Terry A. Tolbert Personal Injury Law Blog

Child death rates from unintentional injuries decline, according to reportWhile any serious injury or fatality can be devastating, it’s particularly difficult for families to experience the death of a child who was injured in an accident.... Read More

Pedestrian injury accidents happen far too often. More than 59,000 pedestrians are injured each year in accidents nationwide. In 2009, a total of 4,092pedestrians were killed in accidents, according to statistics compiled by the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration. Certain cities are more dangerous than others. In the Midwest, cities like St. Louis, Kansas City and Oklahoma City are among the most dangerous cities in America for pedestrians, according to a recent New Y... Read More

Children drown more often than you may realize. Among children 1 to 14 years old, drowning is the second leading cause of accidental deaths nationwide.  And among the 3,443 people who died nationwide from drowning, one out of five victims was under 14 years old. Just recently, a 5-year-old boy drowned and died in a swimming pool in southwestern Missouri. Swimming pools are magnets for children on a hot, summer day. But children can drown just as easily in streams, lakes or even... Read More