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How Does Insurance Affect a Car Accident Case?

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You may be having trouble understanding the impact of an accident on your car insurance premium. This information discusses some of the ways your premium could increase or decrease. It also talks about the best course of action to take during collisions. There are plenty of reasons for you to not in...

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Can I Sue Uber or Lyft After a Car Accident?

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 The popular ride-sharing apps, Uber and Lyft, have created the modern taxi with the millions of subscribed drivers. These independent contracts between programs and drivers leave a few discrepancies when it comes to getting in an accident.  Prescribing a fault is very detailed oriented, w...

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Questions to Ask During a Personal Injury Law Consultation

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The first consultation with your attorney is your very first chance to discuss your case with a professional and get to know if you are a good team. Here is how you can make sure that you get the best out of this meeting. If you have considered hiring a personal injury attorney to fight for you with...

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What Should I Ask A Car Accident Attorney During A Free Consultation?

The first consultation with your attorney is your very first chance to discuss your case with a professional and get to know if you are a good team. Here is how you can make sure that you get the best out of this meeting. If you have considered hiring a personal injury attorney to fight for you with...

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3 Key Factors to Consider Before Choosing a Personal Injury Lawyer

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Being injured through no fault of your own is never a nice situation to find yourself in. Perhaps you were out shopping for groceries when you slipped and fell in the supermarket, or maybe you were taking public transport when the accident occurred. No matter how or where you were injured, the posit...

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If I’m Hit by Debris Falling from a Truck, Can I Sue?

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 Commercial trucks transport a wide range of items to destinations across the nation 24/7. The cargo must be properly secured in order to avoid spilling onto the roadway. When any type of material or debris loosens and separates from a truck during transport, it can become a serious road hazard...

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How the Social Security Administration Defines “Disability”

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 For many people, the term disability is a physical and/or mental condition or conditions, which partially, completely, temporarily, or permanently impairs a person. For example, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) significantly, completely, and permanently restricted the late Stephen Hawking's...

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Who Gets the Blame for Drug-Related Injuries?

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Determining whom to blame for injury claims involving dangerous drugs requires meticulous investigation. Different types of lawsuits against guilty defendants can arise. Manufacturers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and their employers can be held to account, solely or in combination, depending on th...

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Filing an Injury Claim in California

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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 ...

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How Independent Medical Evaluations Affect Personal Injury Claims

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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...

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Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: What you need to know as a parent

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As a parent, you are responsible for the overall health and wellbeing of your child. Hence, it is important for you to have a clear understanding about the common health conditions that your little one can experience as well. Apart from the common health conditions, you must also take a look at Trau...

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Do Worker Safety Incentive Programs Encourage Workers Not to Report Injuries?

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Worker safety programs help prevent accidents and injuries in the workplace. To encourage employees to follow safety protocols, many companies implement incentive programs. But can these programs have the opposite effect? The Problem with Incentive Programs Employers typically implement safety incen...

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What to Do If You’re Hurt in a Slip & Fall

When you step onto or enter private property — whether it's a commercial business or a person's home — it's reasonable to expect that the property will be free of premises defects such as uneven floors, slick surfaces, or other trip hazards. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. What happens i...

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5 Things to Do if You Suspect Nursing Home Abuse

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Nursing home abuse is more common than you think. Between 1999 and 2001, nearly one-third of all nursing home facilities received citations for violations that could cause harm. In many cases, the abusers in these cases are family members. Other perpetrators include partners, in-home caregivers, adu...

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Personal injury solicitors dublin

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We are Irish Personal Injury Solicitors who can take your case on a no win no fee – Lalloo Solicitors After an Irish Car Accident, if you sustain an injury you may be entitled to compensation for personal injuries. The most common injuries sustained in a car accident are whiplash injuries. Whiplash ...

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Car Accident Attorneys in St. Louis

 St. Louis Car Accident Attorneys - The Hoffmann Law Firm, L.L.C.After a St. Louis Car Accident, injury victims or the families of a deceased driver or passenger are entitled to compensation. Some of the most common categories of compensation in a car accident claim that our lawyers collect for...

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5 Mistakes to Avoid If You Want to Win Your Personal Injury Case

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A serious injury can leave you feeling uncertain about the future. Knowing whether you'll work again or live a life that's free of pain affects you and your family. However, an attentive lawyer Hayward CA residents can turn to in such times will take care of the legal aspects of a personal or work-r...

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Find a Car Accident Lawyer in St. Louis, Mo

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Our legal team works hard to help you recover the maximum compensation for lost wages, property damage, pain and suffering, disability and reduced quality of life. Because of our strong focus on motor vehicle accident claims, chances are excellent that we have handled a claim similar to yours. From ...

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St. Louis Car Accident Lawyer

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At The Hoffmann Law Firm, L.L.C., we focus exclusively on helping people who were injured in car accidents in the St. Louis area. Our firms principal, Christopher Hoffmann, has more than 15 years of legal experience in handling car accident cases. Our firm, built on that experience, understands how ...

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Cutting-Edge Technology to Help Reduce Traffic Accidents

Distracted driving is an increasingly devastating problem in Georgia and throughout the United States. Each year, approximately 3,000 people across the nation die in distracted driving related accidents. Cell phone usage is believed to be the number one cause of distracted driving, and there has bee...

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