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The trailer part of a commercial truck. There are rules and regulations that should protect against improperly loaded cargo, but should it happen, it can cause accidents.
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Driver conduct is often at the forefront of commercial truck accident litigation. Was the driver dozing? Did they brake in time? Were they distracted? However, those questions may become secondary
A stethoscope. Although there are many tools used to assess atypical presentation, a delayed diagnosis can be problematic for patients and cause harm.
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Cases involving diagnostic delay typically include conditions that initially resemble common, low-acuity, or medically explainable complaints rather than obvious emergencies. However, some of the most medically and legally complex matters
An x-ray of a pelvis. Pelvic fractures are common injuries in truck collisions and may result in long-lasting pain and disability.
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Pelvic fractures are among the most serious orthopedic injuries encountered in commercial truck accident litigation. Yet, in many cases, the fracture itself is not the primary dispute. There is little
A truck on a highway. Spinal cord injuries are common when tractor trailers such as this crash into passenger vehicles.
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Spinal cord injuries that arise from commercial truck accidents frequently produce high-value and heavily contested claims in catastrophic injury litigation. It goes beyond the severity of an injury. There is
A firefighter studying a car that has been crushed under a tractor trailer. Crush injuries after a truck accident can cause extensive damage.
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Crush injuries are often discussed when considering the forces that caused them. In a truck accident, the discussion centers less on the instant the crush force was applied and more
A truck accident where a patient might suffer from a diffuse axonal injury, which often develop gradually.
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One of the most unusual medical problems that can result from a catastrophic truck accident is a diffuse axonal injury, which can affect a person’s life long before it shows
Images of a brain. The delayed diagnosis of traumatic brain injuries can result in irreversible damages to the plaintiff.
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Truck accidents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey generate some of the most severe traumatic brain injury claims. There is an enormous disparity in size and weight between commercial trucks and
A specialist reviewing an injury. When patients have a delayed specialist consultation, an important window of opportunity for treatment may be missed, leading to injury.
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Specialist consultation plays a central role in modern acute care medicine because complex conditions or rapidly evolving symptoms require evaluation beyond the knowledge or authority of a primary care team.
A truck with damages after an accident. In cases like these, patients may arrive to a hospital with initial trauma and then later develop a second injury caused by the earlier injuries.
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In catastrophic truck accident litigation, there is one deceptively simple question that arises: What injuries did the collision cause? However, in cases with “secondary injuries,” that question does not resolve
A doctor writing down late chart entries.
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Medical litigation depends on chronology, particularly in catastrophic injury cases. Liability and causation turned on point when deterioration became apparent, when providers recognized evolving risk, when intervention occurred, and whether