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Self-Driving Semis May Soon Dominate Long-Haul Trucking

“This technology isn’t a question of if but when.” Pilot programs for fully-autonomous trucks are racking up hundreds of miles on public highways in several states, primarily throughout the sunbelt, where favorable weather conditions and friendly regulations encourage testing. Examples: TuSimple, the first automated trucking company to go public, hauls “freight from Phoenix to Tucson

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Traffic Deaths Surged in 2021

2021 was the deadliest year on American roads since 2005. Early reports from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that nearly 43,000 people died in motor vehicle accidents last year. How dangerous is driving in California compared to the rest of the country? How can California car accident lawyers help if you were

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Fire Prevention and Safety Tips

Fires can cause serious injuries, including burns, smoke inhalation, and death. These injuries can range from mild to severe and cause lifelong pain. Chronic pain and disfiguration are common for those who have suffered in a fire. Fires can occur anywhere inside or outside the home, at schools, places of employment, etc. The key to

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Should I Hire A Lawyer After a Distracted Driving Accident? 

A distracted driving accident can happen for the following reasons: Hundreds of thousands of billboards line streets and highways across the United States.  The average American checks his/her phone nearly one hundred times a day.  The use of Bluetooth music entertainment in the car has skyrocketed.  From 2018 to 2019, the number of deaths from

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You Should Know – COVID-19 Exposes Systemic Failure of U.S. Nursing Homes

We knew before this pandemic that there was a lot wrong with our nation’s nursing home system. Understaffing, lax oversight, for-profit cost-cutting and more were already causing a shocking number of nursing home neglect and abuse cases. Now all Americans have become tragically aware of how fundamentally broken our nursing home system is after more

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How to Properly Respect Your Neighbor’s Property

Everyone has had a neighbor in their lives, and everyone has had different relationships with these neighbors. We all come from different social, racial, and economic backgrounds, so having neighbors can introduce some interesting dynamics when it comes to relationships and disputes. You should know about all the different kinds of neighbor disputes you could

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What’s the Difference Between a Living Trust and a Living Will?

During your estate planning process, you might come across a few new terms that you had previously never heard of. Two options that your attorney might present to you during the estate planning process are living wills and living trusts. There are key differences between these two choices, and it’s important that you know these

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JML July Newsletter: Beware the Insurance Company Three D’s: Delay, Deny, Defend

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view newsletter online. + SUBSCRIBE JAMES MCKIERNAN LAWYERS Winning For You! (800) 200-HURT (4878) July 2017 When the “Good Hands” Become Boxing Gloves We see insurance companies in action almost every day. While not all of them act in bad faith, many of the largest companies changed

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JML June Newsletter: Adults Are Key to Preventing Playground Injuries

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view newsletter online. + SUBSCRIBE JAMES MCKIERNAN LAWYERS Winning For You! (800) 200-HURT (4878) June 2017 Kids Depend on Us to Keep Them Safe Summer, playgrounds and kids: It’s a magic combination of exercise, social interaction and just plain fun. The last thing any of us want

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As U.S. Population Ages, Reports of Nursing Home Abuse also on the Rise

National data on cases of abuse in America’s 15,600-plus nursing homes and other elder-care programs is hard to come by. But several recent studies by government investigators, advocacy groups and the news media have chilling implications. According to the National Ombudsman Reporting System (NORS), 14,258 (7.6 percent) of approximately 188,599 complaints reported to state ombudsman

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