If you weren’t wearing a seatbelt when you were injured in a car accident, can it affect your personal injury case? In this video, Memphis car accident lawyer Darrell Castle discusses how seatbelts play a part in auto cases. httpv://youtu.be/8BfM5wpfWbw Text: Does it matter for my car accident case that I wasn’t wearing a seatbelt? It could matter if you’re not wearing a seatbelt during an accident – it could be a liability issue. Let’s say for example that you had some type of head injury from striking the windshield and you weren’t wearing your seatbelt. Well, that’s an issue that the other side is going to raise. I don’t think it’s a deal-breaker type
By: Darrell Castle Just because one law firm says they won’t take your personal injury case doesn’t mean another one won’t. If you’ve been injured due to someone else’s negligence and feel like you have a good personal injury case, don’t stop when one law firm turns you away. You’d be doing yourself a disservice. Maybe that firm’s case load is too large and they don’t have the time to devote to your case. Or maybe they didn’t look at your case close enough and missed something. Or maybe they just don’t handle cases like yours. The point is, there can be many different reasons why a law firm turns down your personal injury case, but that doesn’t mean it’s
Many times, we get people in our office who have liquidated their retirement accounts to receive money to pay their bills. They then find out they have lost their retirement account and still have bills to pay. You do not have to lose your retirement benefits. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1wrH21kqdM&feature=share&list=UU80gxLYT5sVQda2cAlCto3w
Seek medical treatment after a car accident By: Darrell Castle If you’ve been injured in a car accident, it’s always important to seek medical treatment before doing anything else. Sometimes after an accident, your pain can be obvious and there’s no way you can escape accepting medical treatment. However, often times the pain is minor and you think everything is okay. If you feel any pain whatsoever, I urge you to seek medical treatment, even if it’s a day or two later. This minor pain we sometimes feel after a car accident can turn into more chronic and nagging injuries if it’s not properly treated. Instead of living with that pain the rest of your life (or for a while
If you’ve been injured in a semi-trailer truck accident, you may have a more complicated case than in other road accident situations. Here are some issues to keep in mind: They usually occur on interstate highways, traveling at high speeds, which means injuries can be more severe and the stakes higher for compensation. Trucking regulations require drivers to do certain things, like only drive a certain number of miles per day. Sleep is a big factor in truck accidents, and an attorney can investigate records to see if a driver has been out on the road for 20 straight hours or otherwise broken a regulation. Because trucks are often owned by larger companies, accidents can also relate to workers’ compensation
Why So Many Seniors Are Afraid of Nursing Homes A recent study has shown that seniors fear being placed in a nursing home more than death. 89% of seniors polled would like to age in place – maintaining their independence in their own homes – but 53% worry about their ability to do so. Factors they say might prevent them from keeping their independence as they age include: health problems memory problems inability to drive / get around Baby boomers and adult children looking after their aging parents also fear nursing homes. 82% of those polled fear for their loved one’s safety and level of care at a nursing home. 89% fear their loved ones will become depressed or sad
You may recall a recent case out of Memphis in which a man was arrested and convicted for raping and abusing a 78-year-old woman. While the case horrified and disgusted most people who heard about it, it’s not as uncommon as you might think. According to the Boston College Connell School of Nursing, which published a lengthy report on the subject of sexual assault of elderly men and women, surveys from 2000 revealed that 3,370 of 261,000 rapes and sexual assaults were victims’ age 65 or older. However, they also cite a serious problem with under-reporting: only an estimated 30% of incidents are reported to police. This abuse may go unreported for a number of reasons, including: mental disability: victims
Last week I wrote about the problem of what happens when banks don’t officially foreclose on a home. The results are what’s known as “shadow inventory” – houses left uninhabited and uncared-for. It’s a serious, even disastrous, problem in Memphis. Just this past week The Commercial Appeal reported on a massive cleanup of one abandoned house that had been taken over by rodents and pests. It wreaked of trash and animal excrement, and was only taken care of after neighbors complained. Memphis Animal Services and the city’s Public Works Division had to spend hours clearing the property. The undertaking no doubt cost the city a lot of money. Plus the rightful owner most likely deserves a hefty fine. The problem
By: Darrell Castle The medicine she was taking during his first trimester of pregnancy was harming her baby and she had no idea. Alice and her husband were so excited to find out they were having a baby! They had been married a few years and were ready to welcome a new member into their family. Alice loved her doctor. He was nice, trusting and really seemed to know his stuff. She felt very comfortable around him and that was a quality she sought after in a physician. So, when her doctor gave her some medicine to treat the nausea – morning sickness – she trusted him and took it. And it worked well! It really helped control her nausea
By now, the dangers of texting on the road have been well discussed in the media, and many states – including Tennessee – have banned texting while driving altogether. But the temptation to check messages can still be difficult, especially if you’re running late or getting information about where you’re going. In case you still have a tendency to text while driving, check out these statistics: Likelihood of causing a car crash: When driving while drunk: 4x When texting while driving: 8x Ability to stop the car when necessary (at 35mph): Drunk drivers drive 4 feet further on average Texting drivers drive 25 feet further on average If it’s safer to drive drunk than to text your friend, we’d