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North Carolina Workers' Compensation
- North Carolina Workers' Compensation Rates For Employers Expected To Decrease
- Workers' Compensation Judge Not Reappointed Amid Claims Of Bias
- North Carolina Reported Worst State in Country for Heart-Stress Death Rate Among Workers
- New York State Corrections Settles Gender Discrimination, Workers Compensation Lawsuit
- Long Overtime Hours Are No Basis For Workers' Compensation Benefits
Disability Insurance - ERISA Attorney
Social Security Disability
- Can We Apply For More Benefits?
- Man Loses Disability Benefits Because State Believes He's Dead
- Myths about Social Security Disability
- Can I Apply For Disability Benefits Online? Will Retirement Affect My Benefits?
- Medicare Advisable, But Not Required
- What Can I Expect From My Social Security Disability Medical Review?
Nursing Home Neglect
- July Library Items: A Focus on Nursing Home Abuse in North Carolina
- Oklahoma Nursing Homes Can't Afford Liability Insurance
- Doctor With Record of Neglect Still Practicing in Colorado
Medical Malpractice, Hospital Malpractice, Professional Negligence
- Proposal Would Reverse 1950 Supreme Court Ruling on Suing the Military
- Nevada Doctor Stuck in Hepatitis Outbreak after Reusing Syringes
- Doctor's Patients Contract Hepatits after Office Reused Syringes
Accident Attorney
- Suit Filed By Family Of Firefighter Killed In Helicopter Crash
- Dunn Woman Dies In Wreck On The Way Home From Hospital
- Some Motor Vehicle Accident Facts
- Court Rules Law Office Not Liable For Injuries From Collapsed Chair
- Man Receives Nearly $2.5 Million For Accident Injuries
- Seaman Claims Abrupt Reversal Caused Injury
- Man Files Injury Suit Over Plant Explosion
- Man Files Suit After Railing Collapse Causes Two-Story Fall
- Suit Filed Against Pallet Firm Over Death Of Greensboro Teenager Killed While Working
- Woman Files Suit Against Church For Automobile Collision
Dog Bite Attorney
- 8-Year-Old Requires Stitches For Dog Bite
- Woman Arrested For Store Robbery That Led To Dog Bite
- Woman Attacked By Two Pit Bulls
- Woman Files Suit After Being Attacked By Pit Bulls
- Understanding the New Dog Ordinances In Forsyth County
- Man Attacked By Pit Bulls While Walking His Dog
- Dog Attacks Man Then Is Taken Out Of Jurisdiction
- Woman Claims She Was Paralyzed By Car Crash
- Two Women Attacked By Two Dogs, One Hospitalized
- Woman And Dog Attacked By Pit Bull
General
- Woman Claims She Was Fired For Filing For Workers' Compensation
- Drug Used To Treat COPD Increases Mortality
- Man Receives More Than $11 Million After Being Injured By Police Officer
- Worker Files Suit For Disabling Injuries While Working
- Woman Claims Nails Fell Off After Manicure
- Personal Injury Suit Filed Against NFL Star Marvin Harrison Over Shooting
- Woman Files Suit Against Soccer Club And Coach For Daughter's Injuries
- Man Files Personal Injury Suit Against Attacker And Bar
- NFL Player's Career Over Due To Paralyzing Injury
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North Carolina Workers' Compensation
- Workers Compensation Rights Expanded for Injured Workers
- N.C. Court of Appeals creates new exception to the going and coming rule
- Workers' Compensation Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors: Seventeen Rules To Best Deal With Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors To Protect You And Your Family From Financial Ruin
Disability Insurance - ERISA Attorney
Social Security Disability
- Diabetes sufferers can collect social security disability benefits
- Alzheimer's and diabetes may be related.
- Diabetes is often associated with obstructive sleep apnea.
Nursing Home Neglect
- North Carolina Assisted Living Neglect Attorney
- Tips For Communicating With Your Aging Parents About Nursing Home Abuse
- Assisted Living Neglect
Medical Malpractice, Hospital Malpractice, Professional Negligence
- Court to Decide Who is Liable for Medical Procedure that Left Patient in Wheelchair
- Steep Malpractice Insurance Premiums Prompt Some Doctors to Mull Next Career Move
- Mayo Clinic Alerts Patients to Online Drug Ordering
Accident Attorney
- North Carolina Boating Accident Attorney
- North Carolina Slip and Fall Attorney
- Gastonia, N.C. Fireman Offers Safety Tips for Summer
Dog Bite Attorney
- Infant Neutered by Dog While Father Slept With Girlfriend
- The Most Dangerous Dog Breeds – Bites, Mauls, and Deaths
- North Carolina Dog Bite Laws – What is the One-Bite Rule? What is Strict Liability?
Insurance Disputes
- Corporate Financial Liability Capped by Ohio Supreme Court
- Health-Care Provider Sues Rival for "Anti-Trust" Marketing
- United Policy Holders Supports Policy Holder
Firm Videos
General
- Research has determined the average age of an asbestos exposure-related sufferer is vastly decreasing
- A Virginia doctor sentenced in 2004 to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking will be free in two years
- A Florida woman suffered a stroke and died after taking an erroneous prescription of Coumadin. The Court awarded her family $25.8 million.
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Groups contend Tennessee legislation bolsters nursing home profits while ignoring patient rights
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has joined the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and other watchdog groups in opposing state legislation they say strips the civil rights of nursing home residents.
House Bill 4053 and Senate Bill 4075 only equips the nursing home industry to protect its profits while squelching the powers of the elderly to protect themselves legally against injustices, the groups told Clarksvilleonline.com.
Gloria Sweet-Love, NAACP State President, said the legislation is being backed by the billion-dollar nursing home industry. NAACP members have balked at the proposed legislation to General Assembly members.
Sweet-Love said, “Our parents and grandparents stood up for our rights and now we must stand up for theirs. The nursing home industry is demonstrating how far it will go to protect itself, even if it means stomping on the dignity of the people it should be helping.”
Clarksvilleonline.com reported in 2007 that nursing home violations and admission suspensions set record highs and were more than double those in 2006. State Health Department inspectors found 152 health and safety violations that put Tennessee nursing home residents in perilous health straits.
Rather than improving care, the industry seeks only to elevate profits while depriving the helpless of the right to seek justice, she said. The proposed legislation – co-sponsored by Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) and Rep. Randy Rinks (D-Savannah) – forces incoming nursing home residents to agree to caps on non-economic damages from lawsuits against the nursing facility.
“We just want to make sure nursing homes are not driven out of business through frivolous lawsuits," said State Sen. Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro).
The NAACP said lobbyists furtively named the legislation “Nursing Home Patient Protection Act of 2008” even though it shuns improving nursing care. Supposedly modeled after similar legislation in other states, this bill does not propose increases in staffing levels, training, inspections or other quality of care monitors, Clarksvilleonline.com reported
“The nursing home industry’s efforts to deny the rights of society’s most vulnerable human beings is self serving, profit-driven and despicable,” said Sweet-Love. The bill is currently working its way through the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
But the Murfreesboro-based National Healthcare Corp. (NHC) backs the legislation, hoping it will eliminate excessive lawsuits against its nursing homes, reported the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro.
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North Carolina Workers' Compensation
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Social Security Disability
Question: I am only in my 20s. Last month I received
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certain age I must be to receive benefits from Social Security disability?
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General
- Q: I haven't worked with asbestos for twenty years. Do I still have a workers' compensation claim if I get sick?
- Do I have a claim against the manufacturer of the asbestos products that caused my disease even if I as exposed long ago?
- What if I was injured by exposure to asbestos in my home? Do I have a claim if I never worked with asbestos? What kind of products should I worry about?
- Do I qualify for disability benefits under my union pension plan?
- How do these claims work together? Can I get all of the benefits at the same time, or do they offset each other?