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Employers Can’t Punish You for Making a Workers’ Compensation Claim
If you are injured on the job, you may have concerns about how to get treatment, where you will get treatment, when you’ll be able to get back to work, and will you get paid lost wages. You may also worry about your employer retaliating against you for making a workers’ compensation claim in… Read More »
Non-Economic Damages Ruled Reasonable in Tobacco Death Case
In a personal injury case, a victim can be awarded economic damages and non-economic damages. Economic damages are things that we can count, or which are “out of pocket,” such as medical bills or lost wages. Non-economic damages include things that don’t have a price tag on them. They include things like pain, suffering,… Read More »
Can You Get Social Security Disability for Your Pain?
Among the worst side effect of the many conditions that can qualify you for Social Security benefits is simply the pain that may accompany you in your everyday life. In some cases, you can obtain disability benefits for your pain as it relates to how it restricts your everyday life. Meeting a Pain Listing… Read More »
Expert Meteorologists Can Help in Homeowners’ Insurance Cases
Florida is no stranger to sudden and damaging weather conditions. Aside from the well known hurricanes are the slew of smaller, but still dangerous tornadoes, lightning and hail, all of which can cause serious damage to property. Proving Weather Conditions In the event of a dispute over insurance benefits, and how damage was caused… Read More »
Florida Supreme Court to Decide on How PIP Benefits are Applied
If you are in a car accident, your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits can be vital to you. PIP is a system designed to make sure that car accident victims get payment of medical bills or of lost wages. How PIP Works What makes PIP unique is that these insurance benefits are available to… Read More »
Exploding Tesla Causes Safety Concerns
When a car is involved in an accident, we certainly expect that the car could catch fire. In most cases, occupants of a car are able to get away from the vehicle, because most crashes do not cause the immediate and catastrophic explosion of a car. However, this was not the case for a… Read More »
What to Do if You Are Injured by Defective Food Products
Grocery store Aldi has been sued for injuries that occurred when a burger purchased there apparently exploded, causing injury to a consumer. The victim stated that she complied with all the packaging instructions, including those that listed the maximum cooking temperature, but the burger exploded as soon as it was put on the frying… Read More »
What Happens if Evidence is Lost or Destroyed?
One of the biggest concerns for injury victims is how evidence that is needed to prove their case will be saved or preserved if the other side has it. Put simply: What prevents a party that’s being sued for negligence from simply “losing” or destroying evidence that can be used to prove that party’s… Read More »
Does Drug or Alcohol Addiction Prevent You From Being Awarded Social Security Benefits?
Social Security defines drug and alcohol addiction (DAA) as “maladaptive patterns of substance use that lead to clinically significant impairment or distress.” The key to this definition is the requirement that to have DAA, a claimant must have a pattern of abuse, and not just be impaired, but “significantly impaired.” Without these, Social Security… Read More »
Study Looks at the Most Dangerous Jobs or Professions
The best way to avoid being embroiled in the frustrating work of Florida workers’ compensation benefits is to avoid getting injured in the first place. That’s in an ideal world, of course, because many professions simply are more dangerous or expose workers to a higher chance of injury than other jobs. Which professions have… Read More »
