March Is Brain Injury Awareness Month: Why It’s Important to Hire an Experienced Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer
Traumatic brain injuries are quiet killers. Aside from concussions in the NFL, there is not much media attention about the various kinds of brain injuries. Traumatic brain injuries send over 200,000 Americans to hospital emergency rooms every year. Because of the nature of brain injuries, many of these victims do not get the treatment they...
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What You Should Know About Semi-Truck Crashes
2020 was a landmark year for truck accident cases and for all the wrong reasons. Coronavirus lockdowns badly disrupted the supply chain. Furthermore, 2020 was the year the ongoing truck driver shortage moved from a concerning nuisance to a major crisis. Not coincidentally, semi-truck crashes have increased 26 percent since 2020. Modern semi-trucks are also...
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Maximum Compensation for your Personal Injury Claim
Have you experienced a life-altering personal injury in an accident? We understand how difficult it can be to cope with the physical and financial consequences. You shouldn’t have to bear this burden alone. If someone else’s negligence has caused injury to you or someone you care about, you may be entitled to compensation. Let us...
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What is a wrongful death lawsuit?
Alice had been living a great life, working as an accountant and spending quality time with her family. That all changed one fateful day when she received the news that her beloved husband had been taken from her in a tragic truck accident. Alice and her three children were devastated. They could not imagine how...
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Help for Individuals Coping With a Traumatic Brain Injury from an Accident
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a serious and often life-changing injury that affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone, over 2.8 million people suffer from TBI yearly. TBI can happen to anyone, regardless of age, background, or lifestyle. A traumatic brain injury can be caused by falls, car accidents, sports injuries, or...
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Electronic Evidence in Drowsy Truck Driver Cases
Recently, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) watered down some key hours of service (HOS) safety rules. For example, if truckers are caught in traffic or bad weather, they may now stay behind the wheel longer in order to make up time. Fatigue is a serious problem among truckers. Driving after 18 consecutive awake...
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A Closer Look at Traumatic Brain Injuries
Extreme, excessive motion causes most TBIs, an injury that kills over 64,000 Americans every year. Many personal injuries heal, for the most part, if the victims receive prompt and proper treatment. Head injuries, however, are permanent. That is because dead brain cells do not regenerate. These injuries usually cause lifelong cognitive and social interaction effects....
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Sharing the Road: Motorcycle Safety Tips
Now that it’s fall the leaves are changing, the air is turning crisp, and you may be starting to long for that open road. We get it, we’ve got a lot of avid motorcycle riders in our office, we’re right there with you – which is one of the many reasons why we are also...
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Traumatic Brain Injuries- The Silent Killer After a Crash
Accidents happen – but did you know that some accidents have life-changing injuries that may not show their symptoms until after the flashing lights and sirens have faded away? Traumatic brain injuries (or TBIs) are injuries that affect the brain and how it functions. TBIs can occur with any trauma to the head. The most...
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Jury Awards Baltimore City Resident $1.5 Million
One of The Yost Legal Group’s own, Attorney Bruce Powell, received a 1.5-million-dollar verdict for a Baltimore local who suffered from a traumatic brain injury at his job in September of 2018. The man was, at the time, an employee at the Thames Street Oyster House in Fells Point. He had been on break, sitting...
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