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Teen drivers have always faced a greater risk of car accidents due to inexperience behind the wheel and immature decision-making and judgment processes; however, today’s teens may have an increased risk of causing an accident due to societal changes such as cell phone distraction and impaired driving. A Utah Department of Public Safety study...

A car accident is a terrifying experience that a person never forgets. Unfortunately, after the initial shock and trauma wear off and car accident victims are recovering from their injuries, the next stage of the process is also distressing as they encounter the legal tangles of recovering compensation for their damages under a fault-based...

Car accidents are terrifying and cause trauma to the body from the crash force and impact. Some injuries are immediately obvious and frightening, requiring emergency treatment, but other injuries may have delayed symptoms with pain that shows up hours, days, or even weeks later. When the adrenaline is high after an accident it can...

Drivers become accustomed to their vehicle acting almost as an extension of their body, reacting to even the smallest movement of the steering wheel or the slightest acceleration or deceleration. That’s why it’s terrifying when a car or truck suddenly skids out of control, leaving the driver only an instant to decide how to...

An accident is a devastating experience, both physically and emotionally. Sometimes the trauma continues long past the initial accident when it’s time for injury victims to make claims for their damages. In personal injury claims from car accidents and other injuries caused by negligence, “damages” refer to the economic and non-economic consequences of an...

When two vehicles traveling in the same direction accidentally make contact by hitting or scraping along the sides of the vehicles, the impact is a sideswipe collision. Sideswipe collisions often happen due to unsafe lane changes on major, multi-lane highways or while passing on rural roads. All sideswipe collisions can cause injuries, but when...