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Category: Personal Injury

The Average Life Expectancy of Someone with a Spinal Cord Injury

Published on March 25, 2025, by Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco | Personal Injury

After suffering a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), the injured person and their family may have numerous questions. One of the most pressing questions is: What is the life expectancy of someone suffering a spinal cord injury?   There are several factors that come into play, including how severe it is, where it happens along the spine, and a person’s age. All of these can have a major impact on how long a person can live.   While SCI is a life-altering event, advances in medical care and rehabilitation[...]
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How Pre-Existing Injuries Are Handled in a Personal Injury Case

Published on March 18, 2025, by Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco | Personal Injury

It's hard to imagine anyone getting through life without the occasional bump, bruise, or sprain. Everyone seems to have a story about a broken bone from playing sports in school or the occasional back pain from overexertion. Those would all be considered a pre-existing injury. Depending on how long it has been since you had the injury and the severity of it, that injury could be exacerbated in an accident. The bad back you got from lifting boxes during your move last year might flare up again when[...]
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How Pain and Suffering Is Calculated in a Car Accident Claim

Published on February 25, 2025, by Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco | Personal Injury

If you’ve been injured in an accident, your losses are more than just medical bills and lost wages. Many times, physical pain and emotional distress can make a substantial impact on your daily life. In these cases, pain and suffering damages can compensate for the real, personal toll an injury takes on you. But how do lawyers and insurance companies put a dollar amount on something as personal as your pain? Since pain and suffering are subjective, calculating is a little more complicated than adding up receipts. For[...]
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What Injuries Are Treated at a Trauma Center?

Published on May 28, 2024, by Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco | Personal Injury

Most of us have either seen a sign on the interstate or near a medical facility warning that it's a trauma center or have either personally known or heard about someone who needed to be transferred to one of these facilities at some point. While many of us may have some idea as to what the differences between these types of hospitals may be, most don't realize that there are multiple levels of care medical centers like these offer, depending on their designation. Below, we'll give you an[...]
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The Danger of Injuries from Falls Down Stairs

Published on January 30, 2024, by Shrager, Sachs, & Blanco | Personal Injury

  An American Journal of Emergency Medicine article electronically shared by the National Library of Medicine in 2018 detailed how researchers had combed through 23 years worth of emergency room records. They found that more than 24 million Americans, or the equivalent of more than a million patients annually, had been treated for stair-related injuries during that time frame. These statistics and others led them to conclude that stairs are an all-too-common source of injury and that their rates are increasing. Why do we bring this study up?[...]
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Are Lawsuit Settlements Taxable?

Published on October 21, 2022, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Personal Injury

If you’ve received or will receive money from a lawsuit, you’re probably wondering if that money is taxable or not. The answer to that question is that it depends. Parties may file lawsuits and win settlements under a variety of circumstances. The situation that results in you being awarded a settlement will dictate whether you’ll have to pay taxes on it. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), lawsuit settlements are generally considered as income with one exception, which is when personal injury lawsuit settlements are involved. Below[...]
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What Are Your Legal Options After a Firework Injury?

Published on July 22, 2022, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Personal Injury

Last summer in July 2021, two Pennsylvania children, ages six and eight, were involved in a fire caused by improperly discarded fireworks in York County. One child was killed, and the other suffered severe burn injuries. This was, unfortunately, not an isolated incident. It’s estimated that close to 10,000 firework injuries occur each year across the country. Even worse, this number seems to be rising. It was reported that the number of firework-related deaths and injuries rose 50% from 2019 to 2020. The majority of these incidents occurred[...]
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The Burden of Proof and How it Affects a Personal Injury Claim

Published on December 22, 2021, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Personal Injury

In a personal injury case, the burden of proof is placed on the plaintiff. This means that you must be able to prove beyond the preponderance of the evidence that the defendant's actions were the proximate cause of your injury. If you have hired legal counsel to represent your interests, your personal injury lawyer will generally be tasked with overcoming this burden on your behalf. (more…)
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How Often are Punitive Damages Awarded in Pennsylvania?

Published on November 16, 2021, by SHRAGER SACHS & BLANCO | Personal Injury

When a person is harmed from an accident and someone is found to be negligent, that person has the option of filing a personal injury case. If the case is successful, the guilty party is forced to pay lost wages, medical expenses, and pain and suffering. However, when the responsible party acts in an extremely reckless manner or causes intentional harm, an innocent victim may be entitled to receive additional punitive damages. Unfortunately, these types of damages are not awarded often. To pursue the option, it is best[...]
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