Across the United States, car crashes occur just about every minute of the day. Millions occur every year. When we discuss car accidents, we usually talk about the physical injuries to the victims and their belongings. Less often discussed is the emotional trauma that...
Losing a loved one is not easy in Michigan. People rely on their family members for so many different things in their lives. That is why losing a loved one can affect many different parts of people’s lives. People may not even realize how much they rely on their loved...
As a society, we can all now agree that drinking and driving is dangerous. But, texting and driving is equally as dangerous. To drive this point home, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that just five seconds of texting and driving is the same as...
Injuries to the spinal cord are extremely serious. They are also among the costliest types of injuries. There is no such thing as a minor spinal cord injury; even those that do not lead to paralysis cost more than $1 million to treat. These numbers do not include...
People in the Detroit area are continuing to use e-scooters, e-bikes and similar devices to get around urban areas. While their availability may convenience the public for years to come, these modes of transportation come with risks as well. According to the U.S....
Recent studies – one by a government/auto industry alliance and one by the insurance industry – revealed that automatic braking could reduce rear-end automobile crashes by 50 percent. Pickup collisions went down more than 40 percent. Both relied on crash data for the...
When you are on someone else’s property, you generally expect that they have kept the property safe for guests and visitors. But what happens if you are injured while on the property? Injuries in public places can come in many forms. You could slip on a puddle in a...
If you spend any time watching daytime television, you have seen many, many commercials on car and motorcycle accidents and the injuries that result. You have seen lawyers, doctors and chiropractors talk about all the physical impacts that result from these crashes....
The past few years have been challenging with people needing to adapt to dramatic changes in how they live their lives personally and professionally. With a radically different landscape in Michigan and throughout the nation, it is to be expected that people will...
Truck drivers traveling through Michigan get into accidents for the same reasons that many other drivers do. Sometimes, they did everything they could to prevent the accident but another motorist made a mistake. In other cases, the accident truly was unavoidable or...