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Value of Injuries
Catastrophic events, such as plane crashes, train or watercraft collisions, or pedestrian knockdowns by vehicles, cause death and severe injuries like limb paralysis, decapitation, internal organ and brain damage, spinal fractures, etc. Victim’s damages resulting from a traumatic occurrence are divided in general into...
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Traumatic Brain Injury: Life-Care Costs
It is dark inside the brain. No one can see the brain. It receives information and communicates with all our organs (including eyes transferring the outside world’s images) via nerves. Very few blood vessels reach the brain to carry medications. The silent grey mass works non-stop from our birth to death...
Nursing Home Injuries Are Predictable and Preventable
Elderly, vulnerable, and feeble residents in nursing homes are in most cases confused and completely reliant upon the facility’s staff for their well-being. The entire purpose of surrendering the loved ones by their families to the nursing home is to take individualized care of admittees...
Work Injury Compensation From The
At-Fault-Parties and Worker's Employer
An injured employee may seek compensation for work injury from parties which caused the injurious event (e.g., a defective device manufacturer or a vehicle driver who triggered a collision) and the employer if the injury arose out of and in the course of employment and the...
Determination of Liability For
Causing Motor Vehicle Collisions
In ascertaining which vehicle caused a collision, rules of the road apply to each situation regardless of weather conditions, incident location being on a public or private property or which vehicle was the impactor. A vehicle owner’s insurance carrier of the at-fault party will pay for...
Pedestrians' Rights And Duties
In vehicle collisions involving pedestrians, a vehicle driver’s liability may be significantly reduced or completely eliminated by the pedestrian’s conduct being in violation of state, federal or municipal laws.Pedestrian (including children darting out onto roadways) related laws are abstracted and summarized here to serve as a guide but not as a subject exhaustive treaty.
Historic Precedent: Belarus Courts Enforce U.S. Court Judgment
Will the Republic of Belarus judicial system treat U.S. businesses per American notions of justice? Recent Belarus courts’ decisions in a precedent-setting case bode well for U.S. technology exporters, R&D joint ventures, reciprocal investments and beneficial business with Belarus...
How to Get Out Of Contracts
Every person enters into various contracts every day. Whenever two parties agreed to meet at a certain place and time, they enter into a contract. A promise to deliver or do anything for anyone is a binding contract. Penalties for violation of such contracts can be minimal and can reach millions of dollars...
