Jay Trucks and Associates Legal Blog

Jay Trucks & Associates have helped many auto accident victims gain the financial assistance they need to aid in their recovery. Unfortunately, for many teens, recovery is not an option. Four times more likely to be a fatal statistic in a car accident, teens should be better prepared before they set out for the challenges of the highway.

Crashes take place most frequently during the weekend, between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Fifty percent of these car accidents are associated with either alcohol, drugs or both, and over 80 percent of all car accidents are connected to errors made by the driver. Statistics also appear to show that teenagers tend to ignore fundamental safety rules around going too fast or using seat belts (of those teenagers killed in a car accident, 60 percent were not wearing seat belts).

Five fatal mistakes have been identified:

1. Not yielding to traffic
2. Failing to adjust to weather or darkness
3. Following too closely
4. Ignoring the speed limit and not wearing a seat belt
5. Using alcohol or drugs while driving

Twenty-five percent of teen male drivers killed in car accidents had high blood alcohol level concentration levels, but 16-year-old girls are as likely to die in crashes as their 16-year-old male counterparts.

If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident, learn what your rights are in the state of Michigan. Please contact the law firm of Jay Trucks & Associates, PC at 1-800-762-8623 to schedule a free consultation today.

Not wearing a seat belt plays a role in more car accident fatalities than any other single driving or passenger behavior. Sixty-three percent of people who die in accidents do not have their seatbelts on. Jay Trucks & Associates have assisted many individuals injured due to their failure to wear a seatbelt.

Young males in the 16-25 age group are the most resistant to seat belt usage—despite colossal education efforts. Even though this group is at the highest level of risk with greater amounts of driving under the influence and speeding, they refuse to accept that they are in danger. Tougher seat belt laws and enforcement of these laws are the only solution to protecting these young men.

It is estimated that seat belts save approximately 9,500 lives each year. Still, only 68 percent of the automobile traveling population uses them. If we increased seat belt usage to 90 percent of Americans, over 5,500 deaths and 132,000 injuries could be prevented yearly.

Even hospital care costs for those who were not wearing a seat belt are 50 percent higher than for those who are in an accident but were wearing a belt. Individually, Americans pays around $580 a year to cover accident victims’ costs. That should be enough to start a crusade encouraging seat belt use among friends and acquaintances.

If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident, take the time to understand your rights in the state of Michigan. Please contact the law firm of Jay Trucks & Associates, PC at 1-800-762-8623 to schedule a free consultation today.

As the victim of an accident occurring while you are on the job in the state of Michigan, or as one who has become disabled from a disease associated with your job, worker's compensation benefits are entitled to you.

Generally speaking, Michigan workers are covered by workers' compensation whether their employers are private or public companies. There are exceptions; these can include the following:

• Federal government employees, such as veterans administration hospital employees, postal employees and those in the military
• Employees working on interstate railroads that have coverage under the Federal Employers Liability Act
• Worker on the sea that are covered by the Merchant Marine Act of 1920
• Workers that load and unload ships that are covered by the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act

It is essential that the injury take place at work for workers’ compensation to be viable. Generally this is any easy call, but occasionally, definitions are somewhat tricky. If an employee is on his way to work or home from work, the injury is not likely to be covered. If travel is central to the workers’ job, any injury sustained while traveling will likely be covered.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a work-related accident, be sure you understand your workers’ compensation rights in the state of Michigan. Please contact the law firm of Jay Trucks & Associates, PC at 1-800-762-8623 to schedule a free consultation today