FRACTURES – Fractures are a common injury in accidents. The types of fractures are listed below: Closed or simple fracture. The bone is broken, but the skin is not lacerated. Open or compound fracture. The skin may be pierced by the bone or by a blow that breaks the skin at the time of the…
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Holding the steering wheel tight during a car crash or falling down on your outstretched palms can cause injury to your wrist resulting in a carpal tunnel injury. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is caused when fluid, bone, or stressed tendons press on the nerves within the carpal tunnel of the wrist. The…
Rotator Cuff Injuries – It is not uncommon to sustain shoulder pain after a motor vehicle accident or a bad trip and fall. If your symptoms include pain, weakness, and decreased range of motion of your shoulder, you should be evaluated by your family physician or an orthopedic surgeon for a possible rotator cuff injury….
Bloomberg News reported, “State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the biggest property and casualty insurer in the U.S., will recall more than 800,000 toy bears given away by the company’s agents because they pose a choking hazard.” The company received one report that an 18-month-old had placed in her mouth a plastic eye from one…
Playgrounds are fun and exciting places for children. They can help to build dexterity, and they are a great place to make new friends. Each year, doctors and hospitals treat more than 500,000 injuries related to playground equipment. The vast majority of injuries on the playground are connected with climbing equipment and swings. Injuries are…
WHAT PARENTS OF TEENAGERS CAN DO – With or without a strong graduated licensing law, parents can establish effective rules. In particular: Don’t Rely Solely on Driver Education High school driver education may be the most convenient way to learn skills, but it doesn’t produce safer drivers. Poor skills aren’t always to blame. Teenagers’ attitudes and…
Virtually all new cars have airbags, and they’re saving lives. They’re reducing driver deaths by about 14 percent, and passenger bags reduce deaths by about 11 percent. People who use safety belts may think they don’t need airbags. But they do. Airbags and lap/shoulder belts work together as a system, and one without the other…
Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid of harming their fetuses if they buckle up, say the authors of a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute study of safety belt use during pregnancy. In fact, if every expectant mother were properly restrained an estimated half — or about 192 — of all reported pregnancy losses in crashes…
In a car crash you are much more likely to be killed if you are not wearing a seat belt. That is why Florida has seat belt laws. The law states that the front seat passengers must wear seat belts. This law applies to any car manufactured since 1968. In addition, all passengers under 18…
Many of our client’s are surprise to learn that anyone injured by the negligent actions of any employee of the State of Florida, any of its political subdivisions, including those employees of a County or City, is limited, regardless of how seriously they are injured, to a maximum recovery of $100,000.00. This limitation or cap,…