Trucking Accidents: ways big companies try to get the upper hand
The rise of e-commerce and overnight deliveries, coupled with Pennsylvania’s easy access to major cities on the East Coast, has turned our state into a warehousing and trucking mecca. With all those trucks on the road, accidents are going to happen—7,646 accidents to be exact. Of those accidents in 2023, 158 were fatal. With their heavy weight and size, truck accidents pack a huge punch and are often catastrophic to everyone involved. It’s for this reason that trucking companies often do everything they can to minimize the amount of money they have to pay after an accident. You might be surprised at some of the things they do to get the upper hand. Our attorneys at GLS Injury Law have seen it all.
7 Claim Mistakes and the Impact on Your Workers’ Compensation
Claim mistakes hurt the thousands of workers who are injured on the job and apply for Pennsylvania workers’ compensation. The most recent report shows 9,375 workers filed workers’ compensation claims in 2016. Those claims, however, are increasingly being denied. In fact, over the last few years, denial rates have increased by 20 percent. Often times, it’s because of mistakes being made unknowingly by the injured worker.
Chances are, last month you heard or saw something regarding heart health. February was American Heart Month, a month the American Heart Association reminds everyone of the signs and symptoms of heart disease, and what to do in the event you or someone you know is experiencing a heart attack.
It is a huge problem in the United States—heart attacks striking someone every 40 seconds, which is roughly 790,000 people a year. While heart disease is by far the leading cause of these incidents, work-related issues such as stress and overexertion are at the root of many heart attacks.
Snow and Ice Covered Roads and Personal Injury Cases
With winter weather upon us, road conditions can be hazardous, leading to many accidents. But even with the ice and snow covered roads, often times the road conditions are not the actual cause of an accident. There are many factors to consider besides the road conditions, including the negligence of the other driver. Was the person who caused the accident going too fast for the road conditions? Were they using headlights? Was their vehicle inspected and properly maintained? These are the factors our attorneys at GLS Injury Law, P.C. examine when evaluating personal injury claims for auto accidents.
Hurt in an Accident in a Company Vehicle, Now What?
If you spend the majority of your day behind the wheel, you have a dangerous job. You may not think your position in sales or your job as a plumber is particularly dangerous—but driving puts you at risk of an accident. On-the-job traffic accidents are the leading cause of worker death in the United States. Countless workers are injured in car accidents, and often times, they have legal rights beyond workers’ compensation. While workers’ compensation is typically the primary means to make a claim for medical treatment and lost wages through the employer, it’s not the only option.
The National Safety Council estimates 375 people will die during the New Year’s Eve holiday period this year. That estimate is based off the number of fatalities in the U.S. over the last five years and is down 8% from last year. Even with the decrease, there's a lot of work to do, since most of these accidents involve impaired driving and are 100% avoidable.
Premises Liability this Winter: what every property, business and homeowner needs to know
Blustery winds, sub-zero temperatures, bouts of freezing rain and heavy snowfall—it’s a mixed bag of conditions we’ve become accustomed to during the winter months in Pennsylvania. It’s that winter weather that often times leads to hazardous conditions on sidewalks, driveways and parking lots.
Bodily Injury Claims and Following Your Doctor’s Orders
As an attorney handling exclusively personal injury cases, my practice is dedicated to helping people who have been injured in all sorts of accidents. Whether it is a motor vehicle, work or slip/trip and fall accident, if the event causes injury to someone and comes about as a result of the fault of another person or entity, typically, the person who is hurt will have a potential bodily injury claim.
Whether it is a fender-bender or high-speed collision, being involved in a car crash can be a life-altering event. Following an accident, the most important thing, of course, is for anyone who has been injured to seek out the necessary medical attention. But what happens after that?
Every seven seconds a worker is injured on the job. Healthcare workers take the lead for the number of reported workplace injuries, with more than half a million reported cases in the United States each year. Lifting and lowering patients, along with slips and falls, lead to many of these injuries.
Trucking Accidents: understanding liability and your rights
A tractor-trailer weighs between 12,000 and 80,000 pounds—about 25 times more than the average car. Being driven at 65 miles per hour on the highway, they aren’t easy to stop and can be a deadly weapon against drivers and passengers in smaller cars. At GLS Injury Law, we see how catastrophic trucking accidents can be to everyone involved.
Pennsylvania is ranked 6th in the nation for the highest number of deaths involving large trucks. In 2023, 138 people died in trucking accidents on our roads. In total last year, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reports there were 6,685 crashes involving large trucks. Determining who is responsible for any associated injuries or loss can be difficult, especially when big trucking and insurance companies get involved. That’s why it’s important to understand:
