If you were asked to name the types of crashes that cause the most deaths, you might say head-on collisions. Or, if you know something about traffic statistics, you might expect intersection crashes or left turns to be high on the list, or even single-vehicle crashes off the road. You might not expect that rollover …

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In personal injury claims, victims are sometimes injured so severely that they are unable to work for a long period of time, and sometimes they are never able to return to their old jobs. Clearly, when an injury is catastrophic the injured party will seek a greater amount of damages—both economic and noneconomic—than when an …

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California is one of many states that allow a driver who has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) to plead to a lesser charge. One of those lesser charges is “wet reckless” (reckless driving involving alcohol). Understanding what this charge means and how it works is useful when you’ve been in …

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It’s easy enough for people to understand that the victims of accidents suffer physical injuries, but it’s sometimes not recognized how serious the psychological and emotional damage caused by a traumatic event can be. The fact is that in the same way that serious injuries can leave a person with long-term or permanent disabilities, some …

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