Over five million people are involved in accidents each year, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

The majority of these are caused by road traffic accidents which result in a range of injuries, the most common of which is whiplash.

However, people shouldn't be put off making personal injury claims for the strangest of accidents. There have been some weird and wonderful accidents throughout history. In 1814 nearly 1.2 million litres of beer flooded...

Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death in America and on a yearly basis, just about 40,000 Americans die in car wrecks every year. Car accident injuries for those who survive are distressing. Unfortunately, there is a good chance that just about everyone will be involved in a crash of some kind at least once in their lives.

Having said that, if you are in an accident, you will need a skilled car accident attorney with a good track record handling cases like this...

Getting compensation for claims is not hard but get maximum compensation is not as easy as it is believed to be. Majority of the people who file for personal injury claim compensation are not aware that in order to get maximum compensation they need to do certain things. This article will elaborate on some easy ways you can get maximum compensation without increasing claim related costs.

The first way to get maximum personal injury claim compensation is to follow the law....

Most claimants who want to file accident claims are not aware that certain things have to be done for their claims to be accepted. This article will help you understand the process of filing accident claims and a few things that must be done before you contact an accident claim solicitor.

In order to file accident claims the first thing the claimant must do is to follow the law. If the accident has occurred on the road then the claimant will have to follow road accident...

What is a lifting injury and what causes it.

More than 25% of all reported accidents in the workplace are associated with "manual handling and lifting", and the most common injury sustained by people, and claimed for, while carrying out manual handling at work is a back injury, although injuries to arms and feet are also fairly common.  Manual handling does not just lifting and carrying but also lowering, pushing and pulling.

Workers in places such...

A wrongful death case, simply defined, is one in which a person died needlessly at the negligence of another human being, organization or company. This can include everything from a drunk driver who gets behind the wheel intoxicated and kills someone, to the business owner who does not properly inspect equipment and a faulty ladder causes someone to fall to their death. When wrongful death happens, the survivors of the accident victim may be able to collect compensation from their loss...

If you have ridden a bicycle you know that it is dangerous to be out on the roads that are shared by cars, as many automobiles don't watch out for bikes and don't give them the room that they need. Bicycling in groups can be even more dangerous and if you have been involved in a bicycle accident where the driver of the car was negligent, then you should contact a bicycle accident lawyer right away. You may have suffered serious injury at the hands of a driver who wasn't paying attention...

California is a state that's made for motorcycles.  The weather is perfect for them, the landscape is beautiful and the cost of fuel makes these vehicles the transportation choice for thousands of people.  Unfortunately, California motorcycle accidents also occur with regularity, and if this has happened to you, there are steps that you can take to find motorcycle injury lawyers who possess the experience and skill necessary to help you through this situation.  Below is...

Drunk driving is quite common in Houston and every day people are arrested for DWI – Driving While Intoxicated, or DUI - Driving Under the Influence charges. So if you have been arrested on these charges in Houston, don't get panic, get legal help. All you need to do is to hire the services of an experienced Houston DWI Attorney. The hiring of your attorney is very important since good representation is key to your DWI legal defense.

DWI's can be very stressful to...

Nerve-racking situation of Personal Injury shatters the entire verve in us, either due to frailty or ignorance; we don't even wrestle for our deserved privileges. No ally stands besides you for combating against the anguish endured by us, owing to someone else's slip-up. All you need is bit of awareness about the Personal Injury Attorney by means of this, you don't have to fight alone for the monetary, physical or emotional damages, there is someone who will lend hand and fight for the...