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10 Details You Should Write Down After Being Involved in a Car Accident

In the confusion and chaos often following a serious auto accident in Woodland Hills, the last thing on many accident victims’ minds is protecting their legal rights. However, if down the road, you or your loved one may want to consider bringing a…By: Barry P. Goldberg, A Professional Law

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Massachusetts to Receive $3M to Help Laid-Off Workers

The funding has been awarded to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

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Don’t let sun, sea and sand become slips, trips and serious injuries, 31st March 2015

From skiing on the slopes to diving into hotel swimming pools, the risks of personal injury can be more common than you think when you’re on holiday.

Daycare Employer Arrested for Allegedly Tying Up Children

According to a recent story from KYTX News, a woman in Spring, TX was arrested for allegedly tying up two children in the classroom in which she worked. Authorities are reporting defendant was charged with unlawful restraining and injury to a child following the conclusion of their investigation. The authorities first became aware of a problem when two witnesses allegedly told police officers that they saw defendant tying up and injuring children while in her classroom at the daycare facility. It should be noted, these two witnesses were said to be referring to two separate incidents they apparently observed. During one of these occasions, a witness told police she heard defendant screaming at a child who was not a student of defendant. The child was sitting in …

Road Accidents

Bicyclist Killed In Santa Ana Car Accident

Robert Horton, 62, was killed in a Santa Ana bicycle accident after a vehicle struck his bicycle near a freeway on-ramp. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal accident occurred the evening of May 4, 2015 on a surface street in Santa Ana near the on-ramp to the northbound I-5. California Highway Patrol officials say Horton was riding in a crosswalk on a surface street at the juncture with the on-ramp when he was struck by a

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24-year-old woman dies of kidney failure after illness left untreated, 6th May 2015

A young woman from Nottingham tragically died on Boxing Day 2014, after her renal condition went untreated.

New Hampshire Bans Lower-Than-Minimum Wages For Workers With Disabilities – New Hampshire Public Radio

New Hampshire Public RadioNew Hampshire Bans Lower-Than-Minimum Wages For Workers With DisabilitiesNew Hampshire Public RadioGovernor Maggie Hassan has signed into law a measure banning employers from paying workers with disabilities at a rate lower than the minimum wage. Decades ago sub-minimum wages were considered a way to help individuals with disabilities find work.Law prohibits employers from paying subminimum wages to people with …Concord MonitorLaw will bar sub-minimum wages for people with disabilitiesmySanAntonio.com (blog)all 7 news articles »

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Employees of Steel and Pipe Manufacturer Faced Laceration, Crushing Hazards

Pacemaker Steel & Piping Co. Inc. faces $45,500 in penalties as a result, according to OSHA.

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Family of Aberystwyth woman launch appeal for information about her death, 26th March 2015

The family of an Aberystwyth woman who died from an asbestos-related lung cancer is appealing for information from her former colleagues.

Social Security

China’s Social Security Fund eyes stake in Brightoil -sources – Reuters UK

China's Social Security Fund eyes stake in Brightoil -sourcesReuters UKSocial Security Fund, a major shareholder in various Hong Kong-listed Chinese enterprises, has been reducing its holdings in ICBC, People's Insurance Group of China, and CITIC Securities over the past year. ($1 = 7.7531 Hong Kong dollars) (Reporting by …and more »

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Is a Petitioner in a Workers’ Compensation Claim Able to Obtain Copies of His or Her Authorized Treating Records?

Many people who have filed a Worker’s Compensation claim in New Jersey ask whether they are entitled to copies of their treating  medical records from the health providers authorized by their employer’s insurance carrier. The answer is yes. Under the Worker’s Compensation Act, specifically NJSA 34:15-128.4, it is unlawful for an employer, insurance carrier or treating physician to withhold medical information requested by the petitioner. In addition, the rules of the New Jersey Medical Society require the release of such medical records. The records from a physician directly must be supplied at a cost specified by the Board of Medical Examiners. However, as a practical matter, when a petitioner has a formal claim pending his or her attorney requests the treating records from the attorneys for the employer …

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Dividend bonanza for Admiral and Direct Line shareholders highlights myth of fraud crisis, 5th March 2015

Britain’s two leading car insurers have this week announced yet more bumper pay-outs to shareholders after continuing their profits bonanza in 2014.