Category: Personal injury

Slip and fall accidents are caused by conditions such as smooth or slippery floors, liquid or objects on floors, surfaces that are loose or irregular, unsafe stairways, blocked aisles, hidden steps or improper lighting. If you're not expecting to fall and aren't prepared for it - and who is? - it's one of the...

This process can start with you. Hopefully you'll never need to use this advice. But if you are in a crash, there are a couple of steps you can take that will be good for your case. First and foremost, though, take care of yourself. If you've been hurt, you need to get...

There's another insurance company profit-boosting gimmick that Colorado is clamping down on starting in August. It's along the same lines as the collateral source rule, and involves insurance companies trying to take back money from a settlement - money that rightfully belongs to you. This one is called the "made whole doctrine." Let's say...

(There's that phrase again - the one used as a mantra by those who are eager to legislate away your right to a constitutionally guaranteed trial by jury. As often as they repeat it, I'll repeat the truth: Medical malpractice settlements and jury awards are estimated to account for only 1-2 percent of...

 The challenges are many, the GAO found. They include problems enacting and enforcing teen driver safety laws, the limited number of standardized driver education programs, and difficulties involving parents as their teens learn to drive. The GAO had a number of recommendations, including developing driver education standards and encouraging parent participation in teen...

Individual states are required by the federal government to survey nursing homes each year. The inspections are to ensure that nursing homes provide quality care in a safe environment for our elderly and disabled citizens. To make sure the state inspections are being done properly, the federal government selects some of those nursing...

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...