Personal Injury
Air Ambulance Prices Keep Increasing – and Legislators Can’t Help
$547,725. That’s how much is cost a Michigan family to fly their dying father home from Arizona. That number is extreme, yes – but one Florida family was charged $31,253.33 to fly one man from Winter Haven to Orlando – a distance of around 46 miles. Air ambulances, or medevacs, are helicopters used to transport…
Read MoreThe Long-Term Effects of Spinal Cord Injuries
One of the most serious injuries a person can sustain is a spinal cord injury. This type of physical trauma can result in paraplegia, an inability to move the lower part of the body, or quadriplegia, which is the inability to move the body at all. With any spinal cord injury, even if the patient…
Read MoreInjured By A Government Employee
News 9 reported a total of 22 school bus accidents in 2012 in the Oklahoma City area. More than a third of these accidents were caused by driver negligence. If you are injured due to the negligence or fault of a city worker, such as a school bus driver or city tow truck operator, you may be…
Read MoreBrain Injuries — What to Look For
Brain injuries lead to approximately 50,000 U.S. deaths and 230,000 hospitalizations each year, and yield annual medical and rehabilitative costs of more than $76 billion. Nearly half of all brain injuries result from motor vehicle crashes. Another major source of brain injuries are contact sports, such as football. Need for medical advice Even seemingly minor brain injuries can…
Read MoreWe All Fall Down
From infancy through adulthood, we all occasionally slip, trip or fall. However, the older we get, the more frightening a fall can be. Slip and fall injuries can take the form of a minor bruise — or a devastating brain injury. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, over 7,000 older adults are injured…
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