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LEGAL EXPERTISE CRUCIAL IN INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSE CASES
Navarro Brown, 37, was working on-site at the bridge for Structural Technologies VSL, a company that specializes in bridge cable tension and construction systems, CNN reports. After the bridge in Miami-Dade, Florida collapsed, Brown was taken to a hospital and died there…. “My little girl was trapped in the car and couldn’t get out,”… Read More »
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING – TO AN INDIANA MALPRACTICE LAWYER
The tragic story of Robert Lehman: After Robert Lehman injured his back at work (he’d been picking up lumber as part of his work for Bashor Homes), he was sent to Methodist’s Dunlap Urgent Care Center for treatment, where he was given a shot and told to return to work. As Lehman’s condition continued… Read More »
CLAIMS AGAINST DRUGMAKERS OVER COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS CAUSED BY ABILIFY
Abilify – what is it? Approved by the Federal Drug Administration back in 2002, Abilify is the brand name for aripiprazole, an antipsychotic drug developed by the Japanese company Otsuka and marketed in the U.S. by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Originally used to treat schizophrenia, Abilify was later approved for treating bipolar disorder, major depression,… Read More »
INJURED IN A CAR ACCIDENT? WHAT TO DO – AND NOT TO DO – RIGHT AWAY
What’s your well-being “worth”? Think about it. You’ve been in an automobile accident and you’re trying to figure out how much your personal injury case is worth. But, unlike your vehicle, which has an agreed-upon price that they can look up in the “Kelly Blue Book”, your body and brain do not have an… Read More »
WHAT IF A POTHOLE, NOT ANOTHER DRIVER, CAUSED MY PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT?
The Pothole Viewer Map provided by the Indianapolis Department of Public Works has so many marks showing complaints that have come in, that the map reminds Indianapolis Star reporter Dwight Adams of a giant angry pimple. Over the winter, ice formed, then thawed, melting into the cracks in the surface of roads and eroding… Read More »
PERSONAL INJURY AWARDS CAN BE BASED SOLELY ON PAIN AND SUFFERING
If you hire an attorney to help you file a claim in a personal injury case, just how much financial help can you hope to get? The answer is going to depend not only on your medical costs and loss of work time, but also on how your “pain and suffering” is calculated. In… Read More »
DRUG-RELATED INJURY CASES CAN RESULT FROM ERRORS AT THE PHARMACY
We put a lot of faith in the healthcare system, often relying on prescription drugs to help us cope with illness or prevent a condition from getting worse. But when the wrong drug is prescribed, or even the wrong dosage of the right medication, that can cause devastatingly harmful results to our health. Are… Read More »
PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION NEEDS TO SPEND A TRIMESTER IN COURT
In 1978, Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, but, forty years later, a CNN article reports: …..“Despite legal protections, pregnancy discrimination claims are still widespread.” Ten years ago amendments were made to the Americans with Disabilities Act, requiring employers to provide necessary accommodations to pregnant women whose pregnancy-related conditions qualify as disabilities. Exactly when do… Read More »
WHEN CATARACT SURGERY LEAVES YOU SEEING RED
Your cataract surgery was supposed to be fairly routine: in-and-out in minutes, little to no pain, a day or two to recover, then better vision than ever. But, somehow, things didn’t turn out that way and you’ve had nothing but pain, with vision problems worse than before. You’re understandably angry and want to sue… Read More »
THE SECOND STOP FOR THE SEXUALLY ABUSED – A PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY
Isn’t sexual assault or abuse a matter to be handled by the police? What’s the point, I’m often asked, of going to an attorney and filing a lawsuit against a sexual offender – that won’t put him/her in jail! Those questioners have a point – only a criminal prosecution can result in jail time… Read More »
