By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published May 2, 2022 | Posted in Workers Compensation | Tagged Tags: Distracted Driving |
Alabama Car Wreck Lawyers Distracted Driving Distracted Driving: In 2012, Alabama became the 37th State to pass a law banning texting while driving. To date, 46 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands have similar laws, reflecting the concern and damage caused by distracted driving. According to the National Read More
Read MoreAlabama Car Wreck Lawyers Speed Speed leads to worse accidents, it’s basic physics; an increase in the velocity of an object will increase its kinetic energy and thus its mass resulting in a more powerful crash. Of course, you don’t have to be a physicist to understand how speed can be dangerous. The faster a Read More
Read MoreAlabama Car Wreck Lawyers Alabama High Traffic Fatality Statistics Alabama High Traffic Fatality Statistics: The other morning I was reading a newspaper article and noticed a headline stating Alabama was one of the most dangerous States to operate a car in. According to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabama Read More
Read MoreAlabama Car Wreck Lawyers What to do after a Wreck According to the Alabama Department of Transportation (Al DOT), in 2020 there was a car wreck reported on average every 3 minutes and 55 seconds. 932 people died on Alabama roads in automobile accidents that year-which breaks down to a traffic accident-related death occurring on Read More
Read MoreNorth Alabama Workers Compensation Lawyers If you or someone you care about has suffered an injury at work while working in North Alabama*, you probably have several questions you would like to ask an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Attorney. Questions such as: can I go to my own doctor for treatment of my work comp injuries? Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation It isn’t Fair The other day I was reading an article about where in Nebraska, a bill was submitted which calls for raising benefits received by workers who suffered job injuries because the amount they receive is not enough to cover what they actually loose as the result of a serious Read More
Read MoreJob Injuries in Alabama The other day I was reviewing articles on workers compensation claims and came across the attached article. In this news article, it states that Alabama ranks #6 among the States when it comes to job injuries. Remember, with a population of just under 5 million, Alabama ranks 24th in the Nation Read More
Read MorePTSD, Alabama Workers Compensation, Social Security Disability and First Responders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental condition which develops after a person has experienced a traumatic event. There has been an increase in post-traumatic stress cases due to soldiers in the military returning home from the war front-which is totally understandable, but Read More
Read MoreHurt at Work Nurses, CNAs, Therapist, EMTs, Healthcare Workers Top Job Injury List The last two years have been chaotic for us all, but for Healthcare Workers (Nurses, CNAs, Certified Nursing Assistants, EMTs, Emergency Medical Technicians, Therapists, etc.) unbelievably so, and this fact is borne out by the numbers. In November 2021, the U.S. Department Read More
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