If you or a loved one was injured as a result of an escalator breakdown, consult with an injury attorney. The manufacturer, or possibly a maintenance company, usually maintains the escalator system and when an accident or breakdown occurs, they will be held liable.
The trend nowadays is insurance companies slipping tough restrictions and exemptions into that hard-to-understand language of their policies. There are many instances where the restrictions and exemptions are contradictory to the type of insurance coverage being purchased, and in some cases, make your coverage virtually worthless.
The Segway can be a very sensitive piece of equipment. If you lean forward, the Segway goes forward. You lean back, the Segways goes back. It reacts to the rate in which you move the device and will actually shut off automatically, without warning, if it interprets your movements to be erratic. This is very risky. Imagine, you are crossing Las Vegas Boulevard on your Segway headed to the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino going 5 miles per hour, but then you notice car traveling down the road and you decide to increase your speed to 10 miles per hour.
Why are spinal cord injuries so traumatic? Because when your spinal cord is damaged, the result can be paralysis. There are two kinds of paralysis – paraplegia and quadriplegia. Someone who is a paraplegic can no longer use their legs. A quadriplegic is someone who cannot use both their lower body and upper body.
Approximately 1.7 million people suffer a TBI every year in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control. Roughly 80 percent of these victims are treated at a hospital and eventually released. Unfortunately, the terrible side effects of the injury don’t subside as quickly. In fact, many TBI victims are changed forever.
In 2008, roughly 33 percent of all car accident deaths in Nevada involved a drunk driver (i.e. someone who has a blood alcohol concentration of higher than 0.08). In total, 324 people in Nevada were killed in car wrecks involving drunk drivers, according to alcoholalert.com. Thousands more suffered serious injuries in these types of accidents.
The medical bills are stacking up, you haven’t been able to work for weeks, and the trauma associated with the wreck is causing a lot of problems in your personal life. You want, and deserve, maximum compensation for your personal injury case. This blog has some important tips that will help get you that compensation.