Personal Injury

Preventable injuries have become the fourth leading cause of death in the country and are killing Americans at the highest rate in history, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). Preventable deaths trail only heart disease, cancer and chronic respiratory disease as leading causes of death in the U.S. Deaths...

Concussion diagnoses among adolescents doubled between 2007 and 2014, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. Researchers analyzed the health insurance claims of nearly nine million Americans and found that one-third of concussion diagnoses were for children between ages 10 and 19. There...

In children ages one to four, drowning is the number one cause of death in injury-related cases. Swimming pools pose the highest risk for submersion injuries among these children. When accidents take place in a public, private, or personal swimming pool, the pool's owner may be held liable; premises liability...

An Arizona woman is asking residents to come forward if they have any information about the car-versus-pedestrian accident that nearly claimed her life in October of last year. While enjoying a "trunk-or-treat" Halloween event with her nieces, a 33-year-old local woman attempted to cross the street at the intersection of...