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You likely count on your ability to go to work each day. You need to be able to earn a living. So, what happens if you are injured and can’t work? You might feel like this is a hopeless situation, but it isn’t. You do have the option of seeking workers’ compensation. This can cover the medical bills and might…
Getting behind the wheel of your vehicle each day is a risk that not many people realize they are taking. Driving is a dangerous task. Even if you are the safest of drivers, you can never trust that other drivers around you will be just as safe. There’s so many things that can go wrong when driving, including getting into…
Bicyclists are permitted to drive in the road alongside cars and other vehicles. However, if a motor vehicle collides with a bicycle, the results can be disastrous for the rider. Therefore, it’s important for any cyclist to ride defensively and to take extra precautions to minimize their risk of accident and injury. Today we examine a few ways for bicyclists…
Falls are one of the biggest hazards that construction workers face, but it isn’t always the worker falling that it is the problem. Objects that workers use when they are at heights above ground level can easily cause a fatality if the object is heavy enough and is dropped from a considerable distance. The laws of physics come into the…
Injured New York workers who suffered their injuries while carrying out their job duties may be able to receive lost wages benefits through the state workers’ compensation program if their injuries prevent them from going to work. Lost wages will not compensate you for your full amount of income; however, they are also exempt from federal income tax. As such,…
The once highly ranked Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard settled an injury lawsuit with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) on Friday, Feb. 23. She had filed a lawsuit against the USTA in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, following a 2015 incident at the U.S. Open. She apparently slipped and fell backwards on some tiles that had not been…
Construction workers in New York who regularly use a scaffold as a part of their jobs rarely consider how dangerous scaffolds are until after they suffer an injury. As such, it’s vital to remind workers on a regular basis that these devices, although incredibly convenient and useful, require attention and care when using them if workers want to stay safe.…
You’re probably under the impression that your local sanitation worker has decent wages, overtime pay and good health coverage — after all, all sanitation workers are in a union, right? Not at all. Many sanitation workers still labor for meager daily wages in brutal, often unsafe conditions for non-union, private companies around the nation. They work with trucks that are…
If you have been recently injured in an assault or other traumatic event, you are probably running through the details in your mind. It’s only natural for anyone who has been a victim to wonder what they could have done to prevent the tragedy from striking. What may be more important is what the owner of the property where you…
A rabbi lost his life in a tragic incident that happened on a recent Monday afternoon. The 72-year-old man was driving in Staten Island at approximately 4 p.m. when his car had a flat tire. He pulled his 2017 Ford off to the side of the road, but while he was stationary in the car, a 43-year-old woman driving a…