Approximately 12,000 new spinal cord injuries occur in the United States each year. Common causes for recently diagnosed spinal cord damage include car and Omaha motorcycle accidents, falls, athletic injuries, violence and disease. While disease progression is often an unpreventable cause of spinal cord injury, the sudden, blunt trauma that occurs due to an accident, …
Can You File a Slip and Fall Claim if There Was a Wet Floor Sign?
When it comes to commercial and retail properties like movie theaters, grocery stores, restaurants, retail stores and other public places, wet tile, wood, and enamel flooring is the most common cause of slip and fall accidents. Wet floors in general frequently present dangers to guests and customers at commercial businesses. Property owners have an obligation …
Filing a Slip and Fall Claim When You Know the Property Owner
Slips and falls are a leading cause of accidental injury in the United States, accounting for more than one million emergency room visits annually. An estimated 2,000 slip and fall accidents occur daily, costing Americans more than $34 billion each year. Although these incidents are extremely common, few victims actually report them because they may …
What to Know about Rollover SUV Accidents
A quarter of all new vehicle sales in the U.S. each year are sport utility vehicles or SUVs, making them the most popular type of motor vehicle in America today. Appreciated for their sporty appearance and spacious interiors, SUVs are deceptively marketed as being safe, sturdy, and rugged. This image lulls consumers into a false …
What to Do When You Notice Your Injuries Following an Accident
Fifty million people in the United States sustain non-fatal injuries in car accidents each year. While some accident injuries are minor, such as scratches, scrapes and bruises, others can be very serious in nature, requiring weeks and month of hospitalization and rehabilitation to recover. In the most severe instances, these injuries can lead to lifelong …
Criminal Convictions and Medical Licensure in Nebraska
Medical professionals living in Omaha are subject to the same statutes governing criminal charges as any other citizen. A felony conviction can lead to hefty fines, lengthy prison sentences and the loss of voting rights or the right to carry firearms. But due to the nature of their jobs, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, chiropractors and …
How Do I Get a Pretrial Release in Federal Court?
When an individual is arrested and charged with a crime, they are detained and held in jail. The time between an arrest and a criminal trial can be months, and sometimes years. Under the terms of the law, a judge must decide whether or not a defendant will be released back into the community or …
Auto Accidents Involving Elderly Drivers
With the Baby Boomer generation aging into senior citizenship in droves, there are more older drivers on America’s roads and highways than at any other time in history according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). What’s more, older drivers are keeping their licenses longer than previous generations and spending more hours driving in general. In …
Facing Bank Fraud Charges
Bank fraud charges are serious white-collar crimes that can carry heavy penalties if convicted. Bank fraud occurs when an individual is accused of deceiving a bank, financial institution, or a bank’s depositors by providing false information in order to steal money, funds, credit, assets, securities, or other property owned by, in the custody of, or …
Can I Go to Jail for a Title IX Rape Allegation?
Title IX is a federal law that was passed in 1972 to protect individuals from gender bias and to guarantee equal opportunities in athletics and school admissions. The law specifically reads that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or …