Serious Personal Injury

Birth injury refers to damage that an infant suffers during the process of labor and delivery. Cerebral palsy is the condition involving neuromuscular deficiencies caused by insufficient oxygen or physical trauma to a baby’s brain during or shortly after birth. A medical error that results in a birth injury can rob a child of a fulfilling life. It also carries lifelong consequences for the child’s parents.

Symptoms of a spinal cord injury may range from chronic pain and some loss of mobility to paralysis in one or more limbs or larger portions of the body. A spinal cord injury can cause a loss of the ability to walk, work, perform manual tasks or care for one’s self.

A violent blow or jolt to the head such as in a fall or a motor vehicle accident or an object such as a bullet which penetrates the skull can cause traumatic brain injury. TBI victims can suffer a wide range of symptoms that can adversely affect their lives or leave them fully debilitated.

A slip-and-fall accident can cause injury or even death for anyone, but falls are a particular hazard for senior citizens and workers. Premises liability law says owners and managers of stores and other businesses, local governments and homeowners have a legal responsibility to make sure their premises are safe for the public. Employers have federal and state safety regulations they are obligated to follow.

Doctors, hospitals and/or police receive millions of dog bite reports every year. Thousands of dog bite victims require emergency room treatment each year. About a dozen victims die. Dog owners must be held responsible for the harm their pets do.

Tens of thousands of people are killed in car accidents every year. Millions more are injured. Most car accidents are preventable. Speeding, drunk driving, distracted driving or driving an unsafe vehicle contributes to too many car accidents.

Motorcycle riders have the same right to the road as any other driver, but too often they are hurt in accidents caused by reckless and careless motorists. Injuries are typically more severe in a motorcycle accident and death is more likely because of the design of bikes.

A crash involving a large commercial motor vehicle (CMV) can easily cause catastrophic personal injury and death due to the size and weight of 18-wheelers (or tractor-trailers).

School buses ferry millions of young riders across cities and towns twice a day, five days a week. State or local government entities that sponsor school bus services have a legal obligation to ensure they are operated safely.

In a rollover accident, the occupant of a motor vehicle can be tossed around and injured or ejected from the vehicle. Large sport utility vehicles – SUVs – jeeps and trucks manufactured in recent years have been shown to be top-heavy and susceptible to rollover accidents because of improper design.

Millions of car and passenger truck tires are recalled every year because of manufacturing defects that can lead to premature loss of tread and blowouts. A tire blowout accident at high speed can cause a driver to lose control of their vehicle and wreck. Blowout wrecks on crowded highways often involve multiple vehicles.