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A little over five years ago a mobile offshore drilling unit was continuing its daily routine of drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The floating structure was 396 feet long and 256 wicde; it could drill in waters as deep as 30,000 feet. The structure itself was owned by Transocean and drilling for…Read the article

Workers’ compensation is a system of insurance that is there to protect injured employees when they, literally or figuratively, fall. It acts as a safety net to stop employees from experiencing financial ruin after an on-the job injury. Employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance and payments are given out once an employee proves…Read the article

Medical malpractice lawsuits can best be described as a cause of action arising from a healthcare provider’s failure to treat a patient within the accepted standards of care. As a result, the patient must have suffered injury to have their day in court. When physicians act without regard to the generally accepted methods of treatment,…Read the article

Generally a conversation about workers’ compensation is a discussion about a worker with a high-risk job. These are the employees who work with heavy machinery or are constantly 10 feet away from cars traveling 70 mph down the freeway. People who are injured on the job are those working in obviously dangerous conditions, right? New…Read the article

On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 The Amtrak Northeast Regional was New York bound and carrying 238 passengers and five crewmembers through Pennsylvania. After passing Philadelphia, the train, for unknown reasons, derailed. Most of the cars ended up sideways or upside down. Forty-nine people were immediately hospitalized. Two hundred passengers were injured. Eight passengers died. The…Read the article

Most people in the United States understand that prescription drugs may cause unintended side effects. In general, the side effects are temporary and a patient stops experiencing them once they finish using the drug. These side effects vary from patient to patient and usually include digestive problems, inability to sleep, or grogginess throughout the day.…Read the article

Workers’ compensation in the state of New York is a legally mandated insurance program that serves as a safety net for employees who are hurt on the job. It is illegal for an employee to be denied compensation from an on-the-job injury or aggravation of an injury. It is also illegal for an employer to…Read the article

In the United States it is quite common to have your favorite television shows interrupted by direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. The commercials are generally filled with actors dressed as doctors advertising to you about a disorder you may have never even heard of. The actors in these 30-second clips are generally and miraculously made whole again…Read the article

When someone is injured we usually look for the traditional signs of trauma to check the severity of the problem. We look for signs of a cut, a scrape, or a bruise before we move around again. For the most part, this is sensible way to determine if we need medical treatment. It may come…Read the article

As we happily bid adieu to the last weeks of snow and cold we enter into spring bright eyed and bushy tailed. We look back on the frozen mornings of scraping ice from windshields and smile because we have several months ahead of sun, and months of roads free from black ice with shoes free…Read the article