Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Yes, You Can Be Sued If Someone Is Injured Inside Your Home
If you don’t own a business or a commercial property, you may not give much thought to keeping your home safe for those who come onto your property. You invite friends, visitors or business contacts or contractors inside your home all the time, but likely, don’t give much thought to being sued if someone… Read More »
Who Is Liable For Your Accident? More People Than You May Think, Sometimes
When you are in an accident, it is important to determine everybody who may be at fault for your accident. Sometimes that’s obvious—the driver of a car that hit you, is the one at fault. But often there are other people or entities that may be liable, even if they weren’t physically there at… Read More »
It’s Almost Time For A Fourth Color On The Traffic Light
In the never ending quest to make our roads safer, we have tried almost everything. We have altered the way intersections are designed. We have added every kind of technology possibly imaginable to our cars. We have modernized test dummies to help determine and avoid injuries. But there’s one thing that has remained relatively… Read More »
Drones, Drone Use And Liability For Drone Injuries
The use of drones has become so commonplace in our lives, that we don’t give much thought to safety or injuries that are and which can be caused by drones. And while drones may not be a new technological invention for most of us, the law lags behind technology, making drone injuries a relatively… Read More »
Can You Sue If You Fall On A Small Or Minor Imperfection?
We all know that when you fall on someone’s property, the fact that there could be an accident, must be foreseeable. In plain terms that means that the property owner should have known or been able to reasonably foresee that an accident could happen. Sometimes that’s obvious. If a store leaves a liquid on… Read More »
Paying Medical Bills After An Accident
If you are in any kind of accident, one of your first questions will be your medical expenses—how will you pay them? It’s bad enough trying to pay your normal life bills, now that you may be out of work for a time as you heal and recover from your injuries. But now you… Read More »
Understanding The Role Of Human Error In Amusement Park Accidents
When someone is injured on an amusement park ride, we just assume that the ride broke, malfunctioned, or that it had some defect. That is the problem in some cases where people are injured on rides. But that isn’t the case all the time. When people are injured at an amusement park or on… Read More »
Stay As Safe As Possible When Using Rideshares
Rideshare services like Uber or Lyft, are now an accepted part of our society, and the way that we get around. They are as much a part of public transportation as buses or trains or subways, in major cities, may be. But Uber or Lyft rides carry their own set of dangers and hazards…. Read More »
Roundabout Intersections Could Be The Key To Reducing Intersection Accidents
When it comes to making traffic and the roadways safer, we tend to put a lot of emphasis on the design and safety features of the vehicle. But what about the road itself? Could there be a way of designing a road—specifically, an intersection—that can make it safer, while still effectively moving traffic? The… Read More »
Why You May Not Feel Injuries At First
When you are first in an accident, people may ask you—and you may ask yourself—if you are injured. You may take a mental inventory of your body and your pain level. There may be a sense of relaxation when everything seems to be moving without pain; you may take that as a sign that… Read More »