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Employer Liability for Those Injured by Intoxicated Employees
While numerous laws and criminal sanctions have been enacted to deter those who drive while intoxicated, deterrence does not compensate those who suffer bodily harm or property damage because of a drunk driver. Drunk driving…
Why and How Insurers Accuse the Injured Party of Faking Their Injuries
When the facts and law of a case do not favor the insurance company, they often resort to accusing the injured person of faking their injuries or ‘playing the system’ as a way to undermine…
Neck and Car Crashes: A Bad Combination
The neck is a very complex structure. Many medical researchers and healthcare providers have noted that the neck’s structure is more vulnerable and subject to injury than any other portion of the spine. The neck…
The Ten Worst Insurance Companies in America
In July 2008, the American Association of Justice (AAJ) named “the ten worst insurance companies in America.” The criteria employed to be awarded this dubious honor was an exhaustive study of the number and nature…
Drunk Driving: Alcohol and Liability
Drunk driving is not seasonal; it remains a major problem 365 days a year. While numerous laws and criminal sanctions have been enacted to deter those who drive while intoxicated, deterrence does not compensate those…
Establishing Liability in a Collision – Admissible Evidence
What Evidence is Admissible to Establish Liability in a Car Collision? If the collision is investigated by a law enforcement agency, the police officer is required to complete and file a Police Traffic Collision Report…
Motor Vehicle Collisions and Cell Phones
While many activities can distract a driver, the prevalence of cell phone use makes this activity the most common cause of driver-distraction related collisions. According to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, approximately 224 million…
Using Flexion-Extension MRI To Assess the Cervical Spine
The May 2002 edition of Emergency Radiology published “The Use of Flexion and Extension MR in the Evaluation of Cervical Spine Trauma: Initial Experience in 100 Trauma Patients Compared with 100 Normal Subjects.” Emergency Radiology…
Whiplash Injury: Vehicle, Seat, Occupant and Tissue Responses
Gunter Siegmund, Ph.D., Eng.* is one of the leading research scientists in the field of motor vehicle collision injuries who works out of the School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.…
Alcohol and Commercial Host Liability: Roads Just Got a Little Safer
While numerous laws and criminal sanctions have been enacted to deter those who drive while intoxicated, deterrence does not compensate those who suffer bodily harm or property damage because of drunk driver. Drunken driving is…
