A life changing injury caused by negligence requires fair compensation. But when that injury could easily have been prevented, everyone from the person who was injured, to the jurors who determine what fair compensation means, are rightfully going to feel more strongly about what happened. The tragic death of a tourist at Arches National Park comes to mind.  In that case, which appears likely to be filed as a wrongful death lawsuit, a park visitor was killed by a malfunctioning gate. […]

When a person injures their spine, or fractures a bone, or suffers a severe joint injury, they tend to know it. That is not always immediately true for traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). In years past, emergency medical providers, doctors and ER staff, and even primary care doctors missed brain injuries because they simply didn’t ask about them. Symptoms sometimes occur right away, and others can develop over time. Some concussions can be identified immediately after a car crash, […]