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The average slip-and-fall settlement amount ranges from $10,000 to $50,000. However, it may be higher or lower depending on the unique facts of each case.

A wrong-way crash is when a driver counterflows and collides with vehicles moving in the correct traffic flow. This type of collision often leads to fatalities.

Medical experts consider trigeminal neuralgia the most excruciating nerve injury. Damage to the trigeminal nerve causes electric shock-like pain from the lower jaw to the eye region.

Head trauma is responsible for causing 650,000 fatalities worldwide. Treatments for head injuries amount to a staggering $200 million per year.

On average, a second-degree burn takes one to three weeks to heal. The healing period varies based on the location and size of the injury. In addition, severe and significant burns are more likely to result in scarring.

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner estimates a total spend of $246 million to defend 3,375 medical malpractice claims. The average cost to insurers and self-insurers was $72,971 per case.

Pyrosis is the medical term for heartburn. It is a stinging sensation in the chest or throat caused by stomach acid reflux into the esophagus.

The case of Tyler Thomas is one of the largest verdicts in wrongful death actions. The Nemaha County jury awarded his family $2.64 billion, with $2.4 billion as punitive damages.

Diagnostic errors are incredibly damaging to the US economy. The US government loses $750 billion in medical insurance because of misdiagnosis and its consequences.

Falls are one of the leading causes of unintentional injury-related fatalities. According to the National Safety Council, falls resulted in the deaths of 42,114 individuals in homes and workplaces. 

The federal government is also subject to the statute of limitations in civil actions. It has five years to file an enforcement action against an entity for breaching a contract, regulation, or law.

American courts did not initially approve contingency fees as payment for legal services because they resemble champerty. It was only in 1908 the American Bar Association recognized the legality of the contingency fee basis by incorporating it under the original Canon 13.