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The decision to forego retaining a Mississippi personal injury attorney can be a costly one. The assistance of a knowledgeable automobile accident attorney is vital to the success of your claim. While the temptation to just accept the first settlement offer surely exists, in the field of personal injury law, rejecting that offer and securing […]
The potentially devastating impact of concussions and other head injuries has made headline news in recent years due, in large part, to the prevalence of these injuries amongst football players and military personnel. In light of increasing number of concussions each year and new research on the long-term impact of such injuries, the University of […]
Currently, car accidents are the number one cause of accident deaths and injuries nationwide. While increased automobile safety has led to a decline in the rate of accidents each year, numbers remain high. There are an estimated 5,500,000 car crashes annually and over 40,000 deaths. Several new technologies in the field of automobiles hold the […]
Nearly six million car accidents occur each year nationwide. Mississippi is ranked among the most dangerous states for drivers, with accident rates and automobile crash fatalities exceeding the national average. Car accidents are not always preventable, but there are steps you can take to minimize the risk of being in an automobile accident in Mississippi. […]
Jennifer Stapel, an 18-year-old college student at Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Community College, was driving herself and her friend, Brianna Medina, 19, back to the school’s Perkinston campus after a night spent watching a movie in Gulfport. After this, Stapel remembers nothing. Stapel woke up at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, suffering from a broken ankle and […]
This past winter, the questions has often been posed: will this winter weather ever end? Mississippi has seen an unprecedented amount of ice, snow, and wintery mix thus far this winter, and it seems the end is not yet in sight. This inclement weather has caused numerous accidents, some fatal, and many closures of roads […]
Recently, the second floor of the Freedom Baptist Church in Myrick, Mississippi collapsed, sending about 70 young parishioners tumbling through the floor. The incident occurred during a youth worship service. The drop was estimated at about 12 feet, but miraculously, no one suffered serious injury. Nearly half of the churchgoers present did sustain minor injuries, […]
A rash of recent pedestrian accidents across Mississippi serves to highlight the national increase in incidents involving pedestrians and motor vehicles. Recently, Tony Harrison, a 42-year-old man from D’Iberville, was walking on the side of the Lamey Bridge Road at around 1:00 a.m. Harrison was struck by a vehicle. The driver of the offending car […]
Despite strong national efforts to curb distracted driving, an estimate 421,000 people in the U.S. are injured in accidents blamed on distracted driving each year. Another 3,000 individuals a year are killed in accidents involving a distracted driver. Text messaging is known to be the most dangerous form of distracted driving, as it pulls the […]
Recently, the derailment of an 85-car train carrying fuel oil and liquid fertilizer made headline news as it forced the evacuation of several residents. The train was traveling from Jackson Mississippi to Mobile, Alabama, and derailed at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 31, 2014, in Augusta, Mississippi. It was operated by Canadian National Railway Company. […]