Monthly Archives: December 2022
Spartanburg County Woman Faces Criminal Charges For Fatal Christmas Eve DUI Accident
All defendants in criminal cases have the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty at the conclusion of a trial or after entering a guilty plea. By this logic, you might expect that everyone who has been accused of a crime but not yet convicted of it should be able to be free… Read More »
Would Driverless Cars Be Safer If They Had Googly Eyes?
When you read the archives of tech news websites, you can find all kinds of far-fetched ideas about how to make cars safer and more efficient. You will also find news about technologies that once sounded far-fetched, but are now so widespread that no one is surprised to see a car that incorporates them. … Read More »
How Affordable Is It To Hire A Car Accident Lawyer?
Most people who consider hiring a lawyer after suffering financially disastrous injuries in a car accident have never hired lawyers before. If you ask Google, in general terms, how much clients pay lawyers per hour of their services, the results will scare you. This is because, in answering the question, Google is lumping all… Read More »
What Are Damages In A Car Accident Lawsuit?
Even in minor car accidents, people talk about vehicle damage and how much it will cost to repair it. With accidents that are disastrous enough to require a lawsuit, meaning that their cost exceeds the policy limits of the insurance policies of the parties involved in the accident, the word “damages” means something else. … Read More »
National Transportation Safety Board Proposes Bold Move To Prevent Alcohol-Related Collisions
Alcohol-related car accidents are less common than they used to be, but they are still too many. Before the 1980s, drunk driving accidents were very common, but state laws criminalizing driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) helped to reduce drunk driving. Another factor that has reduced the number of traffic fatalities is that… Read More »
How Much Money Can A Personal Injury Lawyer Help You Get After A Car Accident?
Most Americans, even the ones that are healthy and employed, feel overwhelmed by a constant stream of bills. Everyone focuses on how to get more money and how to reduce expenses, but hardly anyone has time to think about why they owe as much money as they do and why it is so hard… Read More »
Tetrachloroethylene And Drinking Water
Trichloroethylene, also known as perchloroethylene (PCE), is a type of organic solvent known as a chlorocarbon. Its industrial uses include cleaning automotive brakes, and especially the dry cleaning of clothing and household linens. Therefore, when journalists refer to dry cleaning fluid or dry-cleaning chemicals but do not specify which ones, they are usually referring… Read More »
What Happens If You Get Injured In A Car Accident That Was Partially Your Fault?
You have probably heard that your insurance premiums will increase if you cause a car accident, and therefore, you should never admit that an accident was your fault. This is true, but determining fault in a traffic accident is more complicated than it sounds, and so are the consequences of the fault determination. Sometimes,… Read More »