Chemical burns are caused by exposure to caustic substances, typically a strong acid or base but also oxidants and certain metals. It can happen through skin contact, ingestion, or inhalation. Chemical burns occur without heat or flames. They are a ...
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Burn Injuries: Chemical Burns
Traumatic Brain Injuries: Causes and Myths
About 1.7 million people in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And yet, there are many misconceptions about how you get a TBI and ...
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Causes of Back and Neck Injuries
Back and neck injuries can change your life, and you need to know how you can recover the compensation that will pay for your medical expenses, lost income and more. You may never get back to your old self, but ...
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Avoiding Pedestrian Accidents
If you are stuck by a negligent driver, as a pedestrian, you may be able to recover substantial compensation for your injuries, but that doesn’t mean that you will recover physically or emotionally. Your life can be changed forever, if ...
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Road Debris Causing Motor Vehicle Accidents
Road debris can be a major hazard, a factor in hundreds of Georgia accidents each year. When a road debris accident causes injuries or death, determining who is to blame can be complicated. Depending on the types of debris, you ...
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Who is Liable for My Commercial Truck Accident Injuries?
Determining liability is far more complex in commercial truck accidents than in accidents involving only non-commercial drivers. If the truck driver was at fault, the trucking company or another company that hired the driver or leased the owner-operator may be ...
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Dealing With Your Vehicle Following an Accident
There are a number of important steps to take following a car accident, all of which are well-documented. Those steps include:
exchanging information with the other driver collecting evidence at the scene seeking out medical attention immediately following the...Read More
Brain Injury: Coup and Contrecoup – What Does it Mean?
If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic brain injury in an accident, you may have heard a lot of unfamiliar terms, including something that sounds like “coo”, “contra coo”, or “coo contra coo”. Or maybe you saw ...
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When Your Loved One in a Nursing Home is Overmedicated
If your loved one is in a nursing home, or you’re currently selecting a nursing home, you might be surprised to learn that overmedication is a common cause of nursing home injury and death.
While nursing staff can make honest ...
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What You Need to Know About Recovering Compensation for Amputation Injuries
Amputation injuries can be devastating. The initial injury can be traumatizing and the reality of facing a lifetime of rehabilitation and recovery without a limb can be even more difficult to deal with. Depression is common. Amputation injuries are life-long ...
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