If you drive an older vehicle, you may be familiar with the classic blind spot problem when attempting to back out of your driveway or parking spot or change lanes on the highway. You signal that you’re moving into another lane and begin to check your rearview mirrors, only to realize that the car behind you was in your blind spot the whole time. 

Fortunately, today’s vehicles have plenty of tech built in to make driving safer than ever before, including rear-end cameras designed to prevent this type of collision.

Construction consistently ranks as one of the most dangerous jobs in Mississippi. Employers should be doing everything within their power to protect construction workers while they are on the job, but time and time again Corban Gunn, Attorney at Law sees the opposite.

If you were injured on the job, you know that recovery can consume your entire life. On top of your pain and suffering, you may be dealing with steep medical bills, loss of the ability to work, and frequent trips to the doctor or therapist’s office. Workers’ compensation exists to help defray some of these costs. When your injury arises through the course of your job, your employer’s workers’ comp insurance should help cover the medical bills and loss of wages resulting from your injury.

There are few things in life more devastating than the sudden and unexpected loss of a loved one. Never getting the chance to say one last goodbye or to plan a family member’s final days may truly feel like too much to bear.

No matter the type of medical care, a patient always has the right to receive information and ask questions before undergoing treatment. Communication with a medical professional allows the patient to make decisions about their own health care. It educates the patient about risks, benefits, and alternative treatment options. It gives the patient the chance to voice concerns and gain a fuller understanding of medical terms and concepts they may not be familiar with. Informed consent is a fundamental component of any successful patient-physician relationship.

A health care provider has a legal and ethical obligation to facilitate this exchange of information prior to testing or treatment. If you visited a health care provider and there was no process of informed consent prior to your procedure, you may have faced an instance of medical malpractice.

As someone primarily working in an office, it’s unlikely that you initially think of your job as dangerous. Each job carries with it its inherent hazards, administrative or clerical jobs included.

Throughout the remainder of this article, we’ll go over what are the most common workplace accidents in an office. We’ll also highlight what rights Mississippi law affords you if you get hurt.

While it will always be safer to drive during the day, there are times when nighttime driving is simply unavoidable. This could be because your work hours push your evening commute until late in the night, or perhaps because you do not have much time left to complete the last leg of a road trip.

Regardless of why you are traveling at night, you should be prepared to do so as safely as possible. Following the tips below tips will help you limit your risk of being involved in a nighttime car accident.

Speed is a critical factor in motor vehicle collisions. There are two primary ways speed impacts car accidents. Firstly, speed increases the number of vehicle crashes. Secondly, speed makes crashes more severe.

Those who live in our area of Mississippi know that speeding is a major problem. Speeding is one of the top causes of car accidents in both Ocean Springs, MS and the nation as a whole. And when speed is a factor in a car accident, victims are much more likely to be seriously injured or killed.

There are two different types of accidents most of us think about when we hear the terminology “driveway accident.”

For some, a backover incident in which a motorist runs over another individual may come to mind. For others, an incident in which a motorist who was driving in reverse and backs into an active lane of traffic and collides with another driver’s vehicle, bicyclist, or pedestrian may come to mind. A motorist may also pull out headfirst into an active traffic lane and do the same.

If you’ve ever been in a rush to get to work, school, or an important meeting, you know how tempting it can be to drive close to the car in front of you. Tailgating rarely provides the desired outcome, though.

Not sure what tailgating is? Whether you’re a new driver or already have decades of experience behind the wheel, you’ve probably experienced it even if you don’t know the name. Tailgating is when a driver drives much too close to the car in front of them. You might be most likely to encounter a tailgating driver during rush hour, which tends to peak between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. in Gulfport, although it can happen at any time of day.