Many Kentuckians who have spent their lives working hard to make a living or who have suffered traumatic injuries know what chronic pain is. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says about 21% of adults in the U.S. experience pain that occurs most days or every day. If your chronic…
If you’ve been involved in a car accident, documenting your injuries is one of the most critical steps you can take to protect your legal rights. Proper documentation can significantly affect the success of your personal injury claim. An experienced Kentucky car accident injury attorney from Morgan, Collins, Yeast &…
In a single recent year, 1 in 153 Kentucky residents was injured in a traffic crash, according to data from the Kentucky State Police. One in 5,830 Kentuckians died because of fatal traffic collisions on Kentucky’s public roads. However, drivers in Kentucky can take steps to keep themselves and their…
Some car accidents involve more than two drivers and more than one party at fault for the injuries that result from them. In such cases, it may be appropriate for injured people to pursue multiple insurance claims to maximize their financial recovery. Filing claims with multiple insurance companies means taking…
Rear-end car accidents accounted for 16.5 percent of all two-vehicle collisions in Kentucky in one recent year, including 6 percent of fatal collisions, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Rear-end collisions are probably most often identified with whiplash injuries, the painful and potentially chronic neck injury caused by the sudden…
Teenage drivers account for only 6 percent of Kentucky’s driving population, yet they are involved in about 18 percent of fatal crashes in Kentucky and more than 20 percent of all crashes in the state, according to the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. If you were injured in an accident…
It may take several months for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to approve your application for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. However, if your claim is approved, you will qualify for the benefits you would have received since the date of your application or from the date you were disabled. SSDI…
If you have been injured or become ill and can no longer work for a living, you may qualify for Social Security Disability benefits. The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides benefits to about 11 million disabled workers and dependents, including about 200,000 Kentucky residents. Because of the size…
Tens of thousands of people are injured, and hundreds are killed in car accidents in Kentucky every year. When a car traveling at highway speed stops in a collision, its momentum and energy are transferred to the car’s structure and its occupants. The faster a vehicle is moving, the greater the…
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s most recent Traffic Collison Facts reported 108,713 collisions on public roads in Kentucky, including 711 fatal accidents causing 762 deaths. Some 19,572 accidents caused injuries. If you live in Kentucky, you might wonder how your hometown ranks among dangerous cities to drive in. Do you live…
