Category: Personal injury

First of all, it's very important that you talk with us if you've been seriously injured in an accident, fall or a medical malpractice incident. The law is so complex and the insurance companies and their defense lawyers are so aggressive that the average person doesn't stand much chance trying to go it...

Don't do it. The other insurance company's representative may sound friendly and helpful, and their request may sound harmless. But they have an ulterior motive: to get you to say something that they can use against you later to reduce or even deny your claim. It could be a simple question like, "How are...

After many years of working with clients who've had car accidents, we've put together a kit of resources that you can keep in your vehicle's glove box. We call it the DLS Law SmartKit. The SmartKit contains first aid supplies and bandages, an emergency display banner to notify other drivers of the accident, and...

In our office we see a fair number of brain injuries caused by car accidents. One of the symptoms of these injuries that we've noticed from time to time is sleep disorders - either sleeping too little or too much, or disturbed and broken sleep. Now a study has been released that show that...

Car accidents are the leading cause of death for teens. Young drivers are involved in fatal crashes at more than twice the rate of all other age groups. In Colorado, 16-year-old drivers have the highest rate of crashes of any group in the state and are nearly three...

At first glance that sounds admirable. On second glance, I wonder. The company wouldn’t comment for the NPR story, other than to say it wouldn’t make public statements about confidential conversations. However, NPR interviewed members of the family of one of the dead miners, and they said they had met with Massey officials on...

Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Injury Research Center studied data compiled on 11,000 drivers involved in crashes between 2001 and 2005, and added data from their own computer models and simulated crashes using test dummies. They found that obese men are far more likely to suffer a serious upper body injury...

Those people who were injured – some severely – will have major medical bills, lose time from work, have rehabilitation expenses, and will suffer, along with their families and loved ones, who knows what emotional trauma. I can tell you that if my child or husband or mother were injured in a crash...

 This year, the state added a column called the Complaint Index – for the first time giving an idea of how each auto insurer compares to all the other insurers. An index of 1.0 or higher indicates complaints against the company are higher than average; lower than 1.0 means complaints are lower than...