Amputation or the loss of an extremity or limb will have a profound impact on your daily life. It can take quite some time for someone to physically recover from the initial trauma or surgery. Readjusting to daily life will also be a challenge. From assistive...
Life may have been everything you envisioned, from a lovely family and a successful career to a vibrant social life, only for a car accident to everything. Serious injuries could mean the end of your once promising career and make it impossible to interact with...
As you might imagine, motor vehicle accidents are a top cause of severe injury and death. Due to their size and weight, collisions with large commercial trucks often lead to catastrophic harm like brain or spine damage, disfigurement and permanent disability. You...
When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted a study involving highway deaths, it produced some statistically interesting results. Overall, there has been a sharp decline in vehicle crash fatalities since 1980. But bucking that trend is the uptick...
Many people don’t realize just how strenuous trucking can be. While most media depicts trucking as this relaxing job, full of scenic trips and long hours of doing nothing more than sitting and watching the road, it’s often far from true and, for many truckers, it’s a...
Cyclists don't typically carry insurance. After all, even the most dramatic bicycle crash would only result in minimal property damage. Although personal injury could be possible when a cyclist crashes into a pedestrian, such collisions are rare enough that the state...
As you check yourself for injuries after a car crash, you may feel a wave of relief as you realize you can still move your legs and that nothing seems obviously broken. When the police officer comes to take your report a bit later, you happily inform them that you...
Car accidents happen nearly every day. While cars are equipped with seatbelts and airbags to reduce serious damage, they can’t protect people from everything, especially in catastrophic car accidents. People who suffer from vehicle collisions often experience some...
It has quickly become fall. All the leaves are red and falling off the trees. The mornings are getting colder and the days are shorter – and drivers seem to have forgotten how to drive. Many people aren’t prepared for driving in fall weather. Some people forget how to...
If you've been in a car accident, you know it can be traumatic. The experience can be very frightening and overwhelming. As we’ve discussed before, when you’ve been through a difficult experience, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be the result. Long after...