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Road rash is a horrifying side effect of getting into a collision on a motorcycle without the appropriate gear. When your skin is exposed to the friction of the roadway, it can rip off in layers. Sometimes, the muscles are exposed in severe cases. When a victim has suffered road rash or other serious…

Defective stairways can be found in many places, from the steps you take to get to the beach to the stairs that lead into the most luxurious of hotels. As you use them, you might slip on slick steps, trip over boards that have come loose or fall as a result of the railings…

Undue influence is a term that refers to actions that influenced a person to change a will or other document against their free will or due to manipulation. Undue influence is one of a few reasons why people enter into will contests. Imagine that your mother or father had already designated that you’d receive…

Slip-and-fall accidents can be fatal. While you might think about slip-and-fall accidents as one-off incidents that lead to broken wrists or a bump on the head, the truth is that they can be significant and cause real harm to the victims. Slip-and-fall accidents can happen for many reasons. For example, if your loved one…

Some patients in nursing homes sadly have to suffer through abuse. In many cases, it’s difficult for patients to report the abuse, fearing that it will get worse if they do so. The reality is that those who suffer from abuse need to speak out if they can. Additionally, those on the outside need…

Elderly loved ones often cannot speak out against the abuse they face. There are a few reasons for that, such as being scared of the abuser, having a memory condition that makes it hard to remember incidents or being isolated and unable to reach out for help. In each of these cases, the person…

When you see that there are emergency personnel on the highway or on the side of the road, it’s important to move over into another lane. Doing so helps keep them safe and reduces the likelihood of getting into an accident. Unfortunately, for a trooper in Illinois, a driver did not move over and…

When you suffer a serious injury such as a traumatic brain injury, there is much recovery that has to take place. In some cases, people don’t fully recover from traumatic events, but there is a great potential for at least some quality recovery. Immediately after you’re involved in an accident where you hit your…

If you have a loved one in a nursing home, it is likely that they will be physically weak, and they may also be emotionally vulnerable. They may not be able to clearly communicate with you about fears and the experiences they are having in the nursing home. However, you may become suspicious of…

It’s not often that you hear about a crash that has a shooting involved, but that’s what happened during one collision in Chicago. There was a stolen vehicle traveling quickly at around 2:50 p.m., and it T-boned an SUV traveling on West Cermak. This caused the SUV to crash into two unoccupied vehicles while…