Car accidents, slip and fall accidents and other traumatic events can result in serious injuries. One injury that can have lasting effects on your life and well-being is a spinal cord injury. Unfortunately, if your spinal cord is injured, you may be left dealing with...
Why head-on collisions are so dangerous
Head-on collisions may be one of the rare types of car accidents, but their deadliness makes them worth consideration. This type of incident occurs when two cars collide whilst going in opposite directions. The amount of force generated in this type of crash can be...
Supporting someone with a spinal injury
One of the most serious injuries a person can suffer after a road traffic collision is a spinal cord injury. In severe cases, these injuries can be fatal and even in situations where they are not, injured parties may require lifelong care and treatment. As the loved...
What is a catastrophic injury?
A car accident may do more than ruin your day. You may find yourself facing an uphill battle when it comes to recovering from a serious injury. When damage to the body makes it almost impossible to return to life as usual, the injury is catastrophic. This damage is...
How common are mental health disorders among head injury victims?
Head injuries are among the most serious among accident victims. They may range from mild concussions whose treatment only requires bed rest and painkillers to injuries that affect the brain leading to extensive hospitalization. Unfortunately, full recovery from...
What is a wrongful death in Georgia?
If your loved one dies in a car crash because of someone driving under the influence, the state of Georgia allows you to sue the person or company responsible. A wrongful death lawsuit is a lawsuit filed in civil court. Although the individual allegedly responsible...
Spinal cord injuries increase the risk of mental health issues
Your physical and mental health are closely related. If your physical health is affected by illness or injury, it may adversely impact your mental health. For a spinal cord injury that results in paraplegia or quadriplegia, the injury and side effects from treatment...
3 tips before accepting an insurer’s auto injury settlement
If you have experienced a major injury following an auto collision, you may be facing overwhelming medical bills. Worse, a lengthy recovery may mean you have to take time off work, making it even more difficult to make ends meet. In Georgia, if another driver’s...
The real number of catastrophic injuries
Anyone who is involved in a car accident could be at risk of a serious or catastrophic injury. Accidents leading to catastrophic injuries are not uncommon. How many catastrophic injuries really happen? The statistics vary, but when you break down the information into...
Raising awareness is one key to lowering motorcyclist fatalities
Motorcyclists should be able to ride the streets with the same expectation of arriving at their destination as anyone in a passenger vehicle. However, this is all too often not the case for riders, according to the motorcycle riders group, Bikers Count, which has a...
