Category: injury
Big Success for Seminar
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, insurance claims, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, seminar, wrongful death This past Saturday, Dixon Law Office along with the Law Offices of Noreen Costelloe, hosted a seminar titled Protecting Your Assets from the High Cost of Aging. Dixon Law Office founder, G. Grant Dixon III, discussed liability insurance and gaveContinue reading
Lions, Tigers and . . . Attacks!
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories animal attacks, Children, dog bite, injury, Older Adults, wrongful death, Young Adults A young boy is at a petting zoo. He is petting an ostrich, supposedly a tame ostrich. As his hand strokes the soft feathers, the bird spins his head and bites the child in the head. The bleeding wound isContinue reading
Anchoring Our World
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Thomas Jefferson. Juries have taken a beating in the last couple decades. Politicians, pundits,Continue reading
Crane Collapse
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Construction Injuries, injury, Older Adults, workers compensation, wrongful death, Young Adults Aerial cranes are amazing machines. They are able to lift hundreds-of-thousands-of-pounds high into the air and place them delicately into position. When they work well, it looks like a ballet. When they don’t, death and destruction almost always follow. BecauseContinue reading
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Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Children, Infants, injury, Older Adults, wrongful death, Young Adults Does your lawyer return your calls? Does your lawyer answer your questions? Can you reach him or her when you need to? Have you ever wondered why not? The number one complaint clients have about their lawyers is that theContinue reading
Burning Down The House
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Children, Infants, injury, Older Adults, wrongful death, Young Adults There is perhaps no disaster more catastrophic than a house fire. The damage to your home, furniture, clothing, and stuff is hard to live with. When a loved one is injured or killed, the catastrophe is much worse. Clients areContinue reading
Scaffolding Injuries
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Construction Injuries, injury, slip and fall, workers compensation, wrongful death “Scaffolding” is an elevated work platform. In plain English, it is a place to work above the ground. They can be small, just a few inches tall. They can be huge, twenty-or-more stories in the air. They can even hangContinue reading
Elopement Injuries
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, wrongful death When a couple elopes, they run away to get married. In a nursing home, if someone elopes, the resident leaves the facility without the knowledge of staff. In nursing homes, elopement is always a bad thing. Patients with mental diseasesContinue reading
Bedsores in Nursing Homes
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, wrongful death Bedsores, also called pressure ulcers or pressure sores, are preventable. A pressure ulcer happens when the skin is damaged through friction or lack of oxygen to the skin. So, for example, if your loved one is left in one positionContinue reading
Falls at Work
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Older Adults, slip and fall, workers compensation, wrongful death, Young Adults When you are working, you have the right to expect your workplace is safe. The law requires the ground be safe and free of obstructions. But when it is not, who is at fault if you fall? Most States haveContinue reading