In the most basic terms, “liability” means that you are responsible for something that happened. If you’re driving a car, and you hit someone, you are liable, or responsible, for any of the damage you caused. The idea behind liability car insurance is that, if you hit someone with your…
Despite the persistent stigma surrounding it, filing bankruptcy can be a great choice for people looking for a sound financial future. Depending on your circumstances and the chapter of bankruptcy for which you file, you may be able to erase part of or all of your debt. The simplest form…
Christopher Grover, attorney, Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys, PLLC., recently spoke at the 2019 Batavia Bankruptcy Conference of the Erie and Monroe County Bar Associations. Judges, attorneys, paralegals, and support staff attended the conference. Grover addressed various issues attorneys may have to deal with regarding exemptions in filing bankruptcy claims for clients….
Earlier in June, the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed that an impaired doctor who worked at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center in North Carolina contributed to the deaths of several veterans. The results of an audit at the facility from 2005 to 2017 show that Dr. Robert Morris Levy, a…
The EEOC stands for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It is a governmental organization charged with enforcing federal laws in the face of any kind of employment discrimination. Employment discrimination can occur on the basis of age, sex, color, race, disability, religion, national origin, and genetic information. When people believe…
Conditions being what they are in present-day America, we do not often hear of situations where age as a determining factor is a positive thing. In the case of Social Security Disability, age can actually be a good thing. Because the Social Security Administration (SSA) wants to recognize your lifetime…
Medical devices comprise a $156 billion industry in the United States. One in every ten Americans has a device inside his or her body. Although many of these devices can help people, there are substantial risks involved. The Internal Consortium of Investigative Journalists found that, in the last decade, 80,000…
If you are injured, either on the job or on your own time, let your employer know. If it was a work-related injury, you have a limited amount of time to make your employer aware of the accident. File a workers’ compensation (WC) claim as soon as possible. Make sure…
For one Connecticut veteran, some relief from the Department of Veterans Affairs is in sight. After two previous rejections from the VA, Peter Atioho will receive full VA disability benefits for the terminal brain cancer he alleges he developed as a result of exposure to toxic burn pits in Afghanistan….
If you are disabled and apply for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits, a doctor’s opinion about your disability is just an opinion. It does carry some weight, but it is not the defining factor in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) disability decision. Your doctor’s medical evidence can be used to…
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