Category: Children
Pedestrian Struck After Crash
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, Older Adults, Pedestrian Injuries, Serious Injury, wrongful death, Young Adults A child is standing at a corner, waiting for the light to change so she can cross. As she is waiting, a car runs the red light and crashes into another. The momentum from the crash causes the two carsContinue reading
Pool Safety
It’s summer time! And here at DLO we want your family to have the most fun in the sun possible and to stay out of harm’s way. So we put together a list of things to look out for whenContinue reading
Child Mortalities in Car Crashes
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Car Seats, Children, Infants, injury, Product Liability According to a study done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle traffic crashes were the leading cause of death for age four and every age 11-27. This statement is based on the available 2009 data given byContinue reading
Boy Drowned in Bridgeview Pool
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Children, compensation, injury, swimming pool, wrongful death Police are investigating the case of Michael Duda, a 6 year old boy from the town of Justice who drowned in a Bridgeview pool on Tuesday. Lifeguards pulled an unresponsive Michael from the pool. Sadly, he died on Wednesday nightContinue reading
Bouncy House Fiasco
The Police department in Littleton, Colorado received an interesting call. At a local lacrosse game an inflatable bouncy house started to blow away in the wind and caused a small girl to be hurled 8 feet into the air andContinue reading
Hit and Run During Live Radio Interview
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, injury, Older Adults, Pedestrian Injuries, wrongful death, Young Adults Matt Williams is the general manager of the Washington Nationals baseball team. Yesterday, he was in his car speaking with a local radio station about his team and the upcoming game. While stopped in traffic, he is rear-ended by anotherContinue 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
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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
Defective Chair No Laughing Matter
When you sit your rump down in a chair, you expect it to hold you. But in some cases, the chair breaks like an old Three Stooges skit. While the fall might initially be both funny and embarrassing, the fallContinue reading