By: Marc A. Brotman A recent study has shown that New Jersey is the 19th most dangerous state for pedestrians. This is obviously bad news for the most densely populated State in the country, where walking should be a safe and viable transportation option for all residents. Further, obtaining insurance coverage for personal injuries [...]
By Tanya Phillips If you are injured in an accident, you should seek medical attention and make sure that report the accident. Below are suggestions for reporting several different types of accidents. Motor Vehicle Accidents If you are involved in an automobile accident, you should call the police so an accident report is generated. Additionally, [...]
You should not sign a release from the insurance company within several weeks after you are injured in an accident. The insurance company sent this release form to you in an attempt to have you waive your right to sue the other driver. You should not sign that release because you may still be in [...]
It’s never a bad idea to review your car insurance policy to make sure that you are properly covered should you find yourself in a car accident. Here are some types of coverage you should consider adding to your plan: Standard policy option. Don’t go with the basic policy option, because this will only give [...]
A big part of being successful in a car accident lawsuit is your ability to prove negligence on the other part of the driver. To prove that the other driver was negligent, you’ll have to do your part to gather evidence in the aftermath of the accident. But what sort of evidence should you be [...]
Witnesses can be of great use as you attempt to reach a settlement in your car accident case, especially when you consider that these cases often come down to your word against the word of the other driver. In fact, one of the first questions insurance adjusters will ask when you begin talking about settlement [...]
The time immediately after a car accident is frightening and stressful. There is a whole list of steps that you need to remember to take, from checking for injuries to getting all of the necessary contact information from other parties in the accident and speaking with insurance providers. But one step that you must be [...]
Motorcycles are a whole lot of fun, but they also are inherently more dangerous to drive than your standard passenger car. In an unfortunate statistic, motorcyclists are 30 times more likely to die from injuries in an accident than people in a car, according to information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. However, there [...]
When truck drivers get into accidents on the road, the results tend to be even more disastrous than normal car accidents. The large size of the vehicles, the difficulty of driving them and the issues with keeping them balanced can lead to accidents that are much more likely to be serious. But how do these [...]
The time immediately following a car accident is extremely frightening and stressful. Even if you’ve obeyed all of the rules of the road and have been careful while driving, there’s still no guarantee that the other people sharing the road with you can say the same. Here are some steps that you can take after [...]
