Morgantown Personal Injury Law Blog

When an elderly patient is admitted to the hospital certain precautions must be made in order to ensure that patient's safety. If any of these precautions are neglected, then serious injuries or death can result. The loss of a loved one can leave a family shocked and unsure of what to do next. A death that could have been prevented by proper care and attention may give rise to a cause of action for wrongful death.

A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed against a Charleston institution after an elderly patient fell and later died. According to the lawsuit, the victim was admitted to the hospital for rehabilitation where the hospital failed to provide proper care to decrease the risk of falls, did not provide proper monitoring of the patient, and failed to provide documentation of chair and bed alarms. The fall resulted in a subdural hematoma that led to a coma and, eventually, death.

According to a group dedicated to the promotion of truck safety on this country's highways, West Virginia unfortunately ranks among the top-15 states with respect to the number of fatal semi-truck accidents. To reduce the number of truck accidents in West Virginia and around the country, this group, along with a network of families and relatives of those who have died in truck accidents, recently visited our nation's capital in order to promote some pieces of legislation that could change federal trucking regulations so as to prevent fatalities and serious injuries.

One piece of legislation that this group supports is a measure that would prevent truck companies from continuing their trend of making load weights heavier. The measure would also increase enforcement so as to keep overweight trucks off of the roads.

The number of fatal motorcycle crashes in the United States increased in 2012, continuing a disturbing trend over the last 15 years. During that time, the number of deadly motorcycle accidents in the U.S. has doubled, even though the number of fatalities in all vehicle accidents has decreased during the same period.

One group dedicated to motorcycle safety believes that motorcyclists need to be more willing to wear helmets and point out that less than half of the states have mandatory helmet laws. As many residents probably know, West Virginia does have a mandatory helmet law that requires cyclists to wear them while riding on the state's roads.

A man riding through West Virginia on his motorcycle has died after a car turned in to him as he was attempting to pass it. The fatal motorcycle crash serves as a reminder to all West Virginia drivers that as the weather warms, they will need to take greater care to watch for motorcycles on the road so as to prevent serious and even fatal motorcycle accidents.

Police say that the motorcycle collision happened at an intersection. The motorcyclist was attempting to go around another car. That other car then turned left, and the motorcyclist ran in to the driver's side of the car. The motorcyclist lost control and was thrown from his bike.