Paralysis Can Lead to Life-Threatening Complications
Paralysis can be, and is often, the result of someone else’s negligence. On its own, paralysis is a difficult condition to acclimate into your everyday life, and when it can cause further medical issues that put your life into danger, your suffering needs to be taken seriously. Paralysis has the potential to impact additional bodily…
Read MoreAVs Are Hitting the Streets in Mississippi. Are We Fully Prepared?
Autonomous vehicles hold the promise of transforming the streets of Mississippi, potentially addressing the challenges posed by unsafe driving practices. With their ability to adhere strictly to traffic rules, avoid collisions, and eliminate the risk of impaired driving, AVs could contribute to enhanced road safety. However, the state’s existing infrastructure may pose a significant hurdle…
Read MoreHow Does Insurance Work in an Interstate Semi-Truck Accident in Mississippi?
Interstates like I-55, I-20, I-10 and I-29 are popular places for 18-wheelers as they are making their way through states to deliver products and goods on time. Due to the traffic on these Mississippi roads, it is common for someone to make a simple mistake or error, causing a dangerous or traumatic truck accident at…
Read MoreCan You Claim Workers’ Compensation for Medical Conditions Caused by Injuries?
Unfortunately, workers who develop certain medical conditions from their injuries cannot claim workers’ compensation specifically for those conditions. The reason for this is because the conditions themselves are simply complications that arise from the injuries. If you were to suffer a brain injury on the job, for example, and that brain injury affected your memory…
Read MoreWhat Is an Override Semi-Truck Accident?
Any accident involving a semi-truck and automobile can be dangerous, traumatic, and devastating. However, an accident that is known to frequently cause catastrophic and life-threatening injuries is an override semi-truck accident. Override accidents are exactly what they sound like: collisions where the semi-truck drives over the automobile, causing the drivers and passengers in the automobile…
Read MoreAll Pregnant Women Must Be Tested for Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C can cause a lot of long-term damage, especially to the liver. Pregnant women must be especially careful, because it can be spread to the baby in utero. A news article published by MedPage Today LLC states that there has been a tremendous increase in pregnant women being diagnosed with hepatitis C from 1998…
Read MoreMerkel & Cocke, P.A. Attorneys Named to 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers List
Merkel & Cocke, P.A. is proud to announce that multiple attorneys at our firm have been recognized in the 2023 edition of Medi-South Super Lawyers and Mid-South Rising Stars. In addition, Charles M. Merkel, Jr., and Charles M. Merkel, III have both been included in Top 50 lists this year. We invite you to learn…
Read MoreWhy Is Sepsis a Life-Threatening Condition?
Our bodies are remarkable when it comes to defending against illnesses and healing from injuries. Our immune system is like a vigilant army, ready to fend off invading pathogens and repair damaged tissues. Most of the time, it does an incredible job, and we recover from infections and injuries with relative ease. However, sepsis is…
Read MoreSeeking Compensation for PTSD After a Truck Accident
When we think of PTSD, we may think that it is something that happens mostly to veterans of wars, victims of assault and abuse, or a parent losing a child. However, PTSD can happen to anyone who has been a part of any traumatic event, and one of the most common causes of PTSD are…
Read MoreWhat Is a Diffuse Axonal Brain Injury?
Most of us know that protecting your head in dangerous situations is priority number one, and while sometimes we can manage to do that – such as wearing helmets when bicycling or playing sports – we are not always in a position to protect ourselves at all. A head injury can happen almost anywhere, but…
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