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Police investigating suicide attempt at Sangamon Co. Jail; former inmate dead

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A lawyer for the family of a former Clinton woman who died last week after a suspected suicide attempt in March at the Sangamon County Jail says local and state officials failed to properly care for the woman’s mental illnesses.“I don’t think there’s any question that she shouldn’t have been brought to the jail,” Alan Mills, executive director of the Chicago-based Uptown People’s Law Center, told The State Journal-Register.Mills, a lawyer representing the family of Tiffany Rusher,

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This is most likely become a more prevalent issue due to Illinois funding problems for mental health treatment. The question will be how do you take care of a mentally ill person who may endanger others and herself. Legally the question is did jail personnel follow standard procedure in caring for this mentally ill woman.

2 new employees filling out paperwork among dead in St. Louis boiler explosion | Law and order | stltoday.com

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Explosion sent boiler from box company nearly a block, where it crashed into the offices of a laundry company.

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Horrible accident. There are multiple claims in this type of tragedy. OSHA claims, wrongful death lawsuits, workers’ compensation claims, potential products liability, third party claims.

How to Handle Claims Adjusters

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Whether you have a motor vehicle injury, work injury, or dog bite the insurance company representative will often want to speak with you.

The insurance company adjuster’s job is to gather information and medical documents that may be used to deny your claim or reduce the offer that the insurance company will make to you.

Whether the adjuster takes a recorded statement or takes notes of your conversation the focus will be on the details of how the accident happened and your injuries and the treatment of them.

The problem is that the insurance company and its lawyer may use this information against you in a deposition or trial.

For instance, if you tell the adjuster during your statement that the car that hit you was going 20 miles an hour but two years later at a deposition you testify that the car was going 35 miles an hour then you will face intense questioning. Why did you change your story? Wasn’t your memory closer to the time of the accident a better recollection?

If the insurance company wants to question you  and gather information make sure that you secure the assistance of an injury attorney to protect your interests.

Questions about your work injury or motor vehicle injury? Feel free to contact Illinois injury lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

New rules go into effect for Social Security disability claims | Fox 59

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WASHINGTON D.C. — It may soon be harder to file a disability claim with the Social Security Administration.New regulations, which went into effect on Monday, are eliminating the so-called “treating-physician rule.”Until now, the rule required benefits adjudicators to give significant weight to a physician’s report supporting an applicant’s claim for benefits.

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The truth is that Administrative Law Judges have been ignoring the treating physician’s opinion for years. The rule will just embolden this behavior. How is it possible to give weight to a doctor who is paid from SSA, has never seen the claimant and only relies on the medical records.