For just a few extra dollars on your auto insurance premiums, Medical Payments Coverage (MedPay) can save you and your family from bankruptcy. Let's say you are in an auto accident with your family. Another vehicle crosses the center line and hits you head-on....
One in seven motorists in the United States are uninsured. This is why it is so important to learn about insurance coverage options and how to protect yourself and your family if you are ever in an accident. We all know we are supposed to have insurance coverage, but...
Those of us with family members in a nursing home put our trust in the staff there to make sure that they are given the proper dosage of needed medications. Both underdosing and overdosing of many medications can be harmful and even fatal. About one in six people in...
All of us will eventually get sick or have a serious injury that requires a visit to a hospital emergency room. We go to the ER to have doctors and trained nursing staff provide necessary medical treatment to us or our loved ones. Unfortunately, all too often the care...
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and how does it affect you or a loved one. In the case of a head injury of significance, most people would go to the emergency room to be evaluated by a health care professional. This is a way to know how severe the TBI is. They...
Did you know that in 2012 in Indiana alone, according to IN.gov, there were 188,841 traffic accidents resulting in injury or property damage? There were also a recorded 718 fatal accidents in Indiana. According to The US Department of Transportation, in 2012 the US...
You may have heard it said that drunk drivers tend to live through deadly accidents more often than the people they hit. This is often attributed to numerous factors, including the fact that someone who is drunk may not be in complete control of his or her body, and...
Sharing the road with large semi-trucks can be very dangerous, especially for drivers in sedans and other small vehicles, as reports have shown that these trucks cause a disproportionate amount of fatal accidents. When looking at the Indiana accident data from 2012,...
What if a doctor in Indiana operates on you or provides you with care, but, through sloppy work or negligence, you end up being injured? Worse yet, what if you never gave the doctor your consent to go ahead with the treatment in the first place? If this happens to...
When a loved one dies while in the care of a nursing home or assisted-living facility, it may be hard for family members and other loved ones to know if that death resulted from negligence or the actions of medical personnel or staff members at the facility. The...