Most often, the drivers and passengers involved in a car crash experience whiplash injuries. The reason is simple; while the safety belt prevents your body from lunging forward, there is no such protection available for your head and neck. At the time of collision, your head and neck moves forward in a sudden movement causing injury to the muscles and tissues. If you were at fault for the accident, your insurance may pay for the medical costs you...more
If you are involved in an accident you are likely to suffer some degree of injury. Most accidents are consequences of other people's negligence or carelessness and you therefore deserve to be compensated for your injuries. More often than not the party responsible for your injury will decline to compensate you and even if they are insured their insurance companies will invariably attempt to avoid settling your claim. Getting compensation is...more
As municipal budgets shrink and insurance costs increase, communities throughout the U.S. are struggling to provide workers compensation for volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel.Seventy percent of the more than 1.1 million firefighters in the U.S. are volunteers, serving mostly in small communities that find it difficult to pay for rising insurance premiums. This is balanced by insurance companies struggle to fairly calculate premiums for a high-risk job that provides little or no income.Responding to nearly all of the same emergencies that career firefighters face, volunteers are at similar or higher risk for injury or sickness, including multiple forms of cancer. Studies from the National Fire Protection Association have shown that volunteers are at slightly higher risk of suffering injury or death than career firefighters.Most states currently provide workers comp benefits to volunteers who are injured in the line of duty, but injured volunteers and insurance companies often disagree on the legal definition of that phrase.For insurers, calculating premiums for volunteers poses a large challenge, given the lack of income and increased risk. This challenge is compounded...more
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed that complaints about PPI mis-selling have rocketed. In April 2011, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) lost a judicial review into the FSAs stance on handling PPI regulation, which it had challenged - the BBA did not appeal against the High Court ruling and this opened the floodgates for...more
Industrial deafness solicitors are the professionals who specialize in the law relating to personal injuries or accidents suffered by the workers in the industry or at workplace. According to the law in the United Kingdom a worker having suffered from an accident at the workplace, which also includes industrial deafness, can claim a compensation...more
Road accident is a common phenomenon that might be encountered by anyone, even the most careful and safest driver. Every year, millions of road accidents are recorded resulting in injuries to the people and damage to the property. A road accident compensation claim is a way to claim compensation against the damages occurring not only to the vehicle but also for other damages that include treatment for personal injuries and rehabilitation etc. Since this situation may be encountered by you at anytime, it is important to know how to deal with the situation in case of a traffic accident and make a successful compensation claim.Things to be done immediately after a road accidentIf you encounter a road accident, the first and foremost things is to exchange the contact details with the involved parties. These may include names, addresses, car registration numbers, and insurance policy numbers and insurance company names. It is important to record the name of the driver in case the owner himself was not driving. Names and contact numbers of witnesses may also be collected if possible as they will strengthen the case.The second important thing to be done immediately after the accident is...more
You have met with an accident caused by another person and have been badly injured in downtown Dallas. Apart from nursing injuries, your first job is to get hold of a Personal Injury Lawyer in Dallas. There might be monetary losses too. So do not get...more
Examples of claims may be accident at work claim, road accident claims, and compensation claims for whiplash. You will find that most advertised personal injury lawyers offer a No Win No Fee service. If this service is being offered to you, then...more
The mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) and PPI compensation is one of the big consumer stories of our time.PPI was marketed as a point-of-sale product which could be added conveniently to a credit purchase, loan or mortgage to cover...more
According to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) it has used a power obtained under a 2010 law for the first time to introduce a consumer redress scheme that will force advisers who mis-sold a product to pay compensation. A three-month...more
Accidents not only cause health injuries, it also leaves a bad impact on your mental state. It is a phase of extreme frustration. Nevertheless you need to pay attention to some significant aspects. First and foremost, you must avail proper medication...more
Getting involved in a car accident would always mean that you night have sustained certain degree of injuries. Getting a check up from a professional doctor, expenses involved in the tests, and further more if the surgery is required, it would...more