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You’re crossing a street in Hartford or New Haven or another busy Connecticut city. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a vehicle hits you. Sound farfetched? Pedestrian accidents happen all the time in Connecticut and across the country. More than 59,000 pedestrians are injured each year in accidents on average nationwide, according to the latest statistics compiled [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Attention Chicago pedestrians! Serious injury accidents happen all the time in Illinois. In 2010, a total of 114 people were killed and 5,013 were injured in pedestrian accidents in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Most pedestrian accidents (3,114) happened on busy “city streets and roads” in major urban centers like Chicago. That [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Here’s a startling statistic about the link between pedestrian accidents and texting. If you’re texting while crossing the street, you’re four times more likely to be hit by a car than someone who’s not texting. Specifically, you have a 25 percent chance of being hit by a car while crossing the street if you’re texting. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Every disability case is unique. There may be factors in your case that make you eligible to receive benefits that do not apply to another person with the same disability. For example, people over 50 years old may have an easier time securing benefits than younger people with the same disability. Some people have common [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
