Source: Social Security disability fund benefiting from longer lag times | TheHill
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The bottom line is that the longer the wait to get a response to your disability claim, the more people who give up or die. Horrible way to save money but that is the consequence. More Judges, staff and lawyers needed to run the disability system and get decisions completed faster.
Piatt County Coroner Troy Dunn said Ashton Brandenburg, 14, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Illinois 32, just south of Piatt County Road 500 North.
Source: Piatt County teen killed in bicycle crash with car | News-Gazette.com
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Bicycle riders have rights to the road also. Investigation will attempt to reveal how collision happened and if any traffic violations occurred. This information may be used in a civil lawsuit for damages.
For 31-year-old Wayne Swier, a U.S. Army combat veteran who suffered devastating injuries from an improvised explosive device seven years ago in Afghanistan, this summer should have been a season
Source: For disabled vet, battle rages on as feds deny disability payments | Local | rapidcityjournal.com
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Sounds crazy but lots of dealings with Social Security are difficult to believe. Make sure you have a lawyer at your side. It does not cost you anything until Social Security actually pays you.
The legal guardian of a Grant Middle School student who died after he jumped out of the back of a moving school bus has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Springfield School District and First Student bus company.Hubebia Langston, legal guardian of 14-year-old Idris Alford, alleges negligence on the part of the school district and First Student.Springfield police said Alford opened the back door and jumped out on his own accord while the bus was traveling at approximately 40 mph near
Source: Estate of student who died jumping from bus is suing school district
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It is difficult to prove that bus employees knew of the student’s plans and had time to react and prevent him from acting on his threats. The law also provides a defense when another person’s reckless actions cause his own injuries. This will be a hard case for the estate of the young man.
Source: Move Against Migraine – American Migraine Foundation
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Migraines may be a basis for filing for Social Security Disability. If they cause you to miss more than 2 days of work per month, or you have to take extended breaks, then you may be found disabled.