Being hurt at work is certain to wreak financial havoc on your life. Not being able to work and dealing with medical bills can be devastating. The best way for you to get through this challenging time is by receiving workers' compensation to help you do to so. Getting your specific questions answered can be helpful to you when suffering from a work-related injury.
What does Workers' Compensation Cover?
Workers' compensation will cover injuries that qualify in the workplace or that are related to the job.
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If you're a physician, you probably never imagined a situation in which you'd end up "firing" a patient from your practice. Unfortunately, it happens for a variety of reasons. However, you have to handle the situation carefully so that you don't end up the defendant in a personal injury lawsuit due to patient abandonment.
Make sure that you have a legitimate reason to terminate the relationship.
There are a number of perfectly sound reasons that you can have for deciding to terminate the relationship with one of your patients:
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Suffering a serious injury or developing an illness is always an unpleasant experience, and people rely on their doctors to treat these problems. However, it is a reality that some doctors can make mistakes when treating their patients that result in serious harm being done. When this happens to you, there is a chance that you may be able to sue the doctor for medical malpractice, but this is a frequently misunderstood area of law.
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Did you get chased down and attacked by someone's unleashed dog? Depending on the local laws about unleashed dogs, you may be able to sue the owner of the pet for what happened. If you live in Tampa, for example, you'll need to find a trial attorney in Tampa, FL. Find out in this article what a lawyer can do to get you paid in a dog bite lawsuit as well as what the legal fees are estimated to cost.
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You may have heard of punitive damages being awarded in a high-profile court case, but they are not actually awarded as frequently as you may have been lead to believe. If you wanted to know if you could receive punitive damages in your personal injury case, you need to understand what they are.
When It is Possible To Receive Punitive Damages
Punitive damages are reserved for situations where the defendant's actions were reprehensible, and deserve a punishment beyond the repaying costs incurred by the plaintiff.
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