According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), attributes approximately 100,000 traffic accidents per year to fatigued drivers. To help raise awareness of this nationwide problem, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has declared November 6-13, 2016 to be Drowsy Driving Prevention Week. What is drowsy driving? Drowsy driving occurs when any of the following …
Five Qualities to Look for in a Truck Accident Lawyer in Columbus
Large trucks cause thousands of accidents each year. Injured victims or their loved ones can hold negligent drivers or their employers liable for any injuries. Choosing the right lawyer to champion your case is one of the most important decisions you will make. How can you make this critical decision? What are the top qualities …
Dog Safety for Kids: Tips to Keep Your Family Safe
People say dogs are a man’s best friend, and they can also be great companions for kids. Of course, it also pays to be aware of the dangers of dog bites and other aggressive behaviors when children are around. The great majority of dogs are friendly and loving, but — like people — they all …
Ohio Motorcycle Laws You Need to Know
Riding a motorcycle can be very dangerous, but you can lessen your chance of being involved in an accident by knowing and following these Ohio motorcycle laws. Do these laws apply to you? To answer that question, we first need to determine what type of vehicle you have. If you drive any type of motor …
Common Back Injuries from Car Accidents
Car accidents – even seemingly minor ones – can place severe pressure on your back and leave you immobile and in tremendous pain. From herniated discs to spinal cord injuries, below are some of the most common types of back injuries from car accidents. Herniated Disc Located between each vertebra are discs that act as …
AAA Study Identifies Factors Leading to Increasing Fatal Teenage Car Accidents
For the first time in nearly ten years, the number of fatal teenage car accidents is increasing. The number of teens involved in fatal car accidents spiked in 2015, with 10 percent more accidents than in 2014, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. The American Automobile Association (AAA) endeavored to find out why. What …
Pedestrian, Bike-Friendly Changes to North High Street in Columbus
The City of Columbus is making quite a few changes to its roadways. One of the newest changes, which will hopefully make pedestrians safer, is taking place on North High Street in the Short North district, reports The Columbus Dispatch. What is the city going to do? The city has already installed protected bike lanes …
How to Check if Your Vehicle is Part of a Recall
Every year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) places thousands of vehicles under recall in order to fix a defect or common mechanical malfunction caused by the manufacturer. The problem is many of the drivers who need to receive recall notices never get them. This is because the NHTSA only requires manufacturers to issue …
Types of Dog Bite Injuries
Every year, approximately 4.5 million people sustain dog bite injuries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Twenty percent of these people will require medical attention at an emergency department or hospitalization for their injuries. What kind of physical injuries can dog bites cause? Facial Injuries Attacks to the face are common …
Study Finds 14 Pokémon GO-related Accidents in Automobiles
The Pokémon GO virtual reality game is based on the popular TV show and card trading game, and it has swept the globe and inspired millions of players to get out and be more active. The game works by rewarding players for the distance they walk. The farther you walk, the more characters you can …
Account for Your Chronic Pain in a Personal Injury Claim
Because pain is an obvious part of being in a serious accident, many people do not realize that long-lasting pain is a separate medical condition called chronic pain. Chronic pain is often overlooked as a type of injury from an accident because it can be difficult to diagnose and prove. If you were in an …
Chronic Pain Is an Often-Overlooked Effect of Car Accidents
Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months and affects millions of Americans – and the condition is often the result of a car accident. For some accident victims, the injuries heal and the pain goes away after a few weeks. Unfortunately, many others will have to live with chronic pain from a …
Three Severe Infections from Dog Bites
In the United States, about one percent of all injury-related visits to the emergency room are related to dog bites. Many dog bite patients are treated for open wounds and gashes on the skin, but some bites can lead to serious infections. Here is a list of some of the most common infections caused by …
How chronic pain affects your ability to work
Chronic pain could affect you physically, emotionally, and financially. You may need to spend time in a specialized care facility, make in-home accommodations, or delegate your household obligations elsewhere. Perhaps more importantly, it could affect your ability to work. When this happens, you could work with a personal injury lawyer from our firm. We can …
7 Tips to Avoid Dog Bites
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 12,000 people across the United States are bitten by dogs each day. One out of five of these bites becomes infected, which can lead to serious health consequences, including hospitalization. Any dog, regardless of size, sex, breed, or age, can bite. Even if …
September 18-24 Is National Child Passenger Safety Week
A child under the age of 13 is in a car accident every 33 seconds in the United States, reports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As parents and responsible drivers, it is everybody’s responsibility to keep our children safe as they travel with us on the roads. The week of September 18-24, 2016 is …
IIHS: Good Driver Side Small Overlap Crash Test Rating Doesn’t Translate to Passenger Safety
A vehicle with a good small overlap crash test rating may protect drivers in the event of a front-end accident involving the driver side of the vehicle. But a new study found that this may not adequately protect passengers. Researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted passenger-side small overlap tests on small …
2016: Deadliest Driving Year In America Since 2007?
All across the United States, traffic fatalities have continued to surge in 2016. From January through June, an estimated 19,100 drivers died in motor vehicle accidents. That’s a nine percent increase from the first six months of 2015 and an 18 percent spike since the first half of 2014. On top of the fatalities, another …
How Dog Bite Liability Works in Ohio
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Americans own about 70 to 80 million dogs. With all of these dogs comes a risk of dog bites. Under Ohio’s dog bite liability laws, injured victims can hold the dog’s owner liable for any injuries sustained. For help filing a liability …
Avoiding Road Debris Accidents and Injuries
Road debris causes auto accidents a lot more often than you would think. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that every year, on average, there are nearly 50,658 police reported auto accidents resulting from road debris. From these, AAA found that road debris causes around 9,805 injuries and 125 fatalities each year. AAA’s Research …
Columbus to Test Partially-Automated Semi-Trucks as Part of Smart City Grant
Among the new initiatives that Columbus will introduce as part of the Smart City Grant it received earlier this year is testing of partially-automated two-truck platoons. In each platoon, a driver will traditionally operate the first truck, and a second truck synchronized to the first will follow it, mirroring the first truck’s braking and acceleration. …
More Than 100,000 Drowsy Driving Injury Crashes Each Year in the U.S.
Drowsy drivers add to the dangers of everyday driving. A significant number of auto accidents are a direct result of drowsy driving. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), there are roughly 328,000 drowsy driving accidents, annually. 109,000 injury crashes 6,400 fatal crashes $12.5 billion in monetary losses Meanwhile, the National Sleep Foundation, in …
Steps to Report a Dog Bite in Ohio
Ohio law requires anyone with knowledge of a dog bite to report it within 24 hours. According to Ohio Administrative Code 3701-3-28, if a dog, or any other mammal, bites you, you should fill out a bite incident report and file it with the health commissioner in the district where the bite occurred. Ohio law …
Bit by Someone’s Dog? Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes
Dog bite cases are common here in Ohio. If someone’s dog bit you, you may be entitled to compensation. Yet, victims of these bites often make critical mistakes that place their legal case in jeopardy. Below we review five of these common mistakes. If you have any questions, or if you were injured and need …
University of Cincinnati Receives Grant to Study Secondary Injury in TBI Patients
The University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Neurosurgery is studying the damaging aftereffects of a traumatic brain injury, called secondary injury. This refers to the “waves of electrical disturbance,” as UC calls them, that travel through the brain after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), causing additional injury. The TBI Secondary Injury Study The Psychological Health/Traumatic …
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