Covington Personal Injury Law Blog
A car accident could lead to post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) isn’t just something that impacts police officers or veterans. It can be caused by any traumatic event. For your average American citizen, one of the most common traumatic events is simply a car crash. If you’re involved in a...
How much will an amputation cost you throughout your life?
Car crashes, machinery accidents and other traumatic circumstances could potentially result in someone losing a body part. Amputations are unquestionably some of the worst injuries possible. After all, they mean that someone has suffered an injury so severe that it...
Multiple crashes lead to deaths and injuries after storm in Northern Kentucky
Wet roads can be a serious problem for drivers, so it’s vital that you slow down and drive in accordance with the conditions whenever you can. Unfortunately, several people were hurt on I-275 because of a rain shower that had caused pooling on the roads, the police...
Help your child to become a safe pedestrian
With schools to reopen soon, now is a great time to ensure your kids get to school safely. If your children walk some of the way, make sure they know how to do so safely. If they have not been out much recently, they may have forgotten how busy the roads can be. These...
A-pillars lead to pedestrian accidents
When you think about the blind spots that a car has, you probably think of large vehicles and those dead zones near the back corners. It’s important to know that even small cars have blind spots, and some of them are right in front of the driver -- especially as they...
How severe brain injuries impact survivors and their families
Severe brain injuries can be the result of many different accidents, from near-fatal drownings or car accidents to an unexpectedly violent slip-and-fall incident. Severe brain injuries can result in long-term hospitalization and may leave their victims in comas for...
If you’re traveling in busy traffic, take action to avoid a crash
Living in Covington, you know how rough it can be to drive to your job in Cincinnati each day. Interstate 75 is always backed up and has several lanes of traffic filled with vehicles of all kinds. Thanks to having to cross the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, which...
The dangers of truck underride crashes
As each driver in Covington can attest, every car accident is an unfortunate thing, but some are more gruesome than others. When a passenger car collides with a semitruck and trailer, the scene can be particularly tragic. One of the most devastating kinds of traffic...
Statistics show that speeding really does cause serious accidents
If you ask any driver you know if they’ve broken the speed limit, the odds are overwhelmingly in favor of the fact that they have. It’s hard to find someone who has not broken it at some point, either intentionally or unintentionally. For instance, when asked if they...
Faulty maintenance contributes to 1 in 10 big truck crashes
A broad range of factors can influence someone's risk for a crash while driving. Inadequate or improper maintenance on a vehicle is one of those factors, as poorly maintained vehicles may not respond appropriately to a driver's attempt to maneuver in an emergency....
