Just 24 hours before Thanksgiving break, a bus carrying 35 children crashed into a tree in Chattanooga on Monday.
Source: Superintendent: 5 students killed in Chattanooga school bus crash
Tragic accident. Thoughts and prayers with the families.
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Confined to bed, disabled former Rock Hill police officer feels forgotten | Law and order | stltoday.com
Depression, forced bed rest among struggles for Mathew Crosby.
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This story illustrates the devastation that may result from work injuries or motor vehicle collisions. The conditions often last for a lifetime and no amount of money will bring back a person’s health and life.
Another Tip for Work Injuries
Arbitrators in Illinois Workers’ Compensation cases rely heavily on what is called the “history of accident” found in medical records.
The Arbitrator is the Judge who makes the decision in your case.
If the Arbitrator does not find the proper history of accident or injury in the records she may deny your case and you will receive no money for your claim.
The basis for relying on the history of accident in the medical records is that what you tell the doctor or hospital workers at the time of your work injury will be the closest to the truth because it happened at or near the time of the accident versus something you tell the Arbitrator or someone else months or several years later.
For instance, if there is nothing in the medical records regarding your work accident then you most likely lose your case.
If the history of accident in the medical records is dramatically different from your testimony at trial, or if the description of the accident changes over time then you will most likely lose your case.
Make sure that on your first hospital or doctor visit that you tell each person your injury happened at work, how it happened and what body parts were injured.
Write down this information and take it with you to each medical visit.
This will make your Workers’ Compensation case strong when the insurance company tries to deny your claim.
Questions about your work injury case? Make sure to call Illinois Work Comp Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
Social Security News: I Don’t Know
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Source: Social Security News: I Don’t Know
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Some ideas about what may happen with Social Security Disability during the Trump administration. The bottom line is that cases will not move any faster unless there is more money appropriated to hire staff and judges to do the work.
Couple near Bridgeton Landfill sues after allegedly finding high radioactivity in household dust | Law and order | stltoday.com
Michael and Robbin Dailey say their neighbors just received more than the asking price on their house, and although they would desperately like to move from their Bridgeton home, they
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Scary stuff. Uranium from the Congo used to develop nuclear weapons. Health and property value concerns. Most likely will be a battle of experts testifying whether there is a connection with the landfill and the resulting health hazards.