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 ...
Car accidents in Broken Arrow are a particular concern on busy arterial streets, at major intersections, and on routes carrying traffic between Broken Arrow and the rest of the Tulsa metro. Kenosha Street/71st Street, Elm Place, Aspen Avenue, and the Broken Arrow Expressway/State Highway 51 are among the corridors where traffic patterns and major intersections ...
You were riding legally on Riverside Drive when a driver turned across your lane, and the first question the adjuster asked had nothing to do with that driver. It was about your helmet. Riders reach Graves McLain Tulsa motorcycle accident lawyers genuinely puzzled about how a question like that is even permitted, so the sensible ...
A trooper knocks on the door at 2 a.m., and by morning, your family is making decisions nobody prepared you for. Somewhere in the middle of the funeral arrangements and the unopened mail, a question surfaces that feels almost improper to ask out loud: Does the law allow us to hold the other driver responsible? ...
