This data comes from www.findlaw.com. The falls include falls from scaffolding, roofs, ladders, cranes, and other heights. Falls account for 22% of overall accidents, the website reports. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries says 39% of fatal falls are roof falls and 33% fall from scaffolding. Another 39% are ladder […]
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People take medications to control or remedy physical or mental conditions, to alleviate pain, and prevent unpleasant symptoms. Many people don‘t realize that legal drugs—both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications—can be more dangerous than street drugs, particularly when used by a person behind the wheel of a car. It’s your
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Doctors generally inform their patients about the risks of procedures they are about to undergo. Most patients expect to be treated with great care and assume that these risks will be minimized. What if this doesn’t happen and you become the victim of a surgical error? Are you going to
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Many times people are in an automobile accident, and the last thing they think about is getting legal help. They have no car to drive to work or to complete errands essential to family life. They may have been injured so badly that they can’t work. Without their normal good
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Whether you have been in a car, truck, or motorcycle accident, you should give serious thought to hiring a lawyer to assist you. With fender benders and very minor property damage, you may want to handle things on your own. But even a small crash can morph into larger issues,
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Learning that you or a loved one has cancer can be a devastating diagnosis. If you have been told you have ovarian cancer, you should get a second opinion! You may have mesothelioma—cancer of the lining of the abdominal cavity, caused by long-term exposure to asbestos. Although often associated with
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Do you think something may not be “right” with your child? Are his or her movements different from those of other children? Cerebral palsy is a condition marked by impaired muscle coordination and/or other disabilities. It is typically caused by damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth.
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Images of baby powder bring to mind infants, innocence, and coming out of the shower powdering oneself for a fresh, clean all-over feeling. Only in recent years has the public become aware that talcum and baby powder made by trusted manufacturers can be cancer-causing and in some cases lethal to
Surgeons in the U.S. perform one million hernia repairs every year, according to the Food and Drug Administration, making this surgery a fairly common practice. What is also becoming more frequent is the legal action surrounding the use of mesh patches that sometimes fail following hernia repair surgery and make
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Cerebral palsy, a diagnosis no parent wants to hear, generates a whirlwind of questions. How did it happen? Can our child live a normal life, fulfilling all his or her potential? What can we do to secure our child’s future? If the condition results from medical malpractice, experienced birth injury
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