One sign of abuse in a nursing home is a bedsore or multiple bedsores. While sores can be common, if treated properly, they don’t become an issue. However, for someone who is not being properly cared for, bedsores are allowed to occur, grow, and multiply.
If you have a loved one that lives in a Scottsdale nursing home and is suffering from bedsores, and you’d like to know whether or not negligence exists and is causing the sores, then you need the help of an experienced Scottsdale nursing home abuse attorney. A skilled attorney will be able to hire experts who can review the medical records of your loved one, find out about the care they have been receiving, and determine whether or not the bedsores could and should have been prevented.
If you have any questions about how the law in Arizona works in regards to nursing home abuse or neglect cases, please don’t hesitate to contact us. At Breyer Law Offices, our Arizona elder injury lawyers welcome your call – whether you know you want to bring a suit against a nursing home, or you’re simply looking for answers surrounding a possible nursing home abuse case. We can give you the information and advice you need, so you can make the best decision for your loved one.
Most injury attorneys in Arizona know that the law involving wearing a helmet while on a motorcycle is inconsistent. Unfortunately, most people, and some lawyers, don’t recognize this inconsistency. Why is this important? Because the ramifications of this inconsistency can be unfair to motorcyclists in Arizona.
Arizona does not have a helmet law that requires everyone to wear a helmet while riding. Most people know this. However, based on age and other factors, there are certain people who are required to wear a helmet, but the average adult does not have to. But even though the law allows most adults to ride a motorcycle without a helmet, it also allows a negligent driver that caused a serious injury to avoid responsibility because the rider wasn’t wearing a helmet.
In addition, some personal injury attorneys assume that wearing a helmet would have prevented the injury. But the facts don’t support this. According to one study, more than half of all fatalities happened even when a motorcyclist was wearing a helmet.
If you have been injured in a motorcycle accident in Arizona and the negligent driver is trying to avoid blame because you weren’t wearing a helmet, please contact Breyer Law Offices. Our Scottsdale motorcycle crash lawyers have experience in these kinds of motorcycle cases and can give you honest answers and guidance, as well as educate you about all of your legal options, so you can make the best decision for you and your family.
How can a family go about finding a top Phoenix motorcycle wrongful death attorney? It can be a difficult challenge. The family is probably overwhelmed and devastated by their loss, and therefore may have a hard time focusing on the legal issues that need to be dealt with. But it’s not just about finding a top wrongful death lawyer in Phoenix. It’s about finding the lawyer that’s the best possible fit for the needs and personality of the family. So, finding an attorney experienced in wrongful death suits is important; but finding an experienced attorney who will listen to the family and provide them with the answers and information they need is even more important.
As Arizona wrongful death attorneys, it’s our experience that families most appreciate honest opinions about their case. We don’t think it’s worthwhile to tell a family what they want to hear; and, in fact, that’s not going to turn out well for anyone involved. Rather, we feel it’s best to give families honest answers and legal advice, and then provide them with the space to make the decision that’s right for them.
If a loved one has been killed due to motorcycle accident involving negligence, and you’re looking for help, please contact us today. We can evaluate your claim and provide you with the input you need to decide whether or not to even hire an attorney.
Construction sites in Tucson are dangerous places to work. When accidents and injuries do occur, many of them are caused by lack of fall protection. Lack of fall protection, in fact, is the primary cause of serious injuries on U.S. construction sites.
When a worker has suffered a serious injury, or has died as a result of an injury sustained due to lack of fall protection in Arizona, most people expect OSHA and the Arizona division of OSHA to conduct an investigation. Also, there is an expectation that the injured party will be able to make an Arizona workers’ compensation claim. What many people don’t know is that in addition to a workers’ comp claim, the victim or their family may also be able to file a personal injury claim under Arizona law.
Filing a claim does not interfere with the victim’s right to workers’ compensation; any restitution awarded would be in addition to workers’ compensation. But in order to determine whether or not a claim can be made, many factors must be examined, including the cause of the accident, the reason for the lack of fall protection, and numerous other factors.
If you have been injured on a construction site in Tucson, or anywhere in Arizona, and you’d like to know your rights, please contact the Tucson construction accident attorneys at Breyer Law Offices. We have experience in all kinds of construction accident cases and can give you honest answers and guidance, as well as educate you about all of your legal options, so you can make the best decision for you and your family.
Heavy machinery is part of the construction industry. Bulldozers, cranes, forklifts, drilling equipment, backhoes, loaders, and many other types of big machines are utilized on many Phoenix construction sites. Yet when such equipment is not operated in a safe and careful manner, wrongful death or severe injuries can result to construction site workers. Too often, otherwise preventable injuries occur to the carelessness or recklessness of other workers.
Workers who suffer injury due to heavy machinery on their job site often do not know whom to turn to. Finding a Phoenix personal injury attorney that has experience helping construction workers after construction accident injuries involving heavy equipment is normally the best first step.
As experienced Phoenix construction accident lawyers, we are happy to answer honestly any questions concerning injury resulting from negligent heavy equipment use on a construction site. There are a number of factors that should be considered, however, in the determination of whether a personal injury claim even exists. Many times someone injured on a job site is limited only to the “exclusive remedy” that workers’ compensation claims offers. There are other times, however, where in addition to workers’ compensation, workers may also claim additional benefits that aid a construction worker’s recovery and help their families. These sorts of personal injury claims are in addition to their workers’ compensation claim, and do not jeopardize them.
Should you know of anyone injured due to the use of heavy equipment on a job site, or if you have questions about your own construction accident injury, we urge you to give us a call. We will provide straightforward information about construction accident laws and help you determine whether you may have a personal injury claim.
The widespread occurrence of construction accidents is juxtaposed against their complexities. There are a number of different rules for those workers who suffer job site injuries on a construction site that often hampers their ability to get beyond their injuries. OSHA regulations governing the employer may differ from those governing an OSHA investigation. Guidelines set by one employer on a construction job site often get blurred due to the number of different subcontractors on many construction sites. A workers’ compensation carrier may even contest a workers’ compensation claim in some cases. In certain circumstances, there may even be a potential personal injury claim in some construction site accidents.
These complexities can overwhelm a worker that was injured in a construction accident, especially if someone else caused the injury. It is for this reason that many workers and their families often try to find the best construction accident attorney they can find for Arizona personal injury claims involving Phoenix construction sites. There is unfortunately no readily available top ten Arizona accident attorney list that workers can go to, so workers injured on a job site in Phoenix, Tucson, or elsewhere in Arizona often find they must fend for themselves.
There are a number of ways to search for the best Arizona personal lawyers that deal with construction site accidents. The first thing an injured worker should look for is whether the attorney has experience with construction site accident injury claims, as construction site accidents require a different set of experts, a number of diverse considerations, and a distinctive set of rules. Often, a specialist certified by the State of Arizona in injury and wrongful death litigation will be a good fit, as such a personal injury attorney will normally have vast experience helping people deal with construction accidents.
Personality plays a role as well when looking for the right Arizona personal injury lawyer. Construction accident attorneys in Phoenix such as ourselves that can provide straightforward advice and honest answers concerning their construction accident injury claims will provide the information you and your family require to make the best decision after a construction accident injury. Please contact us for advice about any Arizona construction accident that resulted in a serious injury. We are here to help.
Patients who live in nursing homes in Arizona are in a very vulnerable position. They are completely dependent on their caregivers for things like food and medicine. While most nursing home residents are properly cared for, unfortunately there are some cases where the caregiver denies the patient proper treatment in the form of elder abuse in Arizona.
For example, some caregivers might overmedicate a patient. Shockingly, some caregivers do this intentionally to prevent the person from complaining or voicing concerns about the treatment they are receiving. In other cases, the medication that is necessary for the patient’s health and well-being is denied. Failure to properly administer medicine to patients is completely unacceptable – and illegal. In fact, that’s why there are laws that have been established – such as the Arizona Adult Protective Services Act – to protect nursing home patients from this kind of abuse.
If you have a loved one in an Arizona nursing home, and you think they may be over- or under-medicated intentionally, please don’t hesitate to contact us. At Breyer Law Offices, our Peoria nursing home abuse lawyers welcome your call – whether you know you want to bring a suit against a nursing home, or you’re simply looking for answers surrounding a possible nursing home abuse case. We can give you the information and advice you need, so you can make the best decision for your loved one.
Most constructions sites have a number of different subcontractors working on them. When everyone on a construction job site follows the necessary safety measures and is compliant with OSHA rules, construction site accidents involving falling objects are far less likely to happen. There are times, however, when one subcontractor fails to follow all the safety regulations, and when this happens on the construction site workers are endangered, too often resulting in a very serious injury or in some cases even death.
Falling objects can cause severe injuries or even fatalities on the construction site, and in such cases there may be a personal injury or wrongful death claim beyond what workers’ compensation may offer.
There is, however, a general prohibition against claiming against one’s own employer. This is known as “exclusive remedy”, which is what workers’ compensation essentially provides, whereby injured workers can make a claim for compensation but are not allowed to file a lawsuit against the construction company for which they work or against another co-worker. Yet because of the number of subcontractors that are often on Arizona construction sites, this prohibition, or “exclusive remedy”, does not apply to subcontractors or for the workers who work for these subcontractors. It is for this reason that a careful analysis should be conducted by an experienced Arizona construction accident attorney, to help determine whether there is a possibility for a personal injury claim in addition to workers’ compensation.
For any questions about rights of workers in relation to a construction accident injury in Phoenix that occurred due to a falling object on a construction site, or any other questions concerning construction accidents, please contact us for more information.
As an experienced certified specialist by the State of Arizona in wrongful death and personal injury law, I understand better than most why people are unsure about hiring an attorney. People want honest answers to their questions so that they can make an informed decision, and this is especially true when the injury does not result from the typical car accident case.
As experienced Tucson personal injury lawyers, we have seen a number of cases that involve electric shock or electrocution because of failures on a construction site, or even cases of faulty workmanship. A worker injured due to defective wiring often has numerous questions. When construction workers come to us or other construction accident lawyers, they want to know what rights they have and if they are allowed to bring a personal injury claim. If they are allowed to bring a personal injury claim for their claim, they then often wish to know the cost of conducting the case, including how much it will cost to bring in experts on construction accidents.
Anyone with questions relating to a construction site injury or other on the job injury should contact us. We will readily provide you with honest answers to determine whether you may have a claim. Sometimes, construction accident claims are limited to workers’ compensation. If this is so, we will tell you upfront. As experienced Phoenix electrocution accident attorneys, we have found it much better to give honest answers rather than sugar coat the situation. With other construction accidents, a worker may have additional rights beyond a workers’ compensation claim against their employer. This is often the case if a worker has been electrocuted or suffered an injury due to electric shock, as many times it was a subcontractor that failed to properly install wiring and not an issue caused directly by the worker’s employer.
For any questions relating to this or any other type of on the job injury, we invite you to contact us to learn more about your rights.
As personal injury attorneys in Arizona who have handled many brain injury cases, we know that finding support and resources can be a vital first step in dealing with a traumatic brain injury. Luckily, there are many resources out there for people who are suffering from a traumatic brain injury.
- The Brain Injury Association (www.biausa.org) provides information and resources to support those suffering from a traumatic brain injury.
- In addition, the Brain Injury Society (www.bisociety.org) provides many answers to individuals impacted by a brain injury.
- If you’re looking for a more medically oriented site, the American Academy of Neurology (www.aan.com) also provides information regarding treatment options and medical issues stemming from traumatic brain injury.
If you’ve suffered from a traumatic brain injury and you’re looking for legal answers, please contact Breyer Law Offices. We are experienced Phoenix brain injury attorneys and can give you the information you need to decide whether or not you want to pursue a personal injury case. Not all injuries should result in a personal injury claim. But at least by consulting with an attorney, you’ll have the legal advice you need to make the best decision for you and your family.
