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…
Read More >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…
Read More >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…
Read More >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…
Read More >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…
Read More >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…
Read More >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…
Read More >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…
Read More >Hard-working individuals deserve to be compensated fairly, and it’s this principle which undergirds the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Among other things, the Act regulates employee wages, hours, and overtime pay. Most notably, the FLSA mandates that employers compensate their employees with minimum wage; the act also requires that an employee be compensated with overtime…
Read More >A shocking statistic from the National Center on Elder Abuse reports that 95% of nursing home residents have experienced or witnessed some form of neglect while staying in a long-term care facility. If residents are not treated properly, staff fail to follow proper guidelines and procedures, and/or there is a lack of oversight from outside…
Read More >Contact our office to discuss your personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, or workers’ compensation claim with one of our attorneys. We offer a free no-obligation consultation to all new clients where you can get your questions answered and learn more about your legal options.