Southern California Injury Law Blog

California is number one for a lot of things; entrepreneurs, great quality of life and diverse beauty, but highest speeding related fatalities? Yes, it’s not something to be proud about. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety administration (NHTSA), California ranks number one in speeding accidents in both interstate and non-interstate roadways. Moreover, the period between Thanksgiving to Christmas has the highest accident rate, and is a California personal injury lawyers busiest time as well. One reason is that many Californians are taking long road trips to visit family and enjoy winter vacations.

By far, traffic is a spoiler of many long trips; unexpected detours, traffic congestion, and accidents. Wouldn’t it be nice to have traffic alerts come directly to your computer, cell phone or other handheld devices? Well, now a company provides online solutions to your traffic problems. Traffic.com will help Christmas travelers get to their destinations faster by knowing the best time to leave and the best route to take. Knowing the best route can save both time and fuel, and with todays fuel costs, this can save you lots of money.

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Lori Coble was taking her son, Kyle to the Irvine Spectrum for his birthday wish, his first ride on the Ferris wheel for his 5th birthday. On the drive home, His sister Emma, 4, and Katie, 2, his mom and grandmother were struck from the rear by a big-rig carrying 40,000 pounds of electronics. Within hours, the Coble family tragically lost all three children. Unfortunately, this is not a rare occurrence.

According to the Truck Safety Coalition, www.trucksafety.org, more than 5,300 people are killed each year and over 10,000 are injured in truck-related crashes. The statistics are incredible. The number of deaths is equivalent to 26 fully- loaded airplanes falling from the sky each year.

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Well, it’s that time of the year again to “fall back” to standard time. This Sunday, most residents of the US will be turning their clocks back one hour, and going back to Daylight Standard Time. Even though the time change is meant to produce energy savings for the country, it usually leaves everyone feeling fatigued, at least for the first week or so, and that leads to safety risk at home and on the road.

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Within moments of the Buffalo Bills' season opener, tight end Kevin Everett made what was thought to be a routine tackle, but in fact, that incident resulted in a life threatening serious spinal cord injury. Within seconds he became a quadriplegic and his prognosis was bleak. Fortunately for Everett, the medical staff reacted quickly to his paralysis and used an experimental treatment called moderate hypothermia therapy.

When most people think, “hypothermia,”, they normally react and think that this is something to avoid, right? After all, prolonged hypothermia can cause multiple organ problems and even death in severe cases. But since the 1960’s, doctors have been experimenting with using this cooling treatment on serious, life threatening injuries such as brain trauma, spinal injuries, heart attack and strokes.

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Allen, Flatt, Ballidis & Leslie was pleased to settle its second million dollar case this year. The firm was successful in negotiating a resolution on behalf of their client in a truck vs. bicycle accident which caused significant spinal injury. Fortunately, although the injuries were severe, the client made a good recovery, returned to work, and activities. In Orange county, California jurors are conservative in their evaluation of injury cases. That is why it is crucial to hire a personal injury attorney located in Orange County, and who understands Orange County jurors to maximize settlements and awards. The firm is proud to serve the residents of Orange County and will continue to strive for exceptional results on behalf of deserving injured persons.

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By Brian Lew of Allen, Flatt, Ballidis & Leslie

Look in the yellow pages or take note of television advertising during the middle of the day. What you will find there are a multitude of lawyers. Interestingly, the vast majority are personal injury lawyers. Why is that? When viewing television dramas about the courtroom, you never see personal injury lawyers. There have been hundreds of shows about criminal lawyers, prosecutors and defense lawyers, but if you wanted to locate a prosecutor or defense lawyer in the phone book, you would be hard pressed to find one.

In any yellow page book the personal injury section has by far the most advertisers. Is it that there are more injuries than crimes? Maybe so, but the main reason there are so may personal injury lawyers is because few claims are handled fairly by insurance carriers. If the insurance adjusters handled the claims fairly, they would put the personal injury lawyers out of business. You wouldn’t need one.

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Back pain can start after an accident with difficult and painful disability thereafter. Without the right treatment and an understanding about your injury, recovery can be unnecessarily delayed. We will look at several causes of back pain from an auto accident injury.

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California statutes require a vehicle owner carry at least $15,000 of insurance. With the rates of insurance escalating, many people carry the minimum insurance; an amount set more than 25 years ago and unchanged since that time.

You and your family can protect themselves from uncompensated injury and damages. Obtain uninsured motorist coverage. It is very inexpensive, sometimes only several dollars per 6 months and if the other driver does not have insurance or minimum insurance, you are able to use your uninsured motorist coverage. This way you and your family are protected from that person who does not carry sufficient insurance or has no insurance at all.

If you need help with an uninsured motorist claim, call an experienced lawyer in california that can help with your case.http://www.allenflatt.com/lawyer-attorney-1129430.html

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