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Protecting Your Family from Radon

Published on: February 17, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Radon is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless radioactive gas that’s virtually impossible to detect without a specific test. It occurs naturally when construction materials, soil, and rock decay. Radon exists in many homes and apartment buildings, and even though residents may not know about it.

What is most worrying is that while you can’t see radon, it can cause devastating damage, even causing lung cancer in some cases. In fact, research suggests radon causes 21,000 fatalities linked to lung cancer every year across the country.

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Facial Injuries and Truck Accidents

Published on: February 17, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Trucking accidents in Hollywood and South Florida can result in devastating injuries, including TBIs, spinal cord trauma, whiplash, and other injuries. One of the most devastating injuries to sustain, however, can be a facial injury.

Facial injuries often happen when a passenger finds face slammed against the dashboard or against a window. Trauma to the face can also happen when debris flies at a passengers’ face at high speeds during a collision. Facial injuries can include:

Lacerations
Scarring
Eye injuries
Dental and mouth injuries
Broken noses
Crushing injuries
Broken bones anywhere on the face, affecting facial structure and shape
Injuries to the jaw, cheekbones, or forehead

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What You Should Never Sign After a Truck Accident in Hollywood

Published on: February 10, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

A truck accident in South Florida or Hollywood can be terrifying. Being struck by a large vehicle will generally cause devastating car damages and may cause catastrophic injuries for you and your passengers. If you have been injured, you’ll want to do everything possible to hold onto your rights.

Unfortunately, insurance companies and attorneys representing the truck company may contact you right away. They may want you to give statements or to sign documents. Even your own insurance company may want you to sign documents.

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Injuries in Florida Airports

Published on: February 10, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Miami International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and other airports in the South Florida region process millions of flyers and visitors each year. Most visitors travel safely and get to their destinations without event. However, serious injuries can happen at airports and when they do occur they can ruin travel plans and cause severe distress.

What accidents are common at airports?

Many things can go wrong at airports, but common injuries include:

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What to Do to Avoid a Wrong-Way Accident

Published on: February 3, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), about 400 people die in wrong-way accidents each year. While this is a relatively small percentage of the over 30,000 car accident fatalities that happen across the country each year, wrong-way accidents are notable for two reasons: they are almost always entirely preventable and they have a much higher-than-average rate of fatalities.

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Across all collisions, the rate of fatalities is under one percent. For wrong-way collisions, that jumps to 22%. Being in a wrong-way accident in Hollywood or your community is more likely to lead to fatal or serious injury, in part because speeding is often a factor in these crashes. In many cases, these are drunk driving accidents and can be prevented.

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Can you File a Claim in Hollywood or Florida if You’ve been Injured Through Food Poisoning?

Published on: January 28, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Cases of Salmonella, Listeria, botulism, norovirus, E. coli, and other foodborne illness outbreaks occur in Hollywood, Miami, and across Florida each year. You may be trying to make all the right decisions about the healthful foods you eat, but poorly stored, prepared, or served foods can injure you.

In some cases, foodborne illnesses results only in mild digestive upset and maybe a few hours of discomfort. In other cases, however, the illness can be life-changing. Botulism, for example, can easily become deadly or can lead to extensive paralysis, leaving the victim in an assisted-living facility.

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If You’re Starting a New Business, Protect Yourself from Claims

Published on: January 16, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Business owners owe a duty of care to their customers, employees, clients, and visitors to their business. If you’re starting up a new business in Hollywood or anywhere in South Florida, you are vulnerable to premises liability claims and other legal claims if you don’t take care to keep visitors to your business safe.

Even if you have an online business, you could be held liable and may be sued if your servers or files are hacked, if another business accuses you of trademark infringement or other illegal actions, or if you’re accused of breach of contract. Whether you have a bricks-and-mortar company or an online enterprise, you need to take steps to keep yourself safe from legal claims while also protecting your customers and clients from harm.

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Trucking Accidents and High Winds

Published on: January 6, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

For big rigs and tractor trailers, high winds can mean an increased risk of accidents and rollovers. Quite simply, these vehicles have a much higher center of gravity and when large trucks drive along bridges or highways, especially, the wind can hit the truck with enough force to knock the vehicle off its route and into another lane. In some cases, it can cause the truck to fall over.

Trucks may be especially at risk if they are hauling empty trailers and don’t have the added weight to anchor them down. Speeding vehicles along routes with little wind cover are also especially vulnerable.

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Deciding to Seek Compensation After a Truck Accident

Published on: December 16, 2015 | By Flaxman Law Group

If you have been injured in a commercial truck accident in Hollywood or anywhere in South Florida, one of the questions you will need to address almost immediately is whether you want to pursue a legal claim or file an insurance report. In fact, before you have even handled all of the medical issues resulting from your injuries, the insurance company or the attorneys representing the driver or the trucking company may get in touch with you and may want you to make a statement or sign some documents.

It’s important not to do this without getting a legal consultation.

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Preventing DUI Truck Accidents

Published on: December 9, 2015 | By Flaxman Law Group

At this time of year, with many holiday parties taking place, DUI accidents in Hollywood and the rest of Southern Florida become a real concern for authorities. Each year, drunk driving accidents happen in the region because passenger car drivers make bad decisions after drinking.

However, it’s not just a passenger car drivers who take risks. Commercial truck drivers have stricter rules about drinking and driving. They are subject to random drug and alcohol tests in many cases and there is less tolerance if they cause an accident while under the influence. Despite this, DUI accidents involving trucks can and do take place.

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