Stewart J. Guss and Your Personal Injury Case
If you sustained injuries, you’re likely to suffer significant losses, including medical expenses, physical and emotional pain, and lost hours and wages on the job. An accident can irrevocably alter your life in an instant, and you need experienced legal counsel to guide you through these unexpected life hurdles. Furthermore, personal injury claims are highly specific to their own circumstances and to the unique individuals involved. Whether you’ve been in a minor car accident or have suffered a catastrophic injury with permanent effects, the dedicated legal professionals at Trust Guss Injury Lawyers, will give your claim the personalized attention it deserves and will do everything within their power to help navigate your case toward its optimum resolution. We have experience in every manner of personal injury law:
Workplace accidents
Dangerous accidents can happen anywhere, and the workplace is no exception. OSHA cites construction work as the deadliest occupation, and the four most dangerous accidents within this category include falls, struck-by accidents, electrocution, and caught-in or between accidents. Other professions that are also important to the infrastructure of our state and town—including electrical work, gas and oilfield occupations, utility work, and emergency response positions—are right up there when it comes to being inherently dangerous. Many of us closely associate our professions with our sense of self, which makes suffering injuries on the job that much more difficult. Further, such injuries can lead to lost wages and even the inability to follow the career path you’ve set for yourself. If you’ve been hurt in an accident at work, seek experienced legal counsel.
Nursing home accidents
Finding a nursing home that’s a good fit for your aging loved one comes can be one of the most emotionally difficult tasks that you’ll ever face. Once your elderly relative is settled in, it’s nice to be able to relax into the decision. Unfortunately, however, it’s not always as easy as that. Many nursing home residents sustain injuries in accidents that happen due to nursing home neglect and even abuse. The Nursing Home Abuse Guide shares that the “statistics reflecting incidents of abuse involving elderly residents in nursing homes and care facilities are both staggering and disheartening.” Further, they note that it is a known fact that nursing home abuse remains underreported. If your loved one exhibits unexplained injuries, bruises, marks, and/or changes in personality, he or she may be suffering from nursing home neglect or abuse—immediately consult with an experienced nursing home abuse law firm.
Slip and fall accidents
When you hear the term “slip and fall,” you likely don’t think of anything more serious than taking an embarrassing tumble, but slip and fall accidents are often extremely dangerous. When you head out to grocery shop, to catch a movie, or to run into the local mall, an injury is probably one of the last things on your mind. Businesses are responsible for keeping their premises in reasonably safe condition for their invited guests, their customers and when they don’t, customers can suffer serious injuries. The National Floor Safety Institute reports several statistics that highlight just how dangerous slip and fall accidents can be:
- Fractured bones that result from slip and falls can lead to slip and fall-related fatalities and disabilities.
- Slip and falls result in nearly 1 million visits to the emergency room each year in the United States.
- Nearly 11 percent of job-related fatalities for men involve slip and falls (and nearly 5 percent for women).
- The elderly are especially prone to dangerous injuries from slip and fall accidents, and the incidence rate goes up with every 10 years of age.
Slip and fall accidents happen a lot, and can be very dangerous.
Pedestrian accidents
Most of us take walking for granted—it’s simply something most people simply do. It’s important to keep in mind, however, that traffic accidents involving pedestrians are among the deadliest accidents on our roadways. When you’re on foot, there is absolutely nothing to protect you from an accident’s impact, and the injuries you incur are likely to be extremely serious. Whether you walk for the health benefits, as a means of getting around, or simply to make your way from the parking lot to your destination, you’re vulnerable to injury from a traffic accident when you’re walking—especially when you’re crossing the street. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center reports that in recent years, pedestrian traffic fatalities were the highest they’d been for 20 years, and that while car-accident fatalities are in decline, pedestrian-accident fatalities are on the rise. When you head out on foot, always make safety your focus.
Bike accidents
Harlingen is perfect for riding your bike, and biking allows you to help protect the environment and your pocketbook and to get in a bit of exercise. It’s important to remember that bike accidents are often very dangerous. When you’re pedaling, you have no safety mechanism other than your bike helmet to protect you from the violence of a traffic accident. While bicyclists log only about one percent of total road trips in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shares that cyclists are much more likely (than the occupants of vehicles) to be killed or injured in traffic accidents.
Motorcycle accidents
Harlingen, Texas, is a popular place for riding motorcycles. Unfortunately, however, motorcycle accidents are some of the deadliest on our highways and roads. The fact is that you take up a lot less space on the road when you’re on your bike, and because motorists are evermore distracted, they tend not to look for or see motorcycles in their midst. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) finds that bikers are nearly 29 times more likely than the occupants of cars to become traffic fatalities (based on miles traveled) and that the motorcycle-accident fatality rate is on the rise.
Car accidents
Most of us spend a good deal of time in our vehicles, and car accidents happen. Even a minor car accident that takes place at slow speeds can lead to significant injury. Further, injuries like whiplash and spinal cord injuries can fester over time and develop into debilitating conditions. As more and more drivers become complacent behind the wheel and engage in distracted driving (that often includes smartphone usage), the risk of car accidents remains high.
Eighteen-wheeler accidents
Semi-trucks are a fact of life on our highways. They’re massive, extremely heavy, and when they’re involved in accidents, the results are often deadly. Further, these unwieldy vehicles are more difficult to maneuver, require longer stopping distances, and have significant blind spots all the way around them. Consumer demand drives the trucking industry, and that demand shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. As such, trucks swarm our roadways and truckers often push themselves beyond the limits of safe driving. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) share that about 10 percent of all traffic-accident deaths involve a semi-truck and that most of the fatalities were car occupants.
Defective drugs
We usually associate medical care and medications with taking care of our health and recovering from illness, but sometimes drugs are defective and dangerous. Pharmaceutical companies generate massive profits, and sometimes, those profits come at a hefty price to the consumer. Some pharmaceutical companies overlook—and even cover up—a drug’s dangerous side effects in order to continue the stream of profits. Unsuspecting consumers who take dangerous medications as prescribed assume that they’re benefiting their health in the process. Sometimes, however, the dangers posed by drugs far outweigh the benefits. It can be especially difficult to learn that the drug you took in good faith actually caused you to be injured.
