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Most people know they have to move over when they see flashing emergency lights behind them when they are driving. However, some people may not be aware that we have responsibilities when it comes to emergency vehicles that are on the roadside as well. Today, we want to talk about West Virginia’s Move Over laws….

While medications are vital for our children’s health, the fact remains that they can seriously poison them as well. Medication poisoning is a leading cause of children’s injuries in the United States. Each year, around 60,000 kids are rushed to emergency rooms after getting into medications. America’s poison control centers manage around 500,000 pharmaceutical exposures…

Brain injuries are often severe and can leave a person with permanent disabilities. They happen in a variety of ways, but sports-related brain injuries are very common in the United States. Awareness of brain injuries has risen in the United States over the last decade thanks to research on sports-related incidents. However, we still have…

Nobody should ever be on the road after they have had too much alcohol to drink. The results can be devastating. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 10,874 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes during the latest reporting year. West Virginia saw 71 alcohol-related crash fatalities in 2018. It is important to…

Our pets become part of the family, which is why it is so important to take steps to keep them safe on Independence Day. With so many activities going on around the July 4 holiday, it can be easy to forget that our dog, cats, and other pets can get scared or hurt. Today, we…

You can sustain serious injuries in a ridesharing accident. Though these crashes have the same causes as any other car accident, people are often confused about who is liable for their damage and injury expenses. Figuring out who pays after a rideshare crash can be confusing. Today, we want to talk about these incidents and…

Medical malpractice occurs when a medical professional causes injury to their patient. Medical malpractice is not necessarily purposeful – most times, the professional being charged with malpractice is not immediately aware of where they went wrong. For instance, a doctor that forgot to sterilize their workspace could cause major injury via infection to a sick…

Medical malpractice is an unfortunate consequence of physician-related negligence. This form of personal injury is extremely dangerous because it operates solely within the healthcare realm, making patients’ nightmares about problems like improper anesthetization nearly turn into reality. When a physician, who is meant to represent professionality and health-based knowledge, does not exercise the proper discretion…

Driving on any roadway comes with a set of risks for which all drivers must assume responsibility. One of these assumed risks is colliding with a driver that has limited insurance or no insurance at all. Though the proceedings following a collision with an uninsured motorist may seem questionable at first, mandatory insurance coverage typically…

Knowing which steps to take after a car accident is not common knowledge to everyone. Though many have a basic idea of what comes next, sometimes small details can escape in the stress of the moment. However, each driver is responsible for gathering the appropriate information about the different aspects of a car accident. Especially…