- Unemployment insurance. Companies must provide unemployment insurance. Employers pay for all of it, the employee does not pay for it, yet they can claim these benefits if they lose their job. – Workers compensation. Companies must provide workman’s comp. This includes disability income, medical benefits and time off. The employer pays for all of it, the employee does not pay for it. – Pregnancy disability leave. For companies with [...]

These are the different types of nursing home abuses. – Physical Abuse. This is abuse that causes physical pain and injuries to the body. – Sexual Abuse. This is non consensual sexual contact with a nursing home resident. – Emotional Abuse. This is abuse where you inflict pain or distress through verbal / nonverbal acts. – Neglect. This includes failure to provide necessary care like providing food, water, medicine and [...]

Medical malpractice is the act of negligence on the part of a heath care provider. When this occurs, it may result in further complications in the condition of the patient, or possibly even the death of the patient. Legal victories in medical malpractice lawsuits typically occur when the health care provider deviates from what is the accepted standards of care, either by mistake or on purpose. The most common types [...]

Lemon Laws in the US were established to help protect the consumer against the purchase of a bad product, most notably automobiles. Understanding your legal rights when it comes to your state’s Lemon Law is important, as is deciding whether or not you should use an attorney. Different states have different laws. To find out what your state’s lemon laws are, simply look on your state’s website, or contact your [...]

A personal injury claim is when an injured person seeks compensation for their pain and suffering from whoever is responsible for their injury. In court, in order to establish liability you need to prove: negligence, strict liability or intentional wrong on the other party. You can either settle your case or hire a personal injury lawyer. When you get a lawyer you instantly establish that you are serious about your [...]

If the doctor who treated you was careless, lacked training or if they disregarded the normal rules associated with treating your condition, then you may have grounds for a medical negligence claim. Things at the hospital don’t always go right, but that doesn’t mean that there is always grounds for a claim. You see, you have to prove that there was negligence. Sometimes, for example, medicine given doesn’t treat the [...]