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What You Need to Know Before Launching a Medical Malpractice Case Few professionals are trusted more in our society than doctors. In many cases, we truly do put our lives in their hands. The Hippocratic Oath, which all doctors swear by before officially becoming part of the cadre, essentially says that doctors must never knowingly…

What You Must Know If You’re an At-Will Employee Most individuals applying for jobs are not immediately thinking about how they could be fired or let go in the future, but it’s actually quite beneficial to know employer privileges and employee rights before entering into any kind of work arrangement. While it’s not widely known,…

Making a High-Quality Post-Accident Record: Zero in on These 3 Things To protect your right to fair compensation after a car accident, it is critically important to take good notes. Along with gathering accurate post-accident evidence to support your claim, writing down how injuries sustained during the accident have affected you since the event can…

While you may not have heard the term “repetitive stress injury” (RSI), you very well may have experienced one at some point in your life. If you’ve ever noticed a burning and/or aching pain after playing a sport, doing a job, or working for long hours on the computer, then there’s a good chance you’ve…

In the United State civil legal system, tort laws are most commonly associated with personal injuries. There are, however, exceptions and exemptions that affect tort law, one of which is an “act of God.” An act of God refers to a circumstance that is unpredictable and impossible to prevent.  In tort law, an act of…

Nationwide employment requirements are enumerated in the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a piece of legislation that specifically sets standards for overtime pay, minimum wages, record keeping, and youth employment in both the private and public sectors. Nonexempt workers are entitled to receive a minimum wage rate of $7.25 under the FLSA, though this rate…

In the United States, there are nearly 140 million residential property units and more than 50 million commercial properties. Being the owner of a property comes with many responsibilities, including a duty of care to keep the premises safe. A dangerous building, property, or structure may cause unintended harm and/or injury to others; a property…

Working in a hostile environment can cause both mental and physical harm. For this reason alone, the law allows employees affected to bring claims against their employers. There are a range of factors which sometimes prevent employees from leaving hostile environments once they’re discovered. Therefore, it is incumbent on managers and company owners to create…

When most people think of personal injury claims, they think of product liability claims, motor vehicle accident claims, slip-and-fall claims, medical malpractice claims and dog bite claims. In short, these injuries happen when someone fails to do something that they have a duty to do to protect others from injury. While the majority of personal…

When a healthcare professional’s mistake leads to injury, the injured patient may be entitled to compensation. Healthcare professionals include doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, midwives and psychologists. Many of these licensed professionals are trusted to uphold a standard of care that’s expected in their profession, so when they deviate from this…