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Helping Someone In Distress Under The Illinois Good Samaritan Law
When urgent medical attention is required, often after a car accident, sometimes untrained individuals find themselves thrust into action. If this happens to you, don’t be afraid. You will not be held to the same standards as a professional would be. These protective statutes are what’s known as “Good Samaritan” laws. All 50 states have […]
Are Educators Liable For Student Injury?
Teachers are responsible for children’s education. But are they legally liable when a child is injured at school on their watch? Well, it depends on where and how the injury occurred, the teacher’s actions or inaction, and the evidence as a whole. To show that negligence occurred, you have to prove four elements: duty, breach, […]
Hoverboard Dangers And Product Liability Cases
Hoverboards are the tech toy everyone’s clamoring over right now. From talk shows to YouTube, young and old, everyone is jumping on the not-so-hovering technology. Now, one might think that the biggest threat posed by hoverboards would be injuries from falling but more than 70 cases in 2015 were reported from faulty hoverboards sending people to the […]
Worker’s Compensation or Personal Injury Lawsuit? Which to Pursue and Their Benefits
People get injured at work every day and while hopefully it never happens to you, it’s good to know the steps to take afterwards should you ever fall victim while on the job. The two most common actions after being injured at work are to file a worker’s compensation claim or a personal injury lawsuit, […]
Different Types Of Nursing Home Abuse
It can be very difficult when a loved one age to know how best to continue to care for him or her. Many people struggle with the choice of putting a parent or grandparent into a nursing home, fearing that they could become the victim of abuse or neglect. Federal and state laws require that […]
Medical Malpractice And Diagnosis Errors
Not every visit to the hospital has a happy ending, and neither does every misdiagnoses lead to severe harm. A large number of medical malpractice lawsuits stem from the misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis of a medical condition, illness or injury. Medical malpractice is the failure of a health care provider to give a patient treatment […]
