Multiple vehicles involved in messy wreck that closed lanes for hours.
Source: One dead, two injured in fiery crash on I-270 in Town and Country
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Accidents involving semi-trucks are often serious and fatal. Make sure that you consult with an injury lawyer to determine fault and potential damages.
A Health Care Reform Blog––Bob Laszewski’s review of the latest developments in federal health policy, health care reform, and marketplace activities in the health care financing business.
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review
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What happens to health insurance and Medicaid will make a large impact on many people who are applying for Social Security Disability and SSI. This is the only way a large number people are able to receive medical treatment, and without proper treatment their disability case will be denied. The reason is that Social Security bases almost all of its decision on the medical records. Therefore, little or no medical treatment means no Social Security Disability for the people who do not have access to health insurance.
A Taylorville nursing home where a resident died after falling and hitting her head while workers tried to move her from her bed to a wheelchair paid a reduced fine of $16,250 in connection with the Aug. 22 incident.The settlement was among fines leveled against nursing homes, including Jerseyville Nursing and Rehab in Jerseyville, that were processed in October, November and December by the Illinois Department of Public Health.Public Health originally fined Taylorville Care Center $25,000 for
Source: Taylorville, Jerseyville nursing facilities fined for substandard care
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People who are injured in nursing homes may sue for damages related to negligent care.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers are searching for a fugitive after two Orlando-area cops were killed Monday morning, one shot by the murder suspect who managed to get away and a second killed in a crash while officers and deputies scrambled to find him.
Source: Orlando police officer shot, killed; suspect still being sought – Orlando Sentinel
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Tragic crimes. Prayers for the officers’ families. These type of cases allow for Workers’ Compensation damages to families of the deceased officers.
The biggest problem that will sink a Workers’ Compensation claim is the lack of documentation at the time of the injury.
This means things like medical reports that do not include information on the work injury, such as how it happened and what body parts were injured.
Medical reports that say “no known cause of injury” will destroy your case.
The medical reports should record “fell at work and injured his knee and back” to help your case.
Go to the doctor right away.
Waiting to go to the doctor will kill your case.
The other problem is no accident or injury report completed at the time of injury.
Make an accident report immediately.
Be sure that you keep a copy of the report so it does not mysteriously disappear when you need it.
Keep track of the names and contact information of any witnesses to your work accident.
Trials usually do not happen until several years after your injury so witnesses may disappear.
Following these tips will take away many of the defenses Workers’ Compensation insurance companies use to defeat work injury claims.
The Arbitrator assumes that if you were injured on the job there will be a paper trial proving how the accident happened and what body parts you injured.
Make it easy on yourself and the Arbitrator to rule in your favor.
Questions about your work injury? Feel free to contact Illinois Work Injury Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.