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If you get behind the wheel of a car in Escondido or elsewhere in Southern California, you should not have to worry that you will be at risk of getting hurt in a serious crash caused by a motorist who is texting while driving. Yet despite California’s ban on texting while driving, many motorists continue to engage in this dangerous practice, putting themselves and other vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and bicyclists on the road at risk of injury. According to a recent press release from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, it can help to underscore the severe accident risks that come with texting while driving by thinking about this type of distracted driving as “intexticated” driving. Indeed, the press release urges motorists: “Don’t drive intexticated.” 

As you can see, AAA takes the idea of intoxicated driving — a behavior that everyone knows can often be deadly — and uses similar language to describe texting while driving. What do you need to know about intexticated driving and seeking compensation after a crash?

What is “Intexticated” Driving?

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The holiday season is approaching, which means that certain types of injury risks will increase in Carlsbad and throughout Southern California. While the holiday season brings an opportunity for recreational activities and gatherings with friends and family, various aspects of the holiday season also bring safety hazards. Who is liable for holiday injuries, and how can you seek compensation after an accident? Our Carlsbad personal injury lawyers can provide you with the information you need.

Wide Range of Accidents and Injuries Occur During the Holidays

A wide range of accidents and injuries result from holiday activities and excursions. According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), nearly 6,000 people require treatment in emergency departments each year for injuries resulting from falls while hanging holiday decorations. That number rises when you take into account holiday travel and motor vehicle collisions, home fires and burn injuries, and product defect injuries. The following are some of the more common causes of holiday injuries each year:

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After suffering a personal injury in Valley Center or elsewhere in Southern California, it can be difficult to know how to proceed with a claim for compensation. If you discuss your injury with friends or family members, or with trustworthy co-workers, you might hear differing perspectives on filing an insurance claim or suing the at-fault party in a personal injury lawsuit. Conducting some preliminary research on the internet might reveal that personal injuries result in both insurance claims and personal injury lawsuits, and you may be unsure if you are required to follow one path over the other or if you have options. 

Our Valley Center personal injury lawyers can provide you with more information about insurance claims versus personal injury lawsuits after a serious accident or injury in San Diego County.

How and Where Did Your Injury Happen?

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The summer months in Valley Center are often times for vacations and recreation, but it is important to know that certain kinds of personal injuries can occur with frequency during warm weather. As such, it is essential to understand various summer injury risks, to take precautions to avoid harm, and to seek advice from an experienced Valley Center personal injury attorney if you or your child sustains a serious or life-threatening injury as a result of another party’s negligence. The following are among the most common injuries that affect people in Southern California from June through September.

Heatstroke

When a person is outdoors in the summer heat for too long without adequate hydration, heat exhaustion can occur, and heat exhaustion can eventually lead to heatstroke. Many workers who do construction work and related jobs outdoors can be at particular risk for heatstroke.

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In recent months and years, e-scooters have been growing in popularity among residents of Rancho Bernardo and throughout Southern California. While e-scooters can serve as a convenient mode of transportation and can be exciting for recreation, e-scooters have also proven to be extremely dangerous. According to a recent study conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One, the injury rate for riders of e-scooters in certain parts of Southern California “was higher than the national rates for riders of motorcycles, bicycles and cars, and pedestrians.” In other words, the overall rate of e-scooter accidents has been extremely high.

What do you need to know about e-scooter injuries and filing a personal injury claim after an e-scooter accident?

E-Scooters Continue to “Proliferate,” According to Study

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While most of us do not think about the risks of getting hurt when we step into an elevator or onto an escalator in Escondido, it is important to know that escalators and elevators can actually cause serious and fatal injuries in many different circumstances. Elevator and escalator accidents can be caused by many different factors, and people can sustain various types of injuries. Depending upon the cause of the elevator or escalator accident, and whether or not the injured person was working at the time of the elevator or escalator accident, multiple parties may be liable for injuries and various routes to compensation may exist. What do you ultimately need to know about these types of accidents and injuries? The following are some of the top things to know about escalator and elevator injuries in Escondido.

Elevator and Escalator Accidents Have Many Different Causes

There are many different causes for elevator and escalator accidents and injuries, such as:

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Anytime another party’s negligence or intentional wrongdoing results in another person suffering a serious or deadly injury, it may be possible to file a personal injury lawsuit or a wrongful death claim in Carlsbad. Yet given that personal injury law is such a broad area of the law, it can be confusing to distinguish between and among different kinds of personal injury cases and their required elements. For example, does a plaintiff need to prove something other than negligence in order to win certain types of personal injury cases? Does negligence look different depending upon the particular type of personal injury claim the plaintiff is pursuing? Our Carlsbad personal injury attorneys can provide you with examples about the differences among personal injury lawsuits. 

Motor Vehicle Collision Claims

Many motor vehicle collision cases—including car crashes, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, and pedestrian and bicycle accidents—begin with insurance claims. These accidents can also result in motor vehicle accident lawsuits that require the injured plaintiff to prove that the at-fault driver was negligent. In a typical traffic collision case, negligence means failing to observe the level of care behind the wheel that a reasonable person would under the circumstances.

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Nobody expects their bedroom furniture to cause serious injury or death, yet accidents involving bedroom furniture occur more frequently than you might think. For example, certain dressers have been subject to recalls after tipping over and causing fatal injuries to children caught underneath them. Certain types of beds, too, have been known to cause serious and debilitating injuries. Although a Murphy bed might seem like a great solution for a small space, these particular types of beds are much more dangerous than others. And the injury risks associated with these beds have been well-documented, yet consumers continue to purchase and use them. What do you need to know about Murphy beds and personal injuries in Rancho Bernardo?

Murphy Beds Cause Broken Bones and Amputations

As the Sleep Foundation points out, Murphy beds are especially popular for people in urban areas where “space is at a premium.” In small rooms and apartments, it is precisely what gives Murphy beds their “relatively small footprint” that makes them so hazardous. Indeed, Murphy beds have mechanisms that allow them to be folded up into the wall, and then pulled down again when it is time for sleeping. Accordingly, “people who live in small apartments have long looked to Murphy beds to provide a sleeping arrangement that doesn’t sacrifice space.”

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Catastrophic injuries can happen in nearly any type of accident in Poway, and spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are no different. In most situations, spinal cord injuries are classified as catastrophic because they result in severe and often permanent disabilities. As the Mayo Clinic explains, spinal cord injuries include any type of injuries that result in “damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal,” which typically result in “permanent changes in strength, sensation and other body functions below the site of the injury.” Most medical professionals classify spinal cord injuries as “complete,” in which there is a total loss of feeling below the spinal cord injury, and “incomplete,” in which a person has some functions below the site of the injury. 

In many kinds of accidents that lead to spinal cord injuries, another party’s negligence is to blame for the accident. What kinds of accidents most commonly result in these injuries?

Motor Vehicle Collisions

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Whether you have traveled to Escondido from a state far from California or you are a California resident and have simply planned a weekend trip to Southern California to spend time at the beach with your family, keep in mind that serious and deadly injuries can happen at hotels. While you might be prepared for the possibility of a car crash while you are traveling on the freeway, and although you may be taking precautions to prevent a drowning accident at the beach, you should know that hotels and motels can be dangerous places, too. When hotel or motel negligence results in a serious personal injury, you may be able to file a claim for financial compensation with assistance from an Escondido personal injury lawyer. In the meantime, the following are three things to know about hotel injuries in Escondido. 

Hotel Negligence Can Result in Many Types of Injuries

There are many different types of injuries that can result from hotel or motel negligence. For example, you or your child might sustain a serious injury as a result of a drowning accident near an unattended hotel or motel pool. Or you or another guest might sustain a serious injury in a slip and fall accident resulting from damaged flooring or a broken outdoor light that the hotel maintenance staff failed to replace. Slips and falls at hotels and motels can also occur in breakfast areas, at bars, and around pool decks due to liquid spills. At the same time, hotels may also be responsible for third-party assaults that happen because of negligent security—such as a hotel’s failure to repair a damaged door lock or window in your room. 

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