Did you know more than 5.3 million individuals in the United States live with a permanent brain injury-related disability? That’s one in every 60 people, according to the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). And more than 2.8 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injuries every year.  Every March, the BIAA leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month as a way to rally a large community to raise awareness and improve the quality of life for all people affected by brain injury. And experts say awareness is the key to keeping our brains healthy. Here’s what you should know…

Keeping a level head after a motor vehicle accident isn’t easy, especially if there are injuries or fatalities involved. And early estimates of traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2022 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show a disturbing trend.  According to NHTSA, 9,560 people died in motor vehicle crashes in early 2022, which represents an increase of 7 percent compared to the 8,935 fatalities from the same quarter in 2021. This is the highest number of first-quarter fatalities since 2002.  An estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021, a 10.5 percent increase…

Losing a loved one is hard in any scenario. It’s even more painful if someone else causes the death through negligence or misconduct. That’s why Arizona and all other states have legislation that offers legal protection in the event of a wrongful death and provides recourse to family members through the civil court system. If you’ve lost a loved one due to an accident that you can prove was caused by another party, you are within your rights to file a wrongful death case. But before you file a wrongful death lawsuit in Arizona, you should know the most common…

In 2018, CNBC’s American Greed, a show that examines how far some people go to become rich, profiled Chicago hospice owner Seth Gillman who makes a killing by padding Medicare bills and claiming many of his patients are sicker than they actually are. If the idea sounds outrageous and egregious, it should. But the more surprising take is that it’s  not all too uncommon. Hospice care, initially introduced in 1974 and designed to provide comfort and support to terminally ill patients and their families, has become a $22 billion industry funded by taxpayers in the United States. According to a…

Despite what people think about the general state of our public institutions, the civil justice system has displayed remarkable resilience in its ability to help ordinary Americans. Those who courageously exercise their Constitutional right to a day in court hold unscrupulous corporations and incompetent government regulators accountable and demonstrate that our civil justice system can still pack a serious punch. The civil justice system is designed to hold people and corporations or companies accountable through financial compensation for a victim who was harmed through little or no fault of their own. As a result, hundreds of thousands of lives have…