When workers get injured and can no longer carry out their duties, they depend upon workers’ compensation to pay for any possible lost wages and certain medical coverage. Although your employer may claim that you are covered, it is possible for that coverage to exclude certain circumstances, which is why it is critically important that …
Authorities received a phone call about a collision on Tuckerton Road and Lenape Trail on the afternoon of July 16 with reports of multiple injuries. New Jersey’s JCC Summer Day Camp Students Injured in Bus Crash Emergency personnel from several local agencies assisted in helping the students in the scary moments after the car accident. …
It is common that a large number of medical malpractice lawsuits originate directly from a misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, injury, or illness. Further complications such as delayed or incorrect treatment, or even no treatment at all can be a direct result of a doctors misdiagnosis and can cause a patient’s condition to deteriorate rapidly, possibly resulting …
Many times, construction sites can be very dangerous places for both pedestrians as well as the individual construction workers employed at the site. It is also very common for people to think of someone falling from a height when hearing about construction site injuries when in fact, some of the most critical construction site injuries …
It is widely known that in order for someone to win their court case, a person must meet their burden of proof. Although this is true in the majority of cases, the exception to this rule is where strict liability is applied. Strict liability is used when a person is determined to be responsible for …
An injury resulting from a harsh back-and-forth movement of the neck, often resulting from a car accident, is commonly called “whiplash.” Although whiplash injuries are often portrayed through television and other mediums as not being entirely serious, the truth is that suffering from whiplash is extremely painful for its victims. Whiplash can have a large …
If you’ve ever driven on a highway, freeway or interstate, then it’s likely that you’ve had to share the road with very large semi-trucks. Semi-trucks are often intimidating because of their enormous size. Witnessing an accident between a semi and smaller vehicle is usually horrifying, but there are a number of things you can do …
The duties of construction workers are often laborious and extremely physically demanding. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the industry suffers from a higher than average rate of work-related injuries and fatalities. The use of heavy machinery, power tools, and other equipment along with the likelihood of working at heights, in trenches or nearby …
Every parent is aware of the dangers of drowning, but dry drowning is a very serious life-threatening condition that is less well-known among caregivers. Although cases of dry drowning are rare, the condition is often fatal for younger children. Parents need to understand the signs and symptoms of dry drowning to keep their children safe …
