Every hotel and resort has an obligation to ensure a safe and comfortable stay for each guest. The last thing you want is to experience a catastrophic slip-and-fall injury during an important trip or a family vacation. Keep in mind that hotel staff is not responsible...
How can suffering a serious injury affect your mental health?
Even though you may not think much about it, you have some risk of suffering a serious injury in a motor vehicle accident every time you get into your car, truck or SUV. Indeed, according to the Association for Safe International Road Travel, nearly 4.5 million...
Signs of a traumatic brain injury after a motor vehicle crash
There are many injuries that someone can receive as a result of an automobile accident. Victims notice some right away, while other injuries go unnoticed for days or even weeks. A traumatic brain injury is one such injury that may not be obvious right away to those...
What are the signs of capnocytophaga after a dog bite?
Not every Massachusetts dog bite leads to life-threatening circumstances. Yet, sometimes, the bacteria a dog leaves behind in a bite victim’s body has the capacity to develop into a potentially deadly infection. Capnocytophaga is an infection often caused by dog bites...
Understanding Massachusetts’ comparative negligence policy
Vehicular accidents may result in fatalities. Even in cases where there is no death, those involved may sustain serious injuries to the mind and body. Potential ones include traumatic brain injury, spine damage, contusions and concussions. Individuals involved in a...
Is this a severe head injury?
Severe head injuries can impact victims in many ways. They demand the most immediate and careful of medical attention in order to avoid more long lasting impacts. Thus, it is important to understand how a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may end up manifesting....
How does a crush injury affect the body?
Though crush injuries tend to happen more in physically dangerous jobs such as construction work, it is possible for them to happen anywhere, at any time and to any person. Thus, it is important to understand how a crush injury may affect the body, and to what degree...
What are common injuries resulting from slip and falls?
You may believe yourself to have excellent balance, but before you know it you found yourself on the ground while strolling through a store. Slip and fall accidents can happen to anyone and can cause serious injuries to the victims. Here is information on common...
How can a back injury impact you?
Suffering from a back injury can end up taking you out of work for a short period of time, and for many people, this is where the concerns end. But in reality, a back injury can actually have a much bigger impact than just missing a few days of work. How do these...
Spinal cord injury statistics
Spinal cord injuries affect thousands of people in the United States. According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, every year there are over 17,000 new SCI cases in the U.S. Because SCI do not heal, this means that many more people are still living...
