Biloxi Attorneys
When you go to work in the morning, you expect it to be another normal day. Until the day you get injured on-the-job. You may be a very safe person, but a workplace has inherent dangers, especially if it is on a construction site, in a warehouse, in a manufacturing plant, or involves the transportation…
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You may not be on high alert in a parking lot or garage, but these areas are riskier than you may think. The National Safety Council reports there are more than 50,000 crashes in parking lots and garages every year that result in more than 500 deaths and 60,000 injuries annually. The actual numbers may…
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There has been a sharp increase in motorcycle accidents in recent years. Over the past couple decades, the average number of motorcycle accident fatalities has risen from under 3,000 per year to around 5,000 per year, according to statistics from the Governors Highway Association (GHA). Motorcycle crash fatality rates started to climb above 3,000 in…
Workers’ compensation is an insurance program purchased by employers to cover work-related injuries or illnesses their employees sustain. Qualified employees receive “no-fault” coverage for injuries or illnesses that result from their job, in exchange for the implied agreement not to bring a personal injury lawsuit against your employer. Each state oversees its own workers’ comp…
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If a family member dies because of the negligence or reckless actions of another person or party, it may be possible for those closest to the victim to file a wrongful death lawsuit. A wrongful death claim is a civil action that is entirely separate from any criminal charge that those responsible for the death…
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Each year, there are approximately 6 million car accidents in United States, and many of these accidents result in moderate to severe physical injuries. But what many people fail to realize is that these accidents can cause a lot of emotional trauma as well. By nature, being involved in a collision is a traumatic event. …
Baby Boomers. They set the social agenda for decades and now they are aging. Some are entering one of the nations’ 16,000 nursing homes, which are the final home for some 1.4 million residents. As the elderly population is expected to double to 88 million by the year 2050, so will the number of nursing…
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If you have recently walked down the streets of a crowded city, you might notice that everyone has their heads buried in their phones. Even crossing the street, people barely look up to see if there is an approaching danger. That is new. Ten years ago people still looked around when they were near cars…
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Victims of serious car accidents in Mississippi should be fully compensated for their injuries. Unfortunately, insurance companies and their defense firms will use every measure possible to undervalue an auto accident settlement. At Reeves & Mestayer, PLLC, we have seen firsthand how financially devastating serious injuries can be to accident victims and their families. We…
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Mississippi has some of the highest rates of uninsured motorists in the nation. If you get hit by another driver, there’s a 30% chance that you’ve been involved in an accident with someone that has absolutely no insurance. And this doesn’t even touch on the scores of drivers that only carry minimum limits, so are…
Read More about How to Deal with Uninsured Motorists in a Mississippi Auto Accident
Reeves & Mestayer, PLLC
160 Main St
Biloxi, MS 39530
Toll free: 1-855-558-2977
Phone: 228-374-5151
Fax: 228-374-6630
