Personal Injury Lawyers Cash In on Black Friday Disasters

Retailers have plenty to gain on Black Friday, but personal injury lawyers have also found ways to cash in when the rush to grab the hottest deals results in legal claims.

The unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season has led to injuries and even death for shoppers caught up in the mad scramble to snatch sale items before they disappear off shelves.

There’s “an uptick” in consumer-related personal injuries after Black Friday, Dominic M.V. Braus, an attorney with The Carlson Law Firm, a Texas firm that handles personal injury cases, told Bloomberg Law.

“It’s more dangerous when you’ve ...