Top Injury Legal Questions From FindLaw Answers
You’ve got questions … we’ve got answers. If you have not yet asked or answered a question in FindLaw’s Answers community, what are you waiting for? This amazing free resource supports a dynamic community of legal consumers and attorneys helping each other out. Simple as that. We see a lot of great questions in our Answers community every day. Here’s a look at some recent questions relating to injuries, accident, and torts from our FindLaw Answers boards. My neighbor and I aren’t on the best of terms (we’ve had to complain several times about his late-night parties). Last week, I fell down the stairs of my apartment complex and ended up breaking my leg and hip. My neighbor saw me fall from across the courtyard, but just …
US Disability Standards Strictest in the World
This is from a recent comment in the Columbus (OH) Dispatch, and very well put! The U.S. has by far the strictest set of requirements in the developed world; it is more difficult to win an award here than anywhere else. According to numerous sources, fraud amounts to less than 1 percent of total claimants. Actuaries for Social Security attribute approximately 5 percent of new applications to the economy, but at the same time, award rates dropped from 39 percent in 2007 to 33 percent in 2011. Furthermore, increases in applications were long predicted because of changing demographics. The baby boomers are aging and getting sick or injured. Considering that the first priority of the first day of the new Congress was to change a rule that likely will force Social Security …
Black balloons to pepper London skyline in remembrance of UK’s lost workers, 22nd April 2015
Families and colleagues of workers who lost their lives at work will gather at a rally in central London on the 28 April to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day.
Donating Life Insurance
You know that life insurance can protect your loved ones, but did you know it can also be donated to a charity or organization of your choice? Read more about donating life insurance. Taking out a life insurance policy is an excellent way of ensuring that family or loved ones do not fall into financial despair after your passing. However, what happens if they don’t need it? What if in the time since purchasing the policy, your heirs have become financially sound? In some instances, a big payout might even lead to unnecessary tension between surviving family. These are just a few of the reasons why you might consider donating life insurance to charity. Donating your life insurance to a favored charity is a great way …
OSHA Unveils New Safety and Health Poster
The poster is titled “Job Safety and Health – It’s the Law!”
Compensation secured for chef left permanently injured after fall at work, 19th March 2015
UNISON and Thompsons Solicitors have helped a former chef, who seriously injured her knee and hip when she tripped on loose flooring at work, to secure £16,250 in compensation.
Procedures Following a Hit-and-Run Accident
If you have found yourself the victim of a hit-and-run accident, what can you do? As in any accident, the first thing you need to do is make sure that you and anyone else in the car at the time of the crash are fine. After you know everyone is alright, you should call the police to start an investigation into who caused the crash. Get an Attorney to Help You Fight for Compensation After contacting the police, one of your first phone calls should be to a hit and run attorney in Colorado. An attorney may be able to start the process of looking into the physical evidence and witness statements taken at the time of the crash. In many cases, this evidence can …
House panel for expanding disability ‘bracket’ – Times of India
spyghana.comHouse panel for expanding disability 'bracket'Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Supporting the establishment of a Disability Rights Tribunal, a parliamentary panel has recommended increased penalty for offences against persons with disabilities, and suggested bringing "long term" diseases, including diabetes Type-I, …Parliamentary panel bats for setting up of Disability Rights TribunalZee NewsGovernment Failure To Review Disability Act Worryingspyghana.comall 7 news articles »
Heavyweights limber up for €1 billion Quinn Insurance versus PwC bout – Irish Times
Irish TimesHeavyweights limber up for €1 billion Quinn Insurance versus PwC boutIrish TimesThe biggest battles require the biggest guns. And so it was this week for the preliminary salvos of the €1 billion negligence case taken by the administrators of Quinn Insurance against its auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Some of the most …
DHC Contracting Knowingly Put Workers at Risk of Trench Collapse Hazards
An OSHA inspection resulted in proposed penalties of $57,900.
Four die in Sacramento wrong-way crash
04/22/2015 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release) Sacramento – Four people died in a wrong-way motor vehicle accident in Sacramento on Wednesday. According to the Associated Press (AP), authorities say the driver crashed head-on into another vehicle, causing the early morning collision. California Highway Patrol Officer Rich Wetzel says that the crash occurred shortly before 2:30 am on Wednesday after the driver of a Toyota Prius hit a pickup truck while going east in the westbound lanes of U.S. Route 50. The woman had allegedly driven for several miles while going in the wrong direction prior to colliding with the truck. The driver of the Prius and three passengers who were inside of the pickup all died at the scene of the…
Breakthroughs in Immunotherapy Hold Promise for Mesothelioma Patients Said … – PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)Breakthroughs in Immunotherapy Hold Promise for Mesothelioma Patients Said …PR Newswire (press release)LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The 5th International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma was held on Saturday, May 2, in Santa Monica, CA and focused on research aimed at preserving lung function in …