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Eleven Steps to Take Immediately After an Auto Accident
An auto accident can have catastrophic consequences on an individual's livelihood if they are seriously injured. To begin, auto accident victims who are injured often suffer financially...
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Dealing with Insurance Companies after an accident
Accidents are emotionally and often financially draining; dealing with insurance companies on top of the pain and suffering can be both frustrating and confusing...
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Auto Accident Injuries: What You Need to Know
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that every year 46,631.4 people are killed and 3,335,800 people are injured in auto accidents across the U.S. The NHTSA compiled accident data collected...
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The US federal government in the 1960s required states to introduce laws relating to the mandatory wearing of motorcycle helmets, and by the 1970s the majority of states had done so. However these laws were short-lived and by 1980 a considerable number had been repealed. Most states now require young motorcyclists to wear helmets. Safety campaigners argue that the laws do not go far enough and cause unnecessary fatalities.
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Common Causes of Commercial Truck Accidents
In 2007 there were over 139,000 large trucks in the US that were involved in non-fatal crashes*, and more than 4,500 large trucks involved in fatal crashes.** Because commercial trucks are so much larger and heavier than other vehicles, the majority of injuries and fatalities occur in the smaller vehicles or pedestrians that collide with trucks, or with pedestrians.
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Aviation Accidents and What to Do?
If you have ever been in an aviation accident, you may have already learned the difficult way that there are a number of things you have to do after an aviation accident. However, if you have never been in an aviation accident or you were just in one there are multiple things you should do that are in your best interest. Individuals who follow these things are able to recover more quickly and receive further assistance...
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Admiralty law: An Unbroken Tradition
As soon as people built ships to carry cargoes, it became necessary to create law to address the circumstances that occurred to ships then and occur to ships now.
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Salvage Claims & Awards Under Admiralty Law. I am tending traps in my lobster boat one blustery fall day, and as I watch an expensive yacht run up on a ledge. The yacht backs away from the ledge, then loses power...