Rear-end car or truck accidents are one of the most common types of motor vehicle accidents in Pennsylvania. Some rear-end accidents do not result in serious injuries, while others may result in serious or even fatalities. Speed often contributes to serious or fatal rear-end motor vehicle accidents, and many injured drivers and/or passengers are victims of a rear-end accident because the other driver was driving too fast.
For instance, Driver A is traveling on I-95 in Philadelphia is suddenly rear-ended by Driver B. As a result, Driver A loses control of her car and ends up in the shoulder and hits the guardrail. Driver A sustains a significant brain injury. As a result, she could no longer work due to her traumatic brain injury.
Driver A receives PIP coverage for medical bills which were paid by her own car insurance company. However, her medical bills exceeds her own PIP coverage. More importantly, her pain and suffering damages are quite significant.
Driver A is forced to leave her job because she could not perform her responsibilities due to her brain injury. She appeared fine; however, when tasked with duties that required planning and thinking, she could not keep up. She often got headaches and needed to rest. If she was not rear-ended on the highway, she would not have had to leave her job.
Serious injuries are not only physical in nature, they may also be unnoticeable at first, such as a traumatic brain injury.
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