Helping your family member make the choice to move into an assisted living facility or nursing home is difficult. The move may cause a drastic change in your loved one’s daily routine, may indicate a decline in health and capacity, and may also create a hefty financial burden. Nonetheless, moving your loved one into […]

Personal injuries can be as minor as bruising or small cuts or as serious as traumatic brain injuries or spinal cord injuries. People who suffer severe injuries may suffer the effects for months or even years. These injuries can negatively affect many areas of their life and make many things more difficult. You should contact

In some criminal investigations, the suspect may be offered the “opportunity” to take a polygraph examination by the police officer or detective who is investigating the case. If you are a suspect in a criminal investigation, you may be asked by a police officer whether or not you would be willing to submit to this

  Finding out about a loved one’s diagnosis can be heartbreaking for family members too. It can be devastating enough to find out about someone’s diagnosis, and can add salt to the wound if a medical error is then also committed on behalf of the doctor. When people make an appointment with their doctor because

There have been two recently publicized personal injury cases involving professional athletes, Reggie Bush, a football player and Genie Bouchard, a tennis player, each with premises liability injury claims. The cases made the news because of the notoriety of the athletes and the alleged negligence, the injuries suffered and the amount of potential damages at

A tour bus crash in New Mexico recently made headlines when 24 people were injured and at least three died. According to news reports, a car rear-ended a disabled pickup truck. The bus driver lost control while trying to avoid the car. The bus rolled over before being sideswiped by a semi. With four vehicles

While falls are the top cause of emergency room visits for the elderly, many falls in nursing homes are preventable, as a personal injury lawyer Trenton, NJ trusts can explain.  Understanding how falls happen in these facilities is key to for a good advocate to a loved one.  Preventing a fall is of paramount importance,

If you are notified that your loved one is suffering from any kind of bedsore, ask what stage the wound is and ask the staff if you can see the wound, as a nursing home lawyer Trenton, NJ may recommend. Many times nursing staff will tell families that their loved one has a bedsore and

The reputation of self-driving features in cars has taken yet another hit with reports of one hitting a police car in California recently emerging. A self-driving sedan from Tesla hit a parked police car on May 29 in Laguna Beach, according to Live Science. The vehicle was on semi-autonomous autopilot at the time, so there

If you are awarded a personal injury settlement while also paying child support, then your monthly child support payments may be affected. Because a settlement alters your finances, you are expected to notify the court of your recent personal injury settlement, especially if the injury may have impacted your ability to make payments. A family