When a person collides with a vehicle, the aftermath can be devastating. The shock of the crash often leaves victims grappling with physical, emotional and financial hardships. Understanding who is in the right and who bears responsibility for the accident can be...
Personal Injury
Why you should worry about bruises from a car accident
Car accidents often cause serious traumatic injuries, so you may feel lucky after getting into a crash and only seeing bruises. People tend to go to the hospital in the immediate aftermath of a car accident only when they see blood or have broken bones. In part...
Should I file a slip-and-fall claim against a Connecticut retailer?
Large and small businesses alike have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their customers. While it is impossible to foresee every type of injury or accident that may occur on the property, business owners are expected to act as a reasonable store owner would by...
Can a trucking company be responsible for a crash?
All vehicles can be dangerous, but trucks are more dangerous, especially when they crash into smaller vehicles. Trucks are larger and heavier than small passenger cars, which means even a minor accident can cause serious damage and injuries. After a truck collides...
Tips to stay safe around aggressive drivers
Every time you get on the road there’s a chance you’ll end up driving alongside an aggressive driver who ends up in a road rage. They may shout, curse, yell insults and even make physical threats often because they think you’re driving too slow. At best, they’ll speed...
How can pedestrians keep themselves safe in Connecticut?
The danger to pedestrians of being injured by road users is one that’s shared across the country and is also one that is, on the whole, a growing problem. In a recent study, Connecticut was ranked as the seventh-highest state for pedestrian deaths. This is, of course,...
With winter coming, slip-and-fall accidents are on the way
Slip and fall accidents happen in a lot of different ways, such as when the tile floor in a department store is wet and a customer slips walking down an aisle. But one of the most common ways that these things happen is when the pavement on a sidewalk is snowy or icy...
The dangers of electric scooters
Electric scooters (or e-scooters) appear to be everywhere. Injuries to pedestrians and those who ride e-scooters are increasing. Many are serious and even fatal. One doctor who was involved in a study of e-scooter-related injuries between 2014 and 2020 says, "We found...
Exterior stairways can contain many slip and fall hazards
Whether at a friend’s home or a commercial or government building, you likely encounter exterior steps more often than you think. Most of the time, stairways are in good condition and built according to code, posing few injury risks to users. Unfortunately, some steps...
Are you prepared to share the road?
When you’re driving your vehicle, one of the things you should keep in mind is the variety of people that you’ll share the road with. You know that you may see motorcyclists, truck drivers, cyclists and pedestrians on or around the roads you travel on, so it’s...