Oklahoma Personal Injury Law Blog
Oklahoma residents who have undergone an injury to the brain may find themselves with a host of different symptoms, some of which may be subtle and difficult to detect. It is the nature of traumatic brain injuries to cause deep and irrevocable harm to the quality of life and the [...]
Misdiagnoses may be more common than many Oklahoma residents realize. The Institute of Medicine has put forth a conservative measure that one in 20 adults have a wrong, missed or delayed diagnosis annually. Over time, this means that at some point in their lives, more Americans than not will receive [...]
Oklahoma residents who have been the victims of accidents where they slip and fall on hospital grounds may face confusion as to the difference between ordinary negligence and medical malpractice. The distinction between the two types of claims is crucial because of the procedural obstacles in a medical malpractice case, [...]
Oklahoma residents may be surprised to learn that for most of them, getting into a motor vehicle is one of the riskiest activities that they regularly engage in. In 2013, there were more than 32,000 fatalities related to motor vehicle accidents around the country, according to data compiled by the [...]
An accident involving a drowsy driver on Oklahoma roads can be a catastrophic event. Motorists who fall asleep are not aware of the need to correct their path, and impact can often occur at fast speeds. During National Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, this issue has been the focus of the [...]
Oklahoma drivers may not realize that nearly one-quarter of all young drivers who are involved in a fatal traffic crash have alcohol in their system at the time of the accident. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has partnered with the Ad Council for National Teen Driver Safety Week, and [...]
Autonomous cars will likely be appearing on Oklahoma roads in the near future. The semi-autonomous Mercedes-Benz S550 is already available, and Tesla and Google are currently testing autopilot vehicles. Meanwhile, Apple is rumored to be designing its own self-driving car. Overall, this trend will likely make U.S. roads safer. After [...]
Oklahoma residents have good reason to be cautious when venturing out onto state roads according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Road fatalities across the country average 10.7 per 100,000 people, but that number rises to 18.9 deaths per 100,000 people in Oklahoma. This makes Oklahoma statistically [...]
Scientists at Columbia University are using live brain tissue from rats to study how brain cells react to different traumatic brain injuries. The research could lead to better treatments for TBI patients in Oklahoma and across the United States. According to the authors of the study, it is a common [...]
As some Oklahoma people have unfortunately found out, surgical mistakes happen and may be responsible for many adverse events suffered by hospital patients. Some of these errors may include an infection that might have been avoided, surgery on the wrong site and an instrument or other item left inside a [...]
