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I’m very sorry to hear about your diagnosis. A cervical neck fracture is extremely serious, and if not properly treated can lead to horrible consequences. If your neck fracture was not properly diagnosed, you should speak with an attorney to learn more about your legal options. Severe impacts and accidents can cause serious neck injuries and cervical neck fractures. Some common causes of cervical neck fractures include automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents, slips and falls, injuries in the workplace, and sports. When a cervical neck fracture occurs, there are some common symptoms. These include severe pain, numbness, a stiff neck, lack …

A man who formerly worked as a driver for Lyft has been charged with kidnapping and raping a woman in Illinois, which is the second attack he is accused of. The attack occurred back in 2014 against a 27-year-old woman. The woman was walking in Chicago when she noticed the man standing on the sidewalk. The woman tried to walk away, but he blocked her path, opened his car door and demanded she get inside. He then drove her to an area near a park and stopped the car. The woman got out and tried to get away, but the …

I am sorry to hear about your accident. If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident at LAX, it’s important that you speak with a personal injury attorney quickly after the accident in order to ensure that you receive a fair amount of compensation for your medical expenses and other damages. Given the size of LAX, there are lots of places inside the facility and outside the facility to slip and fall. Most slips and falls at LAX occur inside the terminal. Terminals in airports must be maintained to give both travelers as well as employees a …

I’m sorry to hear that you were fired. Pregnancy can be a stressful time for some women, and when you combine that with the loss of a job the situation can be even more difficult. However, you may have some legal options that can help. Under both federal and state law, women have certain legal rights because of pregnancy. The federal law that gives pregnant women protections is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the California law is the Fair Employment and Housing Act. Those laws provide that an …

I am very sorry to hear about your paralysis. Paralysis can have a huge impact on a victim’s quality of life, life span, and financial outlook. The decisions that a paralysis victim makes after the accident will have a direct impact on the victim’s physical and financial well-being. When there is an injury to a spinal cord, the body’s ability to transmit information back and forth between the brain and muscles is impaired. The location on the body where the trauma occurred is very important, because it determines the impact of the injury on the accident victim. Normally, the closer …

In addition to all the stories of assaults by drivers against Uber and Lyft passengers that have come out in the last couple of years, there is another potential violation of passengers by drivers that has made headlines recently. Uber and Lyft drivers have been caught recording and publishing videos of riders. In recent weeks, several incidents of drivers recording passengers and then publishing those videos online have made headlines. In July, a driver in Missouri for both Uber and Lyft was found to have streamed hundreds of rides without passengers’ knowledge. In many of the videos, passengers’ names could …

I’m very sorry to hear about your issue with your prescription. Pharmacists and the services they provide are critical. They are responsible for filling prescriptions from doctors as well as keeping track of all of the medications their patients take to ensure there are no potential conflicts between drugs. If pharmacists fail in their duties to patients and an injury results, the injured patient should speak with a pharmaceutical malpractice attorney. It’s been estimated that about 1.5 million adverse drug events that are preventable occur in the U.S. each year. Many of those events are attributable to errors made by …

I’m sorry to hear about your miserable job. Many people suffer for months or even years in intolerable working conditions because they are unable to find another job. If they lose their jobs because of a layoff, normally there are benefits available such as a severance package or unemployment compensation, but if they quit help is normally not available. In some situations, an employer will intentionally make the working environment miserable for an employee in the hopes that they will quit. An employer may want the employer gone, but may not feel comfortable laying off or firing the employee. The …

According to authorities, a Lyft driver from Lompoc sexually assaulted an unconscious female rider. The 51-year- old driver was arrested on a number of charges related to sexual misconduct. Police say that they responded to a report of a sexual assault which had occurred at a home. The alleged victim told police that a Lyft driver drove her to her home after she requested a Lyft when she became too drunk to drive home. The driver offered to help the woman inside because of her intoxication, where she then allegedly passed out and was sexually assaulted. The man was a …

Diagnostic tests, such as ultrasounds and x-rays, are great tools but may only be as effective as the professionals reading them. Unfortunately, if a doctor fails to properly notice or diagnose a condition revealed in a test, that can result in serious injuries. If one of these expensive tests is performed, you should be able to reasonably expect that doctors will accurately identify problems shown by the tests. There are some serious health issues that in decades past could not be readily identified. However, today’s technology allows us to look beyond the surface of the body and identify areas of …

An Uber driver allowed two teenaged passengers to ride on the roof of his SUV in New York and one of them died. The driver allegedly accepted $40 from three boys in exchange for letting two of them ride on the roof of his vehicle during a trip in Long Island in September. During the trip, a 15-year-old boy fell from the roof and hit his head, which later led to his death. Another passenger, a 16-year-old boy, filmed the stunt for Snapchat. The driver was charged with a single count of manslaughter. According to the district attorney in charge …

When you choose a nursing facility for a loved one, you are putting a large amount of trust into the facility to properly care for your loved one. Unfortunately, it is very common for nursing homes to injure and neglect their patients. As a loved one, it’s critical that you be able to recognize the signs of a poor-quality nursing home so that you can identify a problem before it gets worse. Many family members live out of state and away from their parent in the nursing home. In that situation, other than visits, most of your information may be …