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New Jersey Workplace Injury Lawyers | Vocational Rehabilitation

Mar 24, 2023

New Jersey Workplace Injury Lawyers: Helping Pursue Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits 我們講中國 | ونحن نتكلم اللغة العربية | Chinese | Arabic | Korean | Se Habla Español If you have been Vocational counseling and guidance Job placement and coaching Skills training Physical therapy Emotional counseling Benefits for vehicle and home modifications The process by which these benefits are obtained can be daunting and confusing. The office o...

Carpal Tunnel Injuries | The Law Offices of Harold J. Gerr

Mar 24, 2023

Carpal Tunnel Injuries Workers’ Compensation for Carpal Tunnel Injuries and Repetitive Motion Injuries In the modern workplace, from the factory to the office, more and more people are sustaining injuries resulting from repetitive stress or motion (or even lack of motion). According to studies, more than half of all job-related injuries are now categorized as repetitive stress injuries. Here are some of the most common: Assembly line injuries Fixed-position injuries Carpa...

Loss of Use | New Jersey Workers' Compensation Lawyers

Mar 24, 2023

Loss of Use – Workers’ Compensation If you have suffered an injury that involved permanent loss of use of a part of your body, you could potentially be eligible to receive additional payments from workers’ compensation. Those who have suffered permanent injuries to hands, feet, legs, toes, or other extremities, can potentially be given a Scheduled Loss of Use Award. Those who have suffered on-the-job injuries involving the torso, back, head, or neck, have wha...

New Brunswick Clergy Abuse Lawyers | Erin’s Law | Free Consultations

Mar 24, 2023

Erin’s Law The New Jersey Senate recently passed legislation that would incorporate mandatory sex abuse education in New Jersey school curricula. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Anthony Bucco, is named after a childhood sexual abuse survivor. If signed by the governor, Erin’s Law would require New Jersey schools to incorporate sexual abuse awareness and prevention education for children in preschool through grade 12. What is Erin’s Law? Erin’s Law would educate children o...

Piscataway Car Accident Lawyers | Millennials and Distracted Driving

Mar 24, 2023

Millennials and Distracted Driving Every day in America, nearly 100 people lose their lives in Driving distractions have long been known to be a cause of many fatal accidents. This is because distractions reduce the time needed to react to a dangerous situation on the highway. When a driver is distracted and a situation requires quick braking or a change in course, seconds matter. At 60 mph, a car travels 88 feet i...

New Brunswick Clergy Abuse Lawyers | Allegations Not Limited to Children

Mar 24, 2023

Clergy Abuse Allegations Not Limited to Children The world is watching to see what the Catholic church will do next after Pope Francis announced that What We Know About Nun Abuse Because the facts regarding nun abuse at the hands of bishops and priests is only starting to come to light, we do not know the full details. However, we can piece together some thought-provoking items based on the Pope’s remarks, a...

Red Light Cameras at Intersections – The Debate Over Effectiveness

Mar 24, 2023

Red-light cameras at New Jersey intersections do indeed make most car drivers ‘see red’, but do the cameras make intersections safer as “Big Brother” proponents claim? It turns out that the yellow lights are changing too quickly to red, according to a forensic video analysis of the red-light traffic cameras. Last year, the same issue was raised, leading to a temporary suspension of the program. It seems that many of the yellow lights are to...

Elevator Accidents & Construction Workers | Piscataway Accident Lawyers

Mar 24, 2023

Elevator Accidents and Construction Workers Construction sites are full of dangerous hazards for the workers who make their living there and elevators can be one of those hazards. Construction sites Falls – More than half of all construction worker deaths occur from falls into an exposed elevator shaft Mechanical failure of the pulley system Exceeding the maximum allowed load Lack of safety equipment (harnesses and nets) while working nea...

Mass Transit Accidents | New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyers

Mar 24, 2023

Mass Transit Accidents – Trains On October 24, 2013, one person died and 52 suffered injuries when two trains on a Tibetan line collided. It appears that an empty passenger train was on the wrong track and it collided with another train coming from the provincial capital, Xining. Investigations are taking place into how the empty train wound up on the wrong track. On an average weekday, nearly 900,000 passengers board buses, rails, an...

Types of Injuries Associated with Rear-End Collisions

Mar 24, 2023

Of the six million motor vehicle accidents in the United States every year, about 40% are rear-end collisions. The most common causes are tailgating, excessive speed, and failure to account for poor weather conditions, such as snow, ice or rain. The Typical Injuries Suffered in a Rear-End Collision Far and away, the most frequent type of injury sustained in a rear-end collision is whiplash. Whiplash occurs when the force of a vehicle striking the bac...