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When pursuing a personal injury case, it’s important to think seriously about what you consider to be a fair settlement amount for your injuries. Typically, most people look at how much the injury has cost them in terms of medical bills, property damage, and perhaps pain and suffering. However, it’s important to bear in mind that your injury can have long-term consequences that you haven’t yet thought about. Be sure to consider the following costs when determining a fair settlement amount for your case.
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Being involved in an accident with a semi-truck is an extremely serious situation to find yourself in. Even slow-speed collisions can cause major harm to you, your vehicle, and your passengers. Oftentimes, semi-truck collisions result in high-cost property damage and serious injuries that come with high medical bills. To cover these costs, many victims look to take legal action against the liable party. But who, exactly, is liable in a collision with a semi-truck? Keep reading to learn more about potential liable parties in these cases.
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The person you were at 18 is a far cry from who you are at 40. And yet, a mistake you made when you were much younger can have lasting impacts on your life, regardless of how long ago that mistake occurred and how much you’ve changed since then. If you have a criminal record, you might be surprised by just how many people can access that information—potential employers, landlords, adoption agencies, insurance companies, and more. This can cause your criminal record to have ongoing negative impacts on your life. Luckily, there is an option that will give you a clean slate and the opportunity to improve your life significantly: expunging your criminal record. Keep reading to learn how expungement can make your life better.
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As seniors age, they become more likely to sustain fall-related injuries. Oftentimes, these kinds of injuries are exactly why a senior and their family members will decide that it’s best for the patient to more to a senior care facility or nursing home. Naturally, you likely have some expectation that this type of facility can help to prevent such falls and injuries from occurring. But what happens if your loved one is injured in a fall in a nursing home or other senior care facility? Is the nursing home liable? What rights do you have to pursue a personal injury case in these circumstances? Keep reading to find out more about nursing home falls and how to pursue these kinds of cases.
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In a perfect world, you would never be injured in a car accident. But since that’s obviously an impossibility, you might hope that, should you ever be seriously injured due to another driver’s negligence, your claim would be processed and covered without difficulty. But that’s often not the case either. While some claims may be handled quickly, there are many instances in which the injured party requires the assistance of an attorney to ensure that their rights are being protected. How do you know you need an attorney to help you with your car accident claim? Keep reading to find out.
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The majority of US states are at-will employment states. This means that employers and employees alike can terminate an employment contract without needing to provide a firm reason for ending the employment. This can make it difficult for employees to determine whether or not they have any rights when they’re unexpectedly fired from a job. However, there are certain circumstances that protect you from being fired unfairly (known as wrongful termination). How do you know if your circumstances qualify as wrongful termination, and what do you need to do to pursue legal action against your former employer? Keep reading to find out.
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Whether you’re an employer looking to protect your business or an employee wondering just how binding your employment contract is, there can be many reasons to question the consequences of violating a non-compete clause. If an employee leaves a business and goes to work for a competitor, or establishes a new business in the same field, does the former employer have legal rights to sue that employee? The truth is non-compete clauses can be more complicated and less enforceable than they might initially appear to be. Keep reading to learn more about what happens when an employee violates a non-compete clause.
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Sometimes, accidents happen and nobody is truly at fault. In other cases, however, another person’s negligence can directly cause injuries that wouldn’t have otherwise occurred. This is especially true in automobile accidents, when negligence can very quickly have disastrous consequences. But how can you prove that the accident was a direct result of that negligence, and not simply an unfortunate accident? Here’s what you need to know about proving driver negligence if you’re injured in a car accident.
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Prescription medications are supposed to ease your symptoms and help you live a healthier, happier life. But what if the opposite happens, and your medication actually causes more harm than good? Medication-related injuries are surprisingly common, and if it happens to you, you might feel uncertain about your rights to pursue compensation for prescription-related injuries. Who can be held liable when you’re harmed for your medication? How can you prove that liability? Keep reading to learn more about this particular form of liability, and who can be held liable under different circumstances
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Amusement parks are a common outing for families during the summer time. Most of the time, these outings go off without a hitch—except, perhaps, for a few tantrums along the way. But what happens if your family outing turns into a hospital trip? If you or someone you’re with is injured at a theme park, can the park be held liable, or is it considered an acceptable risk when you enter the premises? Keep reading to learn more about premises liability, and where the line is drawn between accepted risks and neglectful actions.
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