The first thing many cyclists hear after a crash is a version of “you shouldn’t have been in the road.” However, on most Tulsa streets, there is no bike lane at all. Oklahoma law expects riders to use the roadway, so the real question in a bicycle accident with no bike lane is where the ...
When a guest leaves a party drunk and hurts someone on the drive home, you may wonder if the person pouring the drinks should answer for it. Oklahoma social host liability does not work that way, and understanding why can keep an injured family from spending months focusing on the wrong defendant while the real ...
You would expect the company whose name is on the truck to pay for the crash it caused. In practice, an Oklahoma company vehicle accident can involve three or four insurance policies, each with its own limits and reasons to point at the others. The order in which they pay can determine whether a serious ...
Anyone looking for a catastrophic injury definition in Oklahoma will not find the word “catastrophic” in the state’s damages statute, Okla. Stat. tit. 23, ยง 61.3. The law draws a different line, between serious injuries and permanent, severe ones, and that line decides whether a limit applies to pain, suffering, and similar losses. At Graves ...
A normal CT or MRI result does not by itself end a mild traumatic brain injury claim in Oklahoma. The claim turns on evidence the law allows a jury to hear: records, lay witnesses, and opinion testimony from qualified witnesses. At Graves McLain Injury Lawyers, we take serious cases for seriously injured people across Oklahoma ...
For anyone asking how long does a brain injury claim take in Oklahoma, the answer starts with a point of law: Oklahoma sets deadlines, not durations. The law fixes when certain steps must happen, and the facts of each claim decide how long the rest takes. Four things set the pace: the filing deadline, the ...
An I-40 truck accident in Oklahoma City can involve a state trooper, a federal database, and several insurance policies. I-40 is one of three major interstates that meet near downtown, and in central Oklahoma it carries more than 10,000 trucks a day. Graves McLain Injury Lawyers represents people hurt in these crashes, and the answers ...
Liability for an Oklahoma swimming pool drowning depends on who controlled the property, why the victim was there, what made the pool dangerous, and whether reasonable precautions could have prevented the accident. These claims can involve private homeowners, hotels, apartment complexes, property managers, businesses, or other parties responsible for pool safety. Near-drowning accidents can be ...
Proving that a dangerous condition existed is only part of an Oklahoma retail slip and fall case. An injured shopper often must also establish that the store created the hazard, actually knew about it, or should have discovered it through reasonable care. That distinction can make or break a claim against a grocery store, big-box ...
A property owner or occupier can be responsible for your injuries when a dangerous condition causes an accident, and they failed to meet the duty Oklahoma law required under the circumstances. But simply being injured on someone else’s property does not automatically make the owner liable. One of the first questions in an Oklahoma premises ...
