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For a landlord to be held responsible for injuries sustained on his premises by tenants or by visitors, those who are seeking compensation must prove certain elements of a premises liability case. One of the key elements is foreseeability. Forbes recently reported on one case in which the court initially held the plaintiff could not...

Summer is a time for beach vacations and for visiting friends and family. Unfortunately, it is also a time when there is a greater risk of motor vehicle accidents because of more travelers and because of more inexperienced teen drivers on the roads while school is out. An experienced car accident lawyer knows the period...

When driving through an intersection, you may see headlights mere seconds before another vehicle crashes into the side of your car. You've just been involved in a T-Bone accident. The vehicle striking yours may intrude into the passenger compartment, endangering your life and the lives of your passengers. The thin side panel of your car...

After a car strikes a pedestrian, a victim or family of a deceased pedestrian wishing to seek compensation will need to prove how the accident happened and who was to blame. Reconstruction experts may need to be called in to determine what happened when conflicting data exists. An experienced pedestrian accident attorney can provide assistance...

When you are involved in a slow-moving rear-end accident in Wichita, you need to make sure that the crash is properly reported to law enforcement. It is important that a crash report is written to explain how the accident happened. When police respond to the scene, law enforcement officers may also issue a citation to...

In Wichita, motorists know drinking and driving can be deadly. Mothers Against Drunk Driving reports 10,000 fatalities annually because of impaired drivers who have had too much alcohol. While these thousands of deaths are far too many, there has actually been a significant decline in the number of people who are killed in motor vehicle...

Ignition interlock devices are a powerful tool in the prevention of drunk driving accidents in Wichita and throughout the country. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) reports that when all DUI offenders are required to use an ignition interlock device after being convicted of a drunk driving offense, there is a 30-percent decline in DUI deaths as...

Watching for bicyclists in Wichita is important all year long, but it's especially imperative for drivers during the spring and summer months, when more riders are on the roads. Because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows that drivers are not necessarily used to seeing riders on the roads after winter, the NHTSA has named...

Preventing collisions requires every driver throughout Wichita to respect the rules of the road, exercise reasonable care when operating a vehicle, and make safe choices. Unfortunately, a personal injury lawyer knows that some drivers underestimate the risks of certain common behaviors. For example, many people eat food or drink beverages when they are driving, despite...

Every driver in Wichita is expected to obey speed limit laws. The question, however, is how are those laws set and are they doing enough to prevent motor vehicle accidents that could have serious or deadly consequences? Recently, FiveThirtyEight suggested that the laws are not as effective as they should be at preventing traffic deaths....