Nearly two million people suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States each year. The severity of the injury varies, but most of these victims will spend at least one night in the hospital. Most TBI sufferers will go on to be okay, but nearly 80,000 will suffer long term disability. Even some of those who seem fine now may develop problems related to their brain injury later on in life. This is due to the nature of the brain and the way it responds when...

Car accidents are the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of thirty-four. Annually, car accidents are responsible for over 40,000 deaths. Frighteningly, these statistics indicate that you are likely to be involved in at least one car accident in your lifetime.

Causes of accidents

Many factors result in car accidents, and sometimes multiple causes contribute to a single accident. The most common factors leading to a car accident...

A new study into the effects of whiplash has found that the patient’s attitude has a great impact on the speed of recovery.

The study was carried out in Stockholm at the Karolinska Institute, led by Lena Holm. A questionnaire based study was carried out among 1000 adult claimants from two insurance companies in Sweden.

Each participant in the study was quizzed with a detailed set of questions about the nature of their accident, demographic profile, health...

At LawLeaf, the majority of the cases funded are those cases involving car accidents. Car accidents can also result in poor maintenance of a vehicle, poor highway conditions, weather conditions, driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI & DWI), driving while texting (text messages) and other related causes. No matter the circumstance if you've been injured as a result of a car accident you may seek legal counsel for damages.

When a person decides to seek lawsuit funding...

Southwest Floridians were wondering why strong odors of color crayons were wafting about late Monday night. Some described the smell as melting plastic or lamp oil. Complaints and concerns came from Cape Coral to Everglades City and everywhere in between.

Strong winds from the west since Sunday could connect the odor to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last week. "It's certainly a possibility," said National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Barron, quoted...

Did you know that 75-80% of Down syndrome children are born to women over the age of 35? Down syndrome is one of the most common chromosomal disorders. It occurs one in every 675 births. Children with Down syndrome also have other hidden disorders that could possibly affect the heart, and intestines. People with Down syndrome have been found to develop Alzheimer’s disease at an alarmingly earlier rate than people without down syndrome. Even scarier, people who are...

An El Monte man has been sentenced to one year in county jail and five years on probation for his role in a street racing related car accident last year in which his friend was killed and the passenger in the other car seriously injured.

In October 2007, 19-year-old Fitzgerald Paragas had been racing with his friend 18-year-old Brian Ramirez. Just prior to that, they had been watching the street racing movie “The Fast and the Furious” and decided to...

The results of a recent AA survey on highway safety should come as no surprise to any long suffering motorist. Almost three in four (72%) of those polled thought road and junction improvements would make roads safer, reducing the annual number of car accident claims.

Only 25% thought having more traffic police would help and just 4% reckoned more speed cameras would do the trick.

The latest in a succession of surveys by the AA and Populus, the findings also...

Since the process of filing for motor accident compensation starts from when the accident occurs, the claimant has to do a few things before he files his claim. This article will elaborate on 5 important things every claimant should do before filing the claim application for motor accident compensation.

Things to Do #1 – Just after the accident occurs the claimant should call an ambulance if he is injured or if other people have been injured due to the accident. If...