Personal Injury Blog

Across the country, more than 4,100 people died in truck accidents during one recent year. In Nebraska alone, accidents involving semi’s and other large trucks caused 46 fatalities and nearly 800 injuries in 2018, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Heavy trucks were involved in nearly 13 percent of fatal truck accidents in Nebraska, […]

Road rage is scary. It’s unsettling to see another driver act in a way where you don’t know what they will do next. Even more unnerving: according to a recent AAA study, 80 percent of all drivers have participated in some form of aggressive driving or road rage. Ready for the scariest statistic of them […]

As drivers, we do our best to stay safe on the road. Each time we get into our vehicle, we do so with the hope that other drivers will do the same. Sadly, this is not always the case. Every year, thousands of people die in motor vehicle accidents. Some of these accidents are unpreventable. […]

Every day, you share the road with hundreds or thousands of other vehicles, including a wide range of big trucks. These trucks transport large shipments and large objects across the United States. They’re vital to our economy and our daily lives. But encountering these vehicles on the road also comes with potential dangers, particularly if […]

Suffering injuries due to the negligence of another individual can cause extreme frustration—not to mention medical bills that add up fast. Different types of accidents can cause many different injuries, but any kind of injury can leave you wondering, “Do I have a personal injury claim?” You do not have to have a specific type […]

The current Republican-majority Congress will soon be voting on a measure called, ironically, the “Protecting Access to Care Act.” This bill (H.R. 1215) is designed to primarily protect the interests of doctors and insurance companies, many of whom agree with restrictions on the amount a patient can sue for medical malpractice. H.R. 1215 would place a […]

Five people died and six more were injured in a serious semi-truck accident on the I-80 this weekend. As the Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports, the wreck occurred on Sunday just before 11 a.m. roughly four miles west of Brule. Authorities believe that the semi-truck was headed west when it collided with a van traveling in front of it. […]

When most of us picture taking someone to court with an injury claim, we tend to think in simple terms: the plaintiff has been hurt and a single defendant is 100% responsible for the injury. Surely, this is sometimes the case—but in other instances, the circumstances of an accident require a more careful and subtle […]

Last month, German automaker Volkswagen shocked the world by admitting that it had intentionally deceived both regulators and consumers with emission technology in an alarming number of their vehicles. Now, a growing number of lawsuits are being consolidated before a federal judge and are expected to seek billions of dollars for defrauding American consumers. As Market […]