Disability Management Programs at the Workplace

workercompblogphotoA work related injury to an employee can be very costly to the employing company.  Depending on the level of the injury, the worker needs to be compensated for lost wages and medical bills among other things.  If there are any disagreements, an attorney is usually hired by the defendant to help make their case stronger in court.  In many industrial accidents that occur on factory floors, the injuries are usually severe and possibly life threatening. When a work related …

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How To Make Auto Accident Insurance Affordable Again

affordable-insuranceThe insurance industry is failing to satisfy its urban auto insurance customers’ affordability needs. Ths has contributed to a serious industry image problem. The public is demanding that the industry find a solution. A National Coalition for Auto Safety is proposed involving insurers, consumer groups, and safety interest organizations.

Operating at both the national and state levels, the Coalition would mount a comprehensive attack on auto accident costs encompassing auto damage-ability factors, occupant protection measures, driver behavior modification, traffic law

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How Structured Settlements Work in Injury Cases

The seizure of Executive Life Insurance Co.’s offices by California and New York regulators raised serious concerns about how speculative investments may impact the ability of insurance companies to meet long-term obligations. Furthermore, the Executive Life fiasco has raised the question of the security of funding structured settlements with life company annuities. Typically, strucured settlements provide claimants with guaranteed, lifetime tax-free payments funded through the purchase of an annuity. This structured settlement tool is often used in cases involving catastrophic

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Paties Sues Hospital For Saving His Life?

medicalAn 84-year-old nursing home resident is suing a hospital here for doing what hospitals strive to do: keep the patient alive.

Edward H. Winter charges that he issued his doctor a do-not-resuscitate order for himself while watching his wife of 55 years die a “slow, agonizing death.” Hospitalized for a myocardial infarction, she had brain damage after shock resuscitation.

Months later, in May 1988, Winter also had an MI and was taken to St. Francis-St. George Hospital. His lawyer, William

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Making an Effective Opening Statement

legal-booksConducting a proper Voir Dire and giving a properly presented strong Opening Statement are two good ways to set a favorable tone and win your case early.  I learned a ton from a colleauge of mine (Robert Reeves – Top Rated Personal Injury Lawyer in California)  First be polite and be yourself.  Jurors can read a phony from a mile away.  By the same token, being the in the courtroom who comes across as the most likeable, honest and credible …

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Why Are We Opposed to Tort “Reform”?

Answer:  If what you are really asking is why we are opposed to changes that would improve the legal system, we are not.  We believe we should do anything we can to improve the system and make it more accessible to individuals and families like yours.

What we are against are the proposals that masquerade as “reform” but take away your rights.  The most common one is to limit–regardless of the facts–the compensation that a jury made up of …

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There is No Litigation Explosion – Here Are The Facts….

Special-interest groups have been falsely decrying the existence of a “litigation explosion” for decades.  They oppose the way citizen lawsuits and our civil justice system can serve as fair and fundamental checks on the power of businesses and governments.  To minimize accountability for wrongdoers’ harmful conduct, special-interest groups and their highly paid lobbyists promote efforts to limit the legal rights of American families, claiming that too many auto accident lawsuits have led to excessive costs and delays.  They just don’t …

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