At a great Midwestern summer barbecue, it doesn’t take long for people to start reminiscing about their youth and the cars they drove in those memories: the car you drove on your first interstate road trip, your senior prom, or your first date with your spouse. You loved your first car, but if your kids…
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To be successful in a lawsuit, especially in one that goes to trial, a client and his or her attorney must work closely together. Unless the case is resolved very quickly and easily, you and your lawyer will get to know each other well over a long period of time. While the relationship between an…
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In the state of Missouri (and everywhere else in the United States), employers are legally required to pay workers’ compensation to employees who are injured on the job. Workers’ compensation ensures that honest, hardworking employees are able to maintain their income while recovering from work-related injuries. Were you recently injured on the job? Wondering how…
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There have been more than 2.8 million work-related injuries recorded in the past year. Most of these injuries involve a workers comp claim. Not everyone will get accepted though. Even the claims that insurance accepts, not all claims will get the compensation they deserve. This issue of compensation comes down to understanding when and how to file…
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No More Warnings for Texting and Driving for Illinois A new Illinois texting and driving law enacted on July 1st calls for stricter penalties for anyone caught texting at the wheel. Former Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed house bill 4868 into law August 2018, and current Governor J.B. Pritzker recently added an amendment, stating: “If…
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More than 70% of the world’s lawyers live in the U.S. If you’ve been looking for a lawyer, you’ve probably realized the many types of lawyers that exist. Finding one for your case depends on the type of legal problem at hand. The legal field is extensive, requiring lawyers to specialize in a specific area…
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The sound of an alarm clock or cell phone alarm ringing on a workday is unpleasant for most people, but if the only thing you are dreading is rush hour traffic or your micromanaging boss, consider yourself lucky. Imagine trying to get through a workday where you have to stand, walk, or drive a vehicle…
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Whiplash injury is very common, and it can happen to anyone. In your childhood, you might have overheard the elderly ladies at the table next to you at brunch talking about it as they went through the litany of their health complaints and those of their loved ones. You might also have seen it in…
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Five states currently have state disability plans. In all states except Texas, most employers are required to provide some type of disability insurance to workers. Yet what happens when your disability insurance is not enough? You may be confused by all of the paperwork required for you to get the money you need to pay…
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Not all work injuries are slip and fall injuries on warehouse floors or wet docks. In fact, some of them are not injuries at all; instead, they are chronic illnesses. An occupational disease is any chronic illness caused by prolonged exposure to disease-causing factors in the course of performing one’s normal duties at work. That…
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Approximately 6 million car accidents occur in the United States every year. Around 2 million drivers experience permanent injuries every year. This means that if you’ve never been in a car accident, you will most likely be in one sometime in your lifetime. You will also most certainly sustain some sort of trauma. Enter car…
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Healthy people often daydream about what it would be like not to have to go to work, but many people who are out of work because of an illness or injury would give anything to trade places with those workers who grumble about the daily grind. Waking up early, commuting in rush hour traffic,…
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Whether or not a car accident has determined fault affects which insurance company pays for repair to vehicle damage resulting from the accident. It also affects how much you will have to pay for car insurance premiums in the subsequent months and years. It does not have any bearing, however, on the severity of the…
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Manual labor can take a toll on your body. Most people feel tired and sore after even just a few days of working at a construction site or stocking heavy items in a store, even if those workers are young and healthy. Physically demanding summer jobs during their high school years have motivated many people…
DetailsEthicon, Inc. — the medical sutures manufactures and Johnson & Johnson subsidiary — was issued a Class 1 recall by the FDA for a line of endo-surgery endoscopic and non-endoscopic staplers last week. The recall will affect approximately 92,496 staplers manufactured between March 15, 2018, and March 8, 2019. The various defects can increase the…
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