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South Carolina’s 800 or so traffic deaths every year make it one of the most dangerous states in the U.S. to drive. A traffic accident injury victim (or the estate administrator in case the victim dies) can take advantage of South Carolina’s personal injury and wrongful death laws to seek compensation. Some of the major […]

The death toll on Rhode Island’s roads is well short of a hundred most years, making it one of the top five safest places to drive in the U.S. These statistics mean little, however, to an injured motor vehicle accident victim seeking compensation. The major features of Rhode Island road accident law are composed of […]

Pennsylvania suffers over 1,300 traffic deaths per year and many more injuries. Pennsylvania personal injury and wrongful death law, however, does allow victims of at-fault drivers to recover damages in cases of serious injury. Some of the basic aspects of these laws are outlined below along with road safety laws that often become issues in […]

Oregon is one of the safer U.S. states to drive in, with around 300 road deaths per year. Any lawsuit or insurance claim will be resolved on the basis of Oregon’s personal injury and wrongful death laws, as well as the state’s road safety laws. Some of the most prominent features of these laws are […]

Oklahoma’s six or seven hundred traffic deaths a year make it one of the most dangerous places to drive in the United States, at least on a per capita basis. Like other states, the Oklahoma judicial system provides legal remedies to road accident victims whose injuries were caused by the fault of someone else. Oklahoma […]

A thousand drivers a year die on Ohio roads, and several thousand are injured. Ohio, like other states, offers compensatory and sometimes punitive damages when someone is injured or killed in a road accident that was someone else’s fault. The basic features of this legal regime appear below. Statute of Limitations: In Ohio, you have […]

Around 100 people per year die on North Dakota’s roads, making it one of the nation’s safer states to drive. If you were injured in an accident caused by someone else, however, or if your close relative was killed in such an accident, you may be eligible to file a claim for damages under North […]

Although North Carolina suffers more traffic deaths each year than far more populous New York, it still ranks above average nationwide in terms of road safety. The state’s personal injury and wrongful death laws allow victims to obtain redress for their losses; however, certain legal pitfalls exist that could trip up unwary litigants. Statute of […]

The roads of New York State are some of the safest in the nation – only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia can boast fewer fatalities per capita. Given New York’s high population, however, that still leaves well over a thousand deaths a year, with several thousand more suffering serious injuries. New York personal injury […]