Here’s a sobering reality about driving in 2024: in today’s age of technology, there are more distractions than ever.  So much so that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which is a national campaign with a goal to save lives and end distracted driving by raising awareness about the dangers.  While car crashes can happen for a variety of reasons, including unpredictable weather conditions or because of an impaired driver, one of the main culprits that continues to become more common is distracted driving.  If you’re paying more attention to something other than the road, you’re putting passengers, motorists, and…

The first e-scooter in the U.S. hit the pavement in 2010, and since then, the use of electric scooters and bikes has exploded in popularity. In fact, according to an industry report, commuters and tourists all across the country have logged more than half a billion trips.  With the addition of bike sharing,  you have a plethora of alternative transportation options for getting around Arizona. And it’s only expected to keep growing. Economists predict the e-bike market will expand to $1.6 billion by 2027. And in 2021, e-bikes outsold electric cars, noting “These trends suggest a large market for e-bikes…

Protecting your child from bad influences used to be as simple as encouraging physical distance.  Today’s online world, however, can be a hazardous place for our kids.  When kids go online, they often enter a vast world of influencers and creators, including some who promote dangerous products or ideas. Their goal is to create emotional bonds with impressionable youth to sell everything from nicotine pouches to steroids to unproven health claims.  And influencing has turned into big business. According to Goldman Sachs, the current online creator market is worth $250 billion and is projected to nearly double to $480 billion…

What is pain and suffering, and how do you make sure you’re compensated fairly if you’ve been injured due to someone else’s careless or negligent actions?  Under the general Arizona personal injury law, you can seek compensation for your medical expenses and lost wages. Any chronic pain or mental anguish that results from the injury could also have a lasting impact on your quality of life — and finances. You may wonder if you’re also able to receive compensation for the pain and suffering you endure as a result of the injury.  In short, the answer is yes.  The main…

Tens of millions of Americans rely on medical devices and implants to improve their quality of life. It’s an underlying assumption that those same devices have been tested for safety and effectiveness.  Consumer Reports says that’s typically not the case. “For most implants and other high-risk devices brought to market, manufacturers do nothing more than file some paperwork and pay the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a user fee of roughly $4,000 to start selling a product that can rack up many millions of dollars in revenue.” As a result, most medical implants have never been tested for safety, and…