Personal Injury

We all know that accidents can cause injuries. While in some cases accidents create new injuries, other times an accident may cause an existing injury to get worse. So what happens when a person has been previously injured and then that injury is subsequently aggravated by a negligent defendant?  In the case of Lovely v.

In Maine, landowners can often be held liable when someone is injured on their property. But what happens when a third party causes your injury on someone else’s property? In the premises liability case of Colvin v. A R Cable Company the Maine Supreme Court provided an answer to that very question.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court recently upheld a jury award obtained by a Maine lawyer on behalf of a bicycle accident victim. A jury had awarded Monica Semian $750,000 for her losses stemming from a 2010 bicycle accident. The then-20-year-old Romanian exchange student was riding her bicycle when she was struck by a school bus owned by Ledgemere Transportation.

Earlier this year, the Governors Highway Safety Association released its findings on bicyclist safety – and the results reveal an alarming trend of rising bicycle and pedestrian fatalities across the United States. According to the study, six states accounted for 54 percent of bicycle fatalities between 2010 and 2012: California, Florida, Texas, Michigan, Illinois, and New York.

Each year in the U.S., about 15,200 people require emergency medical care or miss at least a day of work because of carbon monoxide poisoning. About 430 people lose their lives to this invisible threat each year. Maine residents could easily prevent carbon monoxide poisoning by installing detectors in every building.

Recent news about the General Motors ignition switch has cast light on how important it is to have a product liability lawyer on your side if you or your family has sustained loss or injury due to an automobile malfunction. The company has released information about the number of death and injury claims that it has received and processed and estimates that many more claims are forthcoming.

According to Maine boating laws, it’s unlawful to operate a watercraft or negligently permit another to operate one while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such reckless behavior puts boaters at increased risk for capsizing, collision, falls overboard, sinking, and other potentially fatal accidents.

Animal attacks are far too prevalent in Maine and across the United States. Most animal attacks involve dogs such as rottweilers, pit bulls, and wolf hybrids. Victims of these vicious attacks can contact a dog bite lawyer in Maine to learn about legal rights and options.

As with many of the most important things in life, we often take our spinal cord health for granted. However, the moment we experience pain or suffer a spinal cord injury, we often realize that having a healthy spine is an essential part of a normal, active life.

Of all the injuries sustained in automobile accidents, spinal cord injuries (SCI) are among the most life-threatening and traumatic. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, approximately 12,000 people suffer new spinal cord injuries every year. This means that every day, 30 lives are forever changed due to traumatic spinal cord injuries.