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Category: Car Accidents

Adverse Weather Conditions That Can Cause a Car Accident - The Russo Firm

Adverse Weather Conditions That Can Cause a Car Accident

Car accidents can result during adverse weather conditions, as rain, snow, and high winds can create bad conditions that are tough to drive in. During bad weather, driving can be difficult because of wet and slippery roads, debris, and low visibility. However, drivers still must follow road rules and drive safely to prevent car accidents from occurring. Drivers who behave negligently behind the wheel, such

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Coup-Contrecoup Brain Injuries Caused by Personal Injury Accidents - The Russo Firm

Coup-Contrecoup Brain Injuries Caused by Personal Injury Accidents

Coup and contrecoup brain injuries are types of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that can result from a personal injury incident involving direct impact to the head. A personal injury accident, such as a car accident, truck accident, or slip and fall accident, can cause blunt force trauma to the head, which can cause brain damage and result in a coup or contrecoup brain injury. Coup

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Emotional and Mental Issues After a Car Accident - The Russo Firm

Emotional and Mental Issues After a Car Accident

Many people think about dealing with physical pain after a car accident, but emotional and mental issues can also follow a car accident victim throughout their life. Physical injuries, like facial injuries, can heal over time. However, emotional damage in the form of emotional distress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and travel anxiety can linger throughout a person’s life and reduce their quality of life. A

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Texting While Driving Has Become An Epidemic in Texas - The Russo Firm

Texting While Driving Has Become An Epidemic in Texas

Since the advent and popularization of cellular phones and texting, drivers have struggled with texting while driving, which can expose other drivers to car accident risk. There’s always some important conversation to return to that can tempt drivers to operate their vehicles while distracted. Texting while driving can take a driver’s hands off the wheel, making controlling their vehicle much more difficult. They can become

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How Much Does the Average Car Accident Victim Recover for Damages - The Russo Firm

How Much Does the Average Car Accident Victim Recover for Damages?

Following a car accident, victims will experience damages that affect their physical health, economic situation, and quality of life. Recovering compensation for these damages, such as medical bills, lost earning potential, and loss of enjoyment of life involves filing a car accident claim with the at-fault party’s insurance company. Negligent parties, such as reckless drivers, car part manufacturers, and designers, can be held liable for

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Can a Parent Be Held Liable for a Teen Driver Accident in Texas?

Teen drivers are inexperienced and still learning about the ways of the road, which can lead them to make mistakes that can cause a Texas driving accident. Without years of driving experience, teen drivers may lack the requisite caution to avoid negligent driving actions like texting while driving, running red lights, and failing to use their turn signals. Drivers on busy Texas highways like Interstate

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How to Recover Compensation from a Car Accident With an Uninsured Motorist

Following a car accident, victims normally have many options to recover compensation for damages like medical bills, property damage, and pain and suffering. One of the ways to recover compensatory damages is by filing a car accident claim with the at-fault party’s insurance company. You and your car accident lawyer can negotiate a settlement with their insurer that can pay you for your economic and

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How Can Social Media Affect Your Personal Injury Claim - the russo firm

How Can Social Media Affect Your Personal Injury Claim?

Following a personal injury accident, the victim will suffer damages, such as medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering, for which they can pursue compensation through a personal injury claim. However, social media posts can affect a personal injury victim’s ability to recover fair compensation for damages because they can contradict the damages victims pursue. They can lead to an insurance company refusing to

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How Video Evidence Can Help Win Your Car Accident Case - The Russo Firm

How Video Evidence Can Help Win Your Car Accident Case

Following a car accident, a victim may seek to hold a party accountable for the negligence that caused the accident. Drivers who behave negligently behind the wheel by driving distracted, drunk, drowsy, or recklessly can be liable in a car accident claim. However, car accident victims must be able to prove the at-fault party caused the car accident through negligent driving behavior. They can do

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How to Cope With the Mental and Emotional Issues After Car Accident - The Russo Firm

How to Cope With the Mental and Emotional Issues After Car Accident

People understand that the physical impact caused by a car accident can cause severe physical injuries like spinal cord injuries, bone fractures, and back and neck injuries. However, some of the more severe injuries a car accident victim can suffer are psychological. Those injured in a car accident can experience emotional distress, mental anguish, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Car accidents can affect victims can

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