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Archive for April, 2010

Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

The number of elderly Americans who are dependent on someone else on a daily basis for their basic needs is growing every day and instances of abuse and neglect are increasing also.

Nowhere is that more evident than in nursing homes and assisted living centers across the country. Many elderly Americans are finding themselves victims of emotional, verbal, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the very people entrusted with their care and well-being. These people are our grandparents, mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, often weak and vulnerable and unable to articulate their abuse or afraid to expose their abuser for fear of retaliation and an escalation of the abuse.

Some common signs of elder abuse and neglect are poor personal hygiene, chronic sores and infections, unexplained bruises, heavy use of sedation medication, depression and anxiety. Residents of nursing homes and assisted living centers are guaranteed certain rights under the law and should be treated with respect and dignity in a safe and protective environment.

An emerging form of elder abuse is financial exploitation of a vulnerable older adult. Financial exploitation can take many forms and may include a caregiver who steals, withholds or misuses an elderly person’s money, property or possessions for personal profit or advantage.

If you suspect your elderly family member or friend is the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect in any form, please contact the Druanne White Law Firm today, located in Anderson, South Carolina, to protect their legal rights.

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Traffic Accidents

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Traffic accidents happen every minute of every day across the United States and involve many different types of vehicles, causes, damages and injuries. Automobiles can be involved in collisions with trucks, buses, trains, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. Collisions can involve a head-on impact, a rear-end collision, side-impact collisions, roll-overs, multi-vehicle pile-ups, a single vehicle leaving the road or any number of variations possible. The one common denominator in all traffic accidents is their ability to alter the direction of your life in a small way or at times a very significant way.

There are over six million traffic accidents in the United States every year, with over three million injuries and forty-five thousand fatalities. Head-on collisions are responsible for some of the most devastating injuries and highest number of fatalities; rear-end collisions caused by distracted drivers are one of the most frequent types of automobile accidents. Side-impact collisions most often occur at intersections when stop signs or traffic lights are ignored or in shopping mall parking lots because of obscured vision of the driver or lack of attention.
The Druanne White Law Firm will investigate and evaluate your traffic accident and advise you on how to proceed to protect your legal rights.

Please contact the experienced South Carolina traffic accident attorneys at the Druanne White Law Firm located in Anderson, South Carolina today for legal advice and representation.

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Premises Liability

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Property owners are legally obligated to provide a safe environment for guests, customers and the public at large and premises liability laws are in place to enforce this legal liability if an accident occurs.

Examples of premises liability accidents include slip or trip and fall accidents, criminal assaults due to a lack of security measures, a fire in a hotel, being struck by a falling object in a store, or being injured on a faulty escalator in a shopping mall. A factor in the determination of legal responsibility for your injury is whether or not the owner of the property had made a reasonable effort to correct the dangerous or hazardous condition that caused your injury or should they have been aware the hazardous condition existed.

The victim of an injury sustained in an accident on someone else’s property may escape with only scrapes and bruises or may suffer broken bones, a traumatic brain injury, severe burns, a spinal cord injury with life-altering consequences or even death.

Please contact the Druanne White Law Firm located in Anderson, South Carolina serving Greenville, Spartanburg and the surrounding areas, if you believe a negligent property owner is responsible for your injuries to learn how to proceed to protect your legal rights.

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