Articles Archive for November 2009
Accident Prevention, Brain Injury, Richmond Attorney »
Attorney Jason W. Konvicka
Author: Attorney Jason W. Konvicka
This Christmas, many boys and girls will wake up to a new bicycle, scooter or skateboard under the tree. Hopefully they will also unwrap a new helmet to go with it.
Did you know that nearly 50 percent of children age 14 and under who are hospitalized for bicycle, in-line skating, and skateboard-related injuries are diagnosed with a brain injury? Many of those injuries could have been prevented through proper use of a helmet.…
Accident Prevention, Richmond Attorney »
Attorney Elizabeth M. Allen
Author: Attorney Elizabeth M. Allen
With the Holidays come family gatherings, office parties, socializing with friends and Year End football game get-togethers. These are occasions we look forward to all year. But there can be a dark side to the holiday cheer: drunk driving and the injuries and deaths that result.
Every December we see a spike in highway fatalities in the United States during the Christmas and New Year Holiday periods. In 2005, there were 193 deaths involving…
Accident Prevention, General Information »
Safety is a must when deep frying a turkey.
The latest trend in preparing a Thanksgiving turkey is deep frying. The results can be delicious but it can also be dangerous. (1) Without adhering to certain safety precautions, you may end up with an injury or fire. (2)
Deep Fryers can be dangerous for a number of reasons:
- The fryer units can easily tip over, spilling the approximately five gallons of hot oil contained within the cooking pot.
- Overfilling the pot with oil can result…
Charlottesville Attorney, Medical Malpractice »
Attorney Matthew B. Murray
Author: Attorney Matthew B. Murray
Recent commentary in the local papers has contained several worthwhile suggestions to reduce health care costs. But some have also included the customary bash at medical malpractice victims and their lawyers, and claim the way to reduce health care costs is to put a cap on the damages injured victims can recover.
According to the Institute of Medicine, 98,000 people are killed annually by preventable medical errors. (1) In sheer numbers, if it were listed as…
Brain Injury, Insurance Coverage, Richmond Attorney »
Attorney Jason W. Konvicka
Author: Attorney Jason W. Konvicka
I recently read an article that stated that a person sustains a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States every 21 seconds. In fact, the same article indicated that traumatic brain injuries occur more frequently and affect more people than breast cancer, AIDS, and Alzheimer’s disease combined. At first, I found these statistics surprising. I even questioned their accuracy despite having personally represented numerous traumatic brain injury victims over the years. Then, after…
Fredericksburg Attorney, General Information »
Attorney Nathan J. D. Veldhuis
Author: Attorney Nathan J. D. Velduis
Black’s Law Dictionary (7th Edition) (1) defines a “tort” as: “A civil wrong for which a remedy may be obtained, usually in the form of damages; a breach of a duty that the law imposes on everyone in the same relation to one another as those involved in a given transaction.” The word, “tort” is a French word which means a “fault” or a “wrong.” (2) Torts are not claims for breach of…
Insurance Companies, Personal Injury, Richmond Attorney »
Attorney R. Clayton Allen
Author: Attorney R. Clayton Allen, Esquire
In Part One, I talked about some considerations of why you might hire a personal injury attorney, and some ways insurance companies may take advantage of you if you don’t have an attorney. In Part Two, I’ll discuss some additional considerations.
1. The more money that is involved, the more you have to lose if you handle it wrong. And the more incentive the insurance company has to take advantage of you.
If your…
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