If you have found yourself injured because of a slip and fall, you may be wondering what your options are when it comes to seeking compensation for those injuries. Certainly you should be able to receive something, especially money to pay for any medical bills that have arisen from your injury. Even if you find yourself out of work because the injury has prevented you from doing your job, you'll want to look for compensation that will help you when you're not receiving a pay check.
3 December 2014
If you have been the victim of an accident that has compromised your ability to hold down gainful employment, you may have received structured settlement information from an insurer. Unlike other types of legal settlements which are paid in a single lump sum, structured settlements are paid out on a monthly or annual basis, to provide you with a steady stream of income for the rest of your life. But what happens if the entity responsible for paying this settlement files for bankruptcy?
2 December 2014
As a dog lover, you probably don't think of them as anything but cute and cuddly. You take your dog with you wherever you go. It is a part of your family. However, imagine what might happen if you were to be attacked by another dog when walking down the street. Would you view your dog the same? Would you know what to do? Being attacked by a dog is bad enough, especially when the owner didn't have their dog properly restrained in the first place.
2 December 2014
In the United States there are many different types of law. Sometimes you learn about law in school, other times you learn about law from a TV show. Civil and criminal are two important bodies of law that often get confused with each other, but they're important to understand as a U.S. citizen. With so much information out there to absorb, it's easy for all the information to get tangled up.
2 December 2014
Anytime you receive a work injury, it sets your whole life back a few months. Now consider crush injuries, those injuries that completely crush an entire extremity. What does that mean for you? Worse still, what does that mean for your employer? A crush injury adds up fast in medical care and expenses, long term care, and financial hardship. Here are the cold, hard facts of a crush injury and what your worker's compensation needs to cover.
1 December 2014
