Reviewing pictures of car crashes, severe injuries and wreckage every day, I do not expect to be an eyewitness or first responder to an accident. Yet, Wednesday afternoon, for the second time on a main street in Herndon, I witnessed a distracted driver smash into an aluminum light pole, causing it to crash to the…
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One of the reasons the personal injury team at ABRAMS LANDAU asks about clients’ Bankruptcy is because this is something that insurance defense lawyers will use against them. Experienced accident lawyers have seen cases dismissed where the innocent plaintiff failed to tell the Federal Bankruptcy Court about their potential or pending negligence claim. This potential…
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It seems so obvious. You have been in a car accident. Your car is smashed, totaled, wrecked, busted. In addition to seeking prompt medical care, gathering evidence is important in the time after a car crash. Most people know to take pictures of their injuries, the scene of the accident and their car, truck, motorcycle…
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Car fires are not insignificant in light of the catastrophic injuries they can cause and the losses that result. According to the National Fire Protection Association (“NFPA”) there were 258,000 vehicular fires reported in the United States last year. These fires caused 385 civilian deaths, 1675 civilian fire-related injuries and $1.4 billion in property damage.…
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Government regulators have long been alarmed by the fact that the number one killer of teens remains car crashes. Among the risk factors are: driver fatigue cell phone use night time driving driving with multiple teenage passengers According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), teens are more likely to takes risks such as…
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