While some professions inherently carry some safety risks, accidents are possible at any job site. These workplace accidents translate into numerous injuries, which also inflict a great deal in missed pay when workers are unable to perform their jobs during recovery. Here then are the most common injuries sustained while at work, and with this …
When you file a car accident claim with insurance, you are seeking to collect the full compensation that you are owed. But even your own insurance company will be at odds with this goal, seeking to retain all the funds that they can, regardless of whether or not you have faithfully paid your premiums year …
In a minor car accident, insurance coverage may be a simple enough matter. But in other cases, there are drivers and vehicles that your insurance will not cover. Below is a breakdown of who is usually covered, and who is excluded in an insurance policy. Of course, if your name is on the insurance, then …
Most personal injury claims get resolved in a settlement, not in a trial. If you have filed, or need to file, a personal injury suit, then you need to know how your responses and actions can lead to the success or the demise of your claim. Here are some tips to help you navigate the …
When you are in an auto accident, you know that one of the first things you will have to do is report the accident to insurance. Then when you file an accident claim, you can expect to be interviewed by insurance adjusters. But if you are filing to collect compensation from another driver’s insurance, the …
Usually speaking, a car accident claim will never reach trial, and this is especially true of claims for a rear-end collision. One of the main reasons for this is that establishing liability for the accident is almost always going to be obvious: the person behind you failed to stop in time. The only snags in …
In a drunk driving accident, more people may be held responsible for the crash than just the intoxicated driver. For some accidents, the establishment that served alcoholic beverages to the guilty driver could be held liable as well, and this is because of dram shop laws. This could be in cases where an injurious or …
Even though many stoplights can only feel like they take an eternity, this almost is the case for some motorcyclists. At certain intersections, the sensors may not be able to read the motorcycle. People on bicycles and mopeds may also suffer from this difficulty. Without “safe-on-red” laws, a motorist may decide to run the red …
According to Reuters.com, fewer kids were admitted to emergency rooms due to issues from cough and cold medications after the medicines started rolling out new warning labels. This is from a recent government study. Back in 2007, manufacturers of prescription cold and cough medicines decided to recall the drugs in response to statistics on emergency …
Last year, hundreds of people contracted fungal meningitis from steroid injections that had fungus, all these injections coming from a pharmacy in Massachusetts. Even after the recall, some patients still received these tainted injections. Sixty-four people died. About 750 patients survived due to antifungal medication, and many have finished their regimen of medication. Some of …