By now, everyone understands that children riding in a car are safer in a child safety seat placed the backseat in the event of an auto collision. Seat belts, booster seats for older children and approved child safety seats have become the norm for families wanting to protect their most precious cargo. It almost defies…
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Can I Sue the Seller If My New Home Has Termite Damage?
Buying a home is perhaps one of the largest investments you will ever make in your life. With this being the case, the last thing you want is to buy a home which is infested with termites. In the unfortunate event that you end up buying a home which has a serious termite problem, you…
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Should I Seek Medical Attention After a Rear-End Collision?
It is one of the least expected collisions you can experience in your vehicle. You may be sitting at a light, waiting for traffic on your way to work. You might be changing the radio and not even see the vehicle fast approaching you from behind until it rear-ends you and causes a wreck….
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When a Workplace Accident Falls Outside of Workers’ Compensation
When you go to work in the morning, you expect it to be another normal day. Until the day you get injured on-the-job. You may be a very safe person, but a workplace has inherent dangers, especially if it is on a construction site, in a warehouse, in a manufacturing plant, or involves the transportation…
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Collisions in Parking Lots and Parking Garages
You may not be on high alert in a parking lot or garage, but these areas are riskier than you may think. The National Safety Council reports there are more than 50,000 crashes in parking lots and garages every year that result in more than 500 deaths and 60,000 injuries annually. The actual numbers may…
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Distracted Driving & Motorcycle Accidents
There has been a sharp increase in motorcycle accidents in recent years. Over the past couple decades, the average number of motorcycle accident fatalities has risen from under 3,000 per year to around 5,000 per year, according to statistics from the Governors Highway Association (GHA). Motorcycle crash fatality rates started to climb above 3,000 in…
Workers’ Compensation and FMLA in Mississippi
Workers’ compensation is an insurance program purchased by employers to cover work-related injuries or illnesses their employees sustain. Qualified employees receive “no-fault” coverage for injuries or illnesses that result from their job, in exchange for the implied agreement not to bring a personal injury lawsuit against your employer. Each state oversees its own workers’ comp…
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Can I File a Wrongful Death Claim if a Loved One Dies?
If a family member dies because of the negligence or reckless actions of another person or party, it may be possible for those closest to the victim to file a wrongful death lawsuit. A wrongful death claim is a civil action that is entirely separate from any criminal charge that those responsible for the death…
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The Emotional Impact of an Auto Accident
Each year, there are approximately 6 million car accidents in United States, and many of these accidents result in moderate to severe physical injuries. But what many people fail to realize is that these accidents can cause a lot of emotional trauma as well. By nature, being involved in a collision is a traumatic event. …
Three Commonly Missed Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
Baby Boomers. They set the social agenda for decades and now they are aging. Some are entering one of the nations’ 16,000 nursing homes, which are the final home for some 1.4 million residents. As the elderly population is expected to double to 88 million by the year 2050, so will the number of nursing…
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