Many workers suffer immediate injuries due to a car accident, a fall, an exposure to dangerous chemicals, or for other reasons. Workers can also suffer injuries that take time to develop, such as overuse and repetitive stress injuries. Repetitive stress and overuse injuries are fairly common types o...
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If you have been arrested and charged with a crime, it shouldn't matter at this point whether you are guilty or not. At this point, you know you need to call someone and probably believe that you are only going to be given one phone call because that's what you've seen coming out of Hollywood. Actua...
While impaired driving has been illegal in Canada since the early twentieth century, with the legalization of recreational cannabis, it is important for Canadians to understand how the legal system deals with offences related to driving under the influence of drugs. Perhaps more importantly, i...
Trucking accident deaths rose 2% in 2016 to 4,400 from a year prior. These accidents involved trucks and buses, and while overall crashes fell 41% between 2002 and 2009, they quickly increased 62% by 2015 to 97,000. Accidents rose dramatically in 2016, rising to 119,000. Federal laws are responsible...
HOW DOES BUSINESS DEBT HELP ME QUALIFY FOR CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY? Many small businesses close within the first 18 months after opening. It is estimated that approximately 80 percent of new businesses fail within the first 18 months. Fifty percent of new businesses fail after the first four year...
An estimated 46 million cars in the U.S. have an open recall that's never been fixed, according to Carfax. From defective airbags to electrical faults and engine problems, the problems associated with recalls are often wide-ranging and dangerous. But what happens if those recalled vehicles are sold?...
FORT WORTH – The law firm of Varghese Summersett has been listed as one of Fort Worth's Fastest Growing Companies by Fort Worth Inc. magazine. The law firm came in No. 6 on a list of 30 companies, which were ranked based on three-year revenue growth. Fort Worth Inc. unveiled the rankings on January...
Broadside collisions typically come out of nowhere. One moment you may be driving through an intersection and the next moment a negligent driver runs a red light and hits the side of your car. A broadside collision, also called a T-bone or side-impact accident, is when the front end of one veh...
Car accidents, regardless of severity, are emotionally harmful events that can have long-standing physical and mental consequences, not to mention financial ramifications. In a perfect world, people would have little to no difficulty receiving damages for their suffering. The unfortunate reality is ...
If you have been involved in an auto accident, you may be on the lookout for expert legal advice. While some auto accident cases and pretty cut and dried, there are others that become a real mess and create a stressful situation that cannot be resolved via normal routes. This is where the help of an...
Truckers log over 200 billion miles per year in the United States alone. And being on the road so often means that there's a higher risk for truckers to be in accidents. Large and deadly, trucking accidents can cause serious injuries or deaths. For the owners of the rigs, this can also mean hefty la...
Annual property tax assessments are met with a range of emotions. Some commercial and homeowners will be unhappy with their tax assessment. Prices may not meet expectations, and if the owner doesn't view the value as "fair," then they do have the option of filing a property tax appeal. The first ste...
Family law is arguably one of the most demanding legal niches. Unlike the other legal niches where cases and petitions are structured to win or lose, the family law goes beyond winning. In any typical case involving a family, there is emotional attachment to any case verdict. This complex nature mak...
Unintentional falls account for over 19,000 deaths each year in the U.S., according to the CDC. Slips and falls account for 12-15% of all workers' compensation expenses. Workers who are injured on the job are quick to make workers' compensation claims for their injuries, but the everyday person ofte...
In personal injury cases, insurance companies may offer to provide an independent medical evaluation. On the surface, this may sound like a fair practice, but these evaluations are rarely neutral and are often used to counter the medical opinions and tests of the injured victim's physician. The goal...
A number of consumers may have shared their sentiments already about being harassed by the collection agents of lending firms. Harassment, while it seems common, must not be considered normal. It can never be something that everyone will just accept as a natural phenomenon. Let us first know what ha...
Do you have outstanding debt from your student loans? If so, you're not alone. In fact, the average college graduate in 2016 carried more than $37,000 in student loan debt. And while many lenders are willing to work with recent graduates by offering flexible repayment plans, the fact is that many gr...
Any number of different troubles can cause an accident in the workplace. A member of staff failing to follow general health and safety rules, for instance, can result in such a problem. An individual not receiving proper training when it comes to staying safe can also be a contributing factor to thi...
A personal injury occurs when a person sustains some sort of injury that another person causes. In some cases, the person with the injuries was hurt due to negligence in a hospital, which means multiple people could be at fault, including doctors and other hospital staff members. However, these inju...
Many people consider themselves to be excellent drivers. They would never drink and drive or speed. Yet they allow themselves to perform simple acts while driving that fall under the heading of distracted driving and can easily result in traffic accidents that cause property damage, injury or death....