Truck accidents ordinarily cause much greater damage than car accidents. A tractor trailer on the road can be more than 60 feet long and weigh more than 80,000 pounds. Because of a semi-tractor’s size and weight, victims of trucking accidents are far more likely to sustain very serious and debilitating…
People can suffer personal injury on your property in many ways. They can slip and fall, trip and fall, or they can even get seriously burned in your kitchen when you drop a sauce pan full of boiling water. When others are on your property and injured as a result of your carelessness or negligence, there’s a significant possibility of personal liability…
Contrary to what you may want to assume, the Washington Post reports that medical errors may be the third most common cause of death in the United States. This can be the result of bad decisions by doctors or medical professionals, poor communications between institutions or their departments, or other…
At least 4,000 pedestrians are expected to be killed in accidents in 2016. Over 70,000 are expected to be injured. Texas, California, New York and Florida account for over 43 percent of those injuries and deaths. That number is frightening. Day or night, we’re all pedestrians at one time or…
With the holidays quickly approaching, parents everywhere will be flocking to the toy department in an effort to fill their child’s wish list. Unfortunately, thousands of children are hurt each year while playing with toys, many of which were on the “hottest toy” of the year list. Many of the…
Springer & Lyle wants you to know that millions of vehicles have been recalled by their manufacturers because of dangerously defective air bags. Injuries attributed to air bag deployment include brain, eye, cervical spine and chest injuries. Deaths have also been claimed. There’s strong evidence that the chemical propellant…
All of us here at Springer & Lyle seem to see more bicyclists on the road every day. We’ve also represented many bicyclists who were the victims of negligent drivers. A motorist is required to observe the rules of the road, but a bicyclist required to follow those same rules….
There is nothing more frightening for a driver than to have something mechanical go wrong with their vehicle that is the fault of the manufacturer. Occasionally an auto manufacturer will recall a vehicle part due to malfunction and the consumer must present the vehicle to the dealership for repair of…
As the recent Ebola scare seems to have subsided, we have a rest from the outcries of many onlookers who question the handling of such serious cases and focus on need for astute measures to prevent an outbreak such as is running rampant in west Africa. But it is unlikely…
Takata Corp makes airbags used by several auto manufacturers, nine total including Toyota, Honda, and Chrysler. News of more lawsuits followed Toyota’s recall of nearly a quarter-million vehicles and U.S. safety regulators advise drivers to have their airbags replaced as soon as possible. Read the article by Reuter’s Ben Klayman…
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