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Social Security Disability Hearing Process Part 2
By now you have received notice of where and when your Social Security disability benefits appeal hearing will take place. You know the name of your Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), and if you have hired a lawyer they have prepared a brief outlining your case and submitted it to the hearing office. In part 1…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability Hearing Process Part 1
If you have filed an application for Social Security Disability benefits and your application was denied, you are actually in good company. More than 60 percent of all initial disability claims are denied. However, all hope is not lost. Your chances of being approved for Social Security disability benefits improves dramatically if you can get…
Read MoreSome Medical Professionals Perform Multiple Acts of Malpractice before Losing Their Licenses
In a perfect world, a medical professional who harmed a patient by committing malpractice would lose his or her license to practice medicine quickly, before anyone else was harmed. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Some medical professionals harm multiple patients well before they are removed from the profession. Dr. Andrew Hearn, a surgeon…
Read MoreClient Communication is Part of an Attorney’s Job
When you retain an attorney to assist you in a legal matter, you trust him or her to work diligently to pursue the results that you desire. You also trust that your lawyer will keep you informed as to how your legal matter is progressing. Most attorneys do a good job of keeping in contact…
Read MoreSigns of Physical Abuse in Nursing Homes
No one wants to believe that their loved ones are at risk for being abused while they are in the care of a nursing home. Unfortunately, abuse does occur in the nursing home setting, and it happens more often than you might think. Only one out of every six nursing home residents who experience abuse…
Read MoreThe Connection between Communication and Malpractice
Did you know that medical professionals who have good relationships with the people in their care are less likely to be sued for malpractice than those who don’t? It makes sense, if you think about it. When medical professionals develop relationships with their patients which are based on trust, respect, and good communication, the patients…
Read MoreHAZMAT Crashes Pose Additional Dangers
Every trucking accident has the potential to cause a great deal of property damage, injury and even death. When a truck is hauling hazardous materials, the danger extends far beyond the boundaries that are normally present in a trucking accident where the cargo is not hazardous. Recently, a tanker truck filled with hazardous material went…
Read MoreRental Truck Accidents Are Just as Dangerous as Accidents Involving Tractor Trailers
There are a lot of trucks on the roads and highways in Tennessee. Unfortunately, not everyone who is driving down the road in a large truck is a professional truck driver. People rent trucks of all sizes for all kinds of reason. The combination of a large truck and a driver who is not accustomed…
Read MoreHit-and-Run Auto Accidents in Tennessee
In March 2015, 46-year-old Donald Rogers was killed and his wife, Jennifer Rogers was severely injured in a hit-and-run car accident in on Interstate 40 in East Lebanon. Rogers was driving on I-40 in a Pontiac Firebird when his car and another car crashed. Following the collision, Rogers lost control of his car, which overturned…
Read MoreDefective Drugs: Zofran Birth Defect Litigation
Zofran and its genetic counterpart, ondansetron, is a prescription drug that was approved in 1991 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ease the nausea that cancer patients experience after chemotherapy treatment and surgery. Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline then began marketing the drug to doctors to prescribe to pregnant women who were suffering from…
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