trunk. Be sure to lock your car and stow away visible items like GPS navigation systems, electronics, or purses.
RelayRides is one of dozens of businesses that are popping up to help out in this economy. The business serves as an online matching service that allows individuals to rent their cars by the hour to other people who need one. Most renters have lost their cars to the bank or simply can’t afford to own one due to high gas or insurance costs. The concept is to make transportation available to everyone, but when you put cars on the road, there is liability involved.
According to the 2011 Georgia Crash Analysis Statistics and Information Report (CASI), one quarter of all roadway fatalities in the state are alcohol related. The fight against drunk drivers does not rest solely in the hands of the authorities, though. Reporting a suspected impaired driver is considered an emergency and is classified as an appropriate use of 911 services.
In Georgia, the CASI reported that the most likely vehicle for an impaired driver to operate is a truck. Perhaps the most common behavioral red flag in identifying an impaired driver is raised when a vehicle weaves back and forth across the road way, but there are many other indicators that could signify an impaired driver.
If you have been the victim of an accident and you are faced with personal bankruptcy, the strongly advises caution in your proceedings. The laws vary from state to state, and the findings in bankruptcy court will vary from case to case, but, if you file for bankruptcy because you are unable to work as a the result of an injury, the bankruptcy court may rule that the settlement you receive should be divided first among your creditors.
There are certain exemptions that may apply to your individual case, but the general rule is that, if you cannot claim the potential lawsuit recovery as exempt from consideration in your bankruptcy case, the trustee on your bankruptcy can take the money.
The website, called Dangerous Trailers, allows you to search by state, where you will find documentation on 100 accidents in the state of Georgia that were caused by utility trailers. According to the website’s owner, there are close to 3,000 accidents that have been written about in Georgia newspapers that involved utility trailers .If you look nationwide, there are more than 500,000 people who have been injured by runaway trailers since 1988.
These trailers are used by commercial businesses of all sorts (from carpet layers to construction companies). They are used for recreational purposes to carry motorcycles or ATVs, and they are used often behind motorhomes and luxury buses to transport items like bicycles, gas grills, porch swings, or other “camping gear.”
Vacation time can also be stressful time, especially if you are traveling a great distance, carrying a large group, or spending a lot of money. The last thing you need is a car accident.
As an Atlanta car accident lawyer, I typically see a rise in my caseload this time of year. Sadly, many families that head out for a fun vacation end up with anything but. Smart travelers know that they have to be overly cautious during heavy travel periods. But accidents do happen.
When it comes to avoiding accidents, much depends on the roads themselves. Winters can be rough on Georgia roads and highways, and that can be tough on your car or truck. Just as the ground hog comes out in early February to determine how much longer the winter will be, pot holes seem to come out in March, followed closely by the road crews.
Road work also can mean traffic snarls, and while every driver wonders at one time or another why the road crews chose “right now” to fix the particular road they are on, the reason is probably, “It’s been on the list for a while, and today is the day.”
As I passed by her on the left, I looked over, and dare I say I was not surprised to see that she was texting. I made a few glances as I passed, and from what I could tell, she was not watching the road at all. That certainly explained her constant “brake tapping,” but when are drivers going to learn you cannot text and drive at the same time?
In my line of work I’ve seen the disaster that texting while driving can cause. I know of teenagers who never made it home from school one day because they were texting while driving. I know of children who are without their mother because a distracted texter slammed her car into a bridge. I know how painful it is for a father to realize that his daughter will not be graduating because she texted herself into an early grave.
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