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Many experts would advise you against speaking with the other person’s insurance company. While you do need to call your own car insurance company to report the accident, you are under no obligation to talk to the other driver’s insurance carrier. The best way to deal with the other insurance carrier in most serious car…Read the article

Skiing can be a fun winter sport, and like all sports, presents risks of injuries and pain from skiing mishaps. When you are not careful or properly prepared to hit the snow and ice, severe injuries can occur. Serious injuries (paralysis, serious head, and other serious injuries) occur at the rate of about 44.7 per year, according…Read the article

Everyone works for a living and we expect to be paid a fair and honest wage for the work we do. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and some workers are getting cheated out of money that should be paid to them. And worst of all, it is being done by employers who are…Read the article

What to do if You are Involved in a Hit and Run If you are in a car accident or collision and the other driver leaves the scene without talking to you or leaving their insurance information, it’s called a hit and run accident. Whether you were in your vehicle when it was hit or…Read the article

Many people have heard of the Power of Attorney document but few truly understand what this legal documentation is or what it can do. A general power of attorney gives broad powers to a person or organization (known as an agent or attorney-in-fact) to act in your behalf. These powers include handling financial and business…Read the article

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put forth an urgent safety alert, in regards to some rare but very life-threatening risks including stroke and artery rupture. The patients at risk are those who have relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and are currently being treated with Lemtrada (alemtuzumab). Since Lemtrada’s approval in 2014 to treat relapsing MS, 13 cases worldwide have been…Read the article

If given enough time, humans can grow comfortable with almost any situation. Sometimes, we become a little too comfortable. We tend to become desensitized to dangers that are part of our daily life. Occasionally, we need to step back and evaluate those daily dangers and our approaches to them. We needlessly lose 1,250,000 people to…Read the article

If you’ve ever been faced with a personal injury due to the negligence of another, you know how frustrating it can be to get the compensation you deserve. And if you’ve tried settling this case yourself, you know that it’s almost never worth the effort or nearly impossible to work through the case alone, without…Read the article

Although there are a lot of similarities between mesothelioma and lung cancer, they are not the same thing and have several key differences. Both lung cancer and mesothelioma are a form of cancer, a disease that causes abnormal cells to divide uncontrollably, destroying the body’s tissue. Since both of these diseases affect the lungs, you…Read the article

Approximately sixteen years after company executives first knew there was a problem, manufacturers are still issuing vehicle recalls, and there are more to come. In January 2019, Ford announced it was recalling nearly one million Edges, Rangers, Fusions. Mustangs, and other vehicles which contained Takata airbags. The propellant used in these airbags significantly increases the…Read the article