Everyone knows that distracted driving is dangerous, and yet the 2023 Travelers Risk index found that 34% of drivers have barely avoided collisions due to their distracted driving habits. In fact, roughly 3,000 people die annually because of distracted driving crashes. That’s about nine people every day. Why do people continue to drive with distractions [...]
When you suffer a personal injury and your insurer acts in bad faith, the expenses you’re left with can turn your life upside down. What is bad faith? How do you know if your insurer is acting in bad faith? What should you do about bad faith insurers? Don’t worry - we have the answers [...]
Motorcyclists are four times more likely to sustain an injury after a traffic accident than other vehicle drivers. In 2020 alone, there were 82,528 motorcycle accidents in the United States. All personal injuries are costly, and motorcycle injuries are no different. Unfortunately, many injuries go unnoticed until it is too late to pursue compensation. [...]
Autonomous cars have become old news with autonomous motorcycles entering the modern scene of vehicle technology. Recently, big-time companies Ducati and BMW have introduced partially self-driving motorcycles: the Multistrada V4 S and the R 1250 RT. These bikes and their advanced safety features are changing the way of the road for motorcyclists, but raising questions [...]
Airbags are installed in vehicles to minimize the personal injuries suffered in a car accident. According to the NHTSA, 2,790 lives were saved by frontal airbags in 2017 alone. However, airbags can still cause injuries themselves. It’s better to be injured in a crash than the alternative, but injuries caused by airbags can be severe, [...]
Now that recreational marijuana is legalized in Missouri, the Kansas City area police have decided to change things up for the K9 unit. With the new legislation in place, some of the dogs have skills that are no longer necessary, which has multiple Kansas City police departments giving their K9s new jobs, or sending them [...]
There are plenty of injuries that can be sustained from motor vehicle accidents, but today we’re going to take a look at one in particular: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). The causes of CRPS aren’t completely understood yet, but research has shown that it most commonly occurs after physical trauma such as a car or [...]
A Kansas City woman has filed a lawsuit against the Family Dollar store on Troost Avenue after suffering injuries and mental distress from drinking a bottle of soda that had been laced with laxatives on September 10. In an effort to both prank and teach an employee a lesson about stealing, the store's assistant manager [...]
