When the human body is in danger, it usually goes into protection mode where the muscles tighten up, especially when preparing for an impending automobile accident. While it may seem like a good idea to tense up since its a natural reaction, it is actually one of the worst things you can do to your body. Relaxing your body instead of tensing your muscles has a number of advantages. This article looks at what happens to your body during an...more
Hiring a personal injury accident lawyer is considered to be the most important step of filing a personal injury claim. Before hiring a personal injury solicitor it is important for the claimant to ask a few questions and do a little bit of research so that the claimant gets the best legal services. The following paragraphs will elaborate on 4 tips that will help you find a competent personal injury accident lawyer. #1 The UK law states that all...more
Who gets whiplash injuries?The short answer is that anyone can get a whiplash injury. But what's surprising is that 1.you didn't have to be in a real bad accident to get a whiplash injury 2.and the amount of damage to your vehicle can be minimal, and you can still be injured. So, what are the risk factors for whiplash injury? What I mean by that is what factors make it more likely that you'll suffer a whiplash injury if you're in a motor vehicle accident? Let's first understand what happens in whiplash injury. You're driving, wearing your seat belt, and are suddenly impacted or impact another car. Your car is jolted. Sometimes this means coming abruptly to a stop, or being suddenly pushed forward or sideways. With the sudden jolt to your car your body is also thrown about. When you've got seat belts on, your body or torso remains fixed in the seat. Only your head can move, because its not strapped in. With the impact of a collision your head and neck experience a whipping action, not unlike cracking a whip. This all happens in a fraction of a second, so fast that you don't remember it clearly. Whether or not you sustain whiplash injury is dependent on many factors. The...more
Hoping to provide everybody the resources and knowledge to know how to fight their personal injury lawsuit, Seattle car accident attorney Jason Epstein continues his series of answers to frequently asked questions. In this article, Jason answers the important question of whether or not you should talk to the other person's insurance company...more
What Insurance Companies Don't Want You To Know About Whiplash Injuries -- The amount of car damage doesn't equate to severity of injury.Hi, I'm Dr. Harlan Mittag. If you've been in a low impact automobile accident I have some important information to give you in the next couple minutes. It's common for anyone who has been in an auto accident to...more
Auto Insurance companies as a general rule review a claim, quantify the extent of damage, calculate the cost of repairs, disperse payment to the car owner, and pay the auto body service shop. Based on the predicted cost, the auto body service shop will massage their numbers to profit the most from the business; in other words, they want the biggest amount of insurance cash as they can. They do this through combining labor fees, finder fees, program fees, and handling cost. Also, they will repair your car with second-hand components, discount parts, and substandard supplies like bondo and fiberglass. To ensure that you, the victim, get the best possible repair on your car, complete the actions:1.Never sign over your accident compensation claim money to the auto repair shop until all work is completed. Auto body service shops have been known to tell you all kinds of stories to get you to allow an inadequate repair. Keep in mind, the repair shop should not receive payment until you are satisfied and don't budge on this point.2.Tell them that the old damaged vehicle body parts need to be swapped for new auto body parts. Sorry to say, you have to use body putty and/or...more
Have you been told that filing an accident personal injury claim is a hard and lengthy task? Are you afraid of making errors while filing accident claims? If your answers are yes, then read on. This article will help you understand the right way to...more
Wondering how to engage the services of an auto accident attorney? Your best option would be to search on the Internet. Most reputed law firms have their own websites nowadays. KipLawFirm.com is one such respectable firm which is based in Dallas/...more
If you have been injured in an accident, either at work, at a home or in an auto accident, you need to hire an Albuquerque personal injury lawyer to make sure that you get just compensation for your injury. An auto accident attorney is basically the...more
Hoping to provide everybody the resources and knowledge to know how to fight their personal injury lawsuit, Seattle car accident attorney Jason Epstein talks about what constitutes a personal injury case:I'm sure that almost all of us have been...more
Sometimes yes, you will feel neck strain or have trouble moving your neck right after the crash, but most likely, it is going to take a little time for the pain to really come on. Believe it or not, some people can actually make it a couple of years...more
Although many of us regard ourselves as strong and probably even unbeatable there are various body parts which exhibit a number of fragile spots. This is particularly true for joints and joint capsules which are weak points in our body under which...more