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Jury Finds Doctor Responsible For Loss Of Baby To Pay Mother More Than $1.6 Million

Typically, there are 2 things individuals want from their physicians. This is all the more so when the patient is placing the health of her unborn baby under the care of the physician. First, the physician ought to listen to the woman's intuitio...

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Protect Your Job & Wages

Protect Your Job & Wages by: Susan Chana Lask, Esq. When people call me about employment issues they don't realize one important law- in almost every state you are terminable at will. That means that your employer can fire you anytime and f...

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Why am I mad at Merck over Vioxx

What is disturbing to me, is that given years of evidence that there was a risk of stroke and heart attack from Vioxx, Merck did NOT set out to study the cardiac impact rather only when it had an opportunity to add a new market for the drug did the...

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Accident at Work Claim - The Essentials

Accident at Work Claim - The Essentials by: Mumtaz Shah An accident at work claim has probably crossed your mind, and rightfully so; every year, thousands of hard working individuals are left injured or disabled due to unsafe workplace condition...

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How Can You Protect Your License?

For many people, getting a drivers license seems to be no more than a natural part of life. Turning 16, obtaining a license and beginning a career as a driver seems to be a fact of life more so than anything else. The fact is, however, having a drive...

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Insurance Companies Have Attorneys And So Should You

Have you sustained an injury while on the job? Are you having trouble getting your insurance company to pay up and compensate you for your injury? An injury that occurs in the workplace can have a devastating effect on the injured worker and family m...

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Automobile Accidents Affecting Pedestrians In Crosswalks

So you try to only cross a street at a marked crosswalk. Imagine if only there were a guarantee that drivers would follow the rules and grant pedestrians in a crosswalk the right of way. It is not uncommon for lawyers handling claims resulting from m...

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Deciding The Issue-Judge Or Expert

Way back in 1996 Lady Justice Butler-Schloss, shortly before she became President of the Family Division of the High Court, reminded judges that they should never lose sight of the fact that the ultimate decision was for them and not for an appointed...

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Legalizing Crime

Legalizing Crime by: Sam Vaknin The state has a monopoly on behaviour usually deemed criminal. It murders, kidnaps, and locks up people. Sovereignty has come to be identified with the unbridled - and exclusive - exercise of violence. The emergen...

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Abused Spouses: How Divorce May Affect Your Green Card Chances

Abused Spouses: How Divorce May Affect Your Green Card Chances by: Heather L. Poole The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), passed into law in 1994 and amended in 2001, provides hope for immigrant abuse survivors. Under U.S. immigration law, immi...

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