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Personal Injuries – Motor Vehicle Accidents
Posted by admin in Vehicle Accidents on July 17, 2010
Lawsuits based on personal injuries as a result of motor vehicle accidents are arising more and more frequently than they were known to fifty or sixty years ago. As the number of drivers on the road has multiplied exponentially, so has the rate of motor vehicle accidents causing injury and death. Insurance companies take care to protect their assets and tend to approach such claims aggressively, which makes it important for victims of such accidents to contact an attorney as soon as any medical conditions have stabilized.
When such cases are pursued by a victim of a motor vehicle accident, the defendant’s driving record can be a large factor in the outcome of the trial. It is common for someone with a perfect driving record to be the cause of a severe accident because of one bad decision on the road, but it is far more common for these accidents to occur at the hands of someone with a history of such. An experienced attorney knows to consider this factor above many others.
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Vehicle Accidents and the Role of Lawyers
Posted by admin in Vehicle Accidents on July 17, 2010
Vehicle accidents generally occur as a result of human error in the operation of vehicles, the design of roads, and the manufacturing and maintenance of vehicles. Vehicle accidents can include 18 wheeler accidents, bus accidents, truck accidents, and passenger cars and vans. Lawyers role in society is to make it better and generally speaking they do.
Young people and the elderly cause a disproportionately high number of vehicle accidents. The young because they are careless and the old because their bodies are just not as good as they used to be. For the most part speed is the principal cause of vehicle accidents. The elderly react much slower than younger people and have to be driving substantially slower to keep from colliding. The elderly generally don’t speed, but speed limits for the elderly may be too fast, because they simply don’t re-act fast enough.