Posts by Harlan Law

When Should You Contact a Personal Injury Attorney? When you’re injured in an accident, you could face significant hardship.  There are not only medical costs to consider, but also potential damage to property (such as during an auto accident), loss of income due to missed work, and possibly ongoing issues related to your injury. However,…

Most Common Kinds of Boating Accidents Boating accidents can cause serious injuries. If you have been involved in a boating accident, you should maintain evidence and documentation to support a personal injury claim so you can recover compensation for your damages through a personal injury claim. Here are some of the more common kinds of…

Most Common Personal Injury Cases That Result In Success For The Plaintiff If you have been injured because of someone else’s negligence or intentional act, you will want to pursue a personal jury claim to recover compensation for your damages.  There are countless ways an individual could suffer injuries, but some accident injury cases are…

Can I Pursue A Personal Injury Claim If I Was Injured In A Rideshare Crash As A Paying Passenger? Rideshare has grown in popularity in recent years, with Statista reporting that 36 percent of people in the United States having used ridesharing apps at one time or another from 2015 to 2018. Uber has 95…

What To Do If You Have Been In A Trucking Accident The number of trucking crashes across the United States have increased in recent years. Reports indicted that in 2018 there was a 3 percent increase in truck crash fatalities than the year before. There were 4,136 deaths in trucking accidents during 2018, and 67…

What Is A Phantom Driver? You have probably heard the term hit-and-run driver, but have you heard mention of a phantom driver? Phantom drivers are to blame for thousands of crashes every year. These are crashes that result in injuries and damages. A phantom driver is a driver who causes a car crash without making…

What is a Wrongful Death Claim? If someone’s negligence or intentional wrongdoing causes the death of someone else, they can be held liable for that individual’s death. The immediate family of the decedent can pursue a wrongful death claim against the liable party to recover compensation for the damages suffered. Wrongful deaths let the immediate…

Pursuing A Personal Injury Claim After An Accident While Using Public Transportation Public transportation is an affordable way to get where you need to go. When you are taking public transportation, such as C-TRAN, which is Clark County’s public transportation agency, or the Portland Streetcar, you expect to arrive to your destination safely. If you…

Don’t Become A Distracted Driving Statistic Despite the public service announcements and the campaigns to stop distracted driving, it remains a problem today. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), about 9 people die and 1,000 more are injured daily in auto crashes involving at least one distracted driver. During 2019, distracted driving…

What Do If You Have Been In A Hit And Run Accident You were driving down the street when a car came out of nowhere and hit you. As you started to get out of your vehicle, the other car sped off and drove out of sight. You have found yourself the victim of a…