In the immediate aftermath of a crash, ensuring your own safety and the safety of others is essential. However, once you have sought medical attention and contacted the police, it may also prove important to document the incident as thoroughly as you can. Gather...
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Do you have medical privacy after a car accident?
If you like to keep your medical details as private as possible, your views are in line with medical ethical standards. In fact, according to the American Medical Association, medical privacy is an essential component of any successful doctor-patient relationship. In...
What can cause a car’s front seats to collapse?
If you have young children in your family, you undoubtedly understand the importance of using safety-rated car seats. After all, size-appropriate car and booster seats reduce a child's risk of suffering a serious injury in a car accident by almost 80%, according to...
Did you suffer from a back injury in a crash?
Suffering from any form of injury in a crash can have devastating consequences. But of these injuries, the ones to the back can have a surprisingly long-lasting impact that victims may not anticipate. In just what ways can a back injury really impact a victim's life?...
Road rage can lead to accidents
The roadways of New Jersey and throughout the nation remain hazardous places. Now, in addition to worries about careless and aggressive drivers, people must prepare for the possibility of meeting up with someone experiencing road rage. Multiple factors can lead to a...
How can TBIs affect your personality?
After suffering a blow to the head, it is very possible that brain injury will follow. This can include traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs. TBIs can impact victims in numerous ways. While the physical impact often gains a lot of attention, it is actually the mental and...
How can inattentional blindness affect drivers?
The human mind has a way of focusing on important tasks, and this conditional response is called inattentional blindness. It has a place and a use in certain aspects of daily life. However, it does a driver no good when it kicks in behind the wheel. In fact, it can...
In 2021, New Jersey saw the most traffic deaths since 2007
Fatal car crashes are increasing across New Jersey and the rest of the nation, and so, too, are wrecks resulting in at least one serious injury. In 2021, New Jersey saw its highest number of deadly crashes in almost 15 years, raising questions about what...
What do you know about recovering from surgery at home?
After getting into a car accident, you needed surgery to address significant injuries. While you have a personal injury case to pursue, you also have a procedure to recover from. WebMD offers tips for at-home recovery after surgery. While a legal representative helps...
Factors that play a role in speeding
If you encounter a speeding driver on the road, you could become seriously injured in an accident. Drivers speed for many different reasons, and this behavior threatens the lives of everyone on the road, including those in other vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians....