InjuryBoard Vermont Archives

• Personal Injury Accident Victims Often Are Mistreated By Their Own Insurance Companies.

  Rob Curtiss | June 22, 2007 9:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Many injury victims are hurt through the negligence of individuals who are either uninsured or have minimal insurance. Under these unfortunate circumstances an injury victim is entitled to bring a claim against their own insurance company. If the driver who caused his/her injuries has no insurance or assets, the injury victim brings what is called an "uninsured motorist claim." If the negligent...

• Personal Injury Law and Recreational Accidents

  Ed Van Dorn | June 22, 2007 6:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  We recently were contacted by someone who was seriously injured on a water tube being towed by a motor boat. According to the injured party he told the operator of the boat to slow down several times but the boat did not slow down. Then, on a sharp turn the tube flipped over and the injured person's armed got tangled in the tow rope and he sustained a serious injury to his arm including ...

• Tort Reform Is an Attempt to Limit a Personal Injury Accident Victim's Chances for Justice

  Rob Curtiss | June 20, 2007 7:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The tort reform movement is founded on the notion that our current system, under which a personal injury victim is entitled to a jury trial if he or she can't settle their case, is somehow flawed. Supporters of tort reform believe that the federal Congress or state legislatures should make decisions that were formerly made by juries. For instance, juries in this country have traditionally had...