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One in thirteen senior citizens in New York alone is the victim of elder abuse. A 2010 study on the prevalence of elder abuse states that for every reported case, 24 cases go unreported. Often, senior citizens will not report to the authorities that they are being abused because they are embarrassed or feel humiliated […]

We are used to viewing sexual assault, battery, and murder as criminal acts of violence, punishable by prosecution and, if found guilty, incarceration. There is another aspect of criminal charges that victims can explore in order to obtain restitution in damages for the injuries they suffer, and that is a civil complaint. A battery is […]

Case scenario: You are out for a stroll. You come upon a man walking his pit bull dog and you notice that the dog is not on a leash. You proceed with caution, a little wary because unfamiliar and unleashed dogs make you uncomfortable. As you attempt to pass, the dog lunges at you and […]

Accidents and injuries, whether while you are visiting the movies, a restaurant, a museum, or your friend’s home, may be covered under premise liability laws and may provide you with compensation for any injuries if those injuries occur through no fault of your own. Premise liability attaches to any such injury that you may suffer […]

Be careful of that damp place on the floor of the supermarket, or the spilled soft drink on the floor of the restaurant. Pay close attention to the cracked sidewalk in the parking lot of your neighborhood mall. A wrong step and you will be sitting on the ground or the floor with a possible […]

Tragedies happen when we least expect them. Earlier this winter four recent high school graduates of New Trier High School perished in a canoe accident on an icy Wisconsin lake. The canoe apparently capsized on Mill Lake in East Troy, Wisconsin, according to Patch News. Alcohol may have been a contributing factor to the accident. […]

NBA basketball star Jay Williams was in a horrific motorcycle accident in 2003 that nearly took his life. He recounted the story in a FoxNews interview recently for his memoirs titled Life is not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention. The tale reminds us all that no one is invincible or immune to the consequences […]

A recent article by Teen Vogue describes the process that a pharmaceutical company used to “create” a disease that people were originally unconcerned with. More specifically, the drug company Burroughs Wellcome and Co. did not create any diseases. Instead, they took a relatively common and harmless disease, herpes, and made it into a monster. When […]

In a recent article by the Associated Press, a Lake Oswego, Oregon woman suffering from dementia was robbed by her only living relative. The niece, who had access to her aunt’s finances, stole $350,000 from her–money that was supposed to be used for her aunt’s assisted-living facility payments. The niece used the money to purchase […]

Driving is dangerous and stressful, among many other incredibly negative traits. At this point in our history, it is well known that people will never be safe behind the wheel. The decline in fatalities over the decades has not been because of better, more aware, highly skilled drivers. It is because of safety technology such […]