It’s probably not a question you hear often from your clients: Instead of keeping my structured settlement payments going, can I sell them for cash? And when you do hear it, it probably makes you cringe. If you’re a personal injury attorney, that structured settlement…
By Jason D. Lazarus, J.D., LL.M., MSCC, CSSC The following is adapted from The Art of Settlement. For many years, personal injury cases have been resolved without consideration of Medicare’s secondary payer status even though since 1980 all forms of liability insurance have been primary…
PR7OP clip-in pedals can suddenly break while riding and cause injuries. It has been reported that certain pedals used on Peloton bikes made between July 2013 and May 2016 are a “laceration hazard,” prompting Peloton to issue a voluntary recall of the pedals. These clip…
In the early days of the pandemic, Americans reconnected with an old friend – the bicycle. To stay away from COVID-19 hotspots, people quickly began bicycling to work instead of taking a bus, riding a bike trail instead of exercising inside a gym, and spending…
I have voted in every election since I was 18. I follow politics closely; I’ve always voted and contributed to causes I believe in. I’ve made a career of helping people less fortunate than myself. These days, I write novels about these people and their…
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The Ford Motor Company recently announced three new recalls affecting hundreds of thousands of vehicles. If you own one of them, it’s important to take it into your local dealer for repairs. Mustangs May Falter During Hard Braking The affected vehicles are all 2020 Ford…
Depression after a Detroit automobile crash is a mental condition that can result from the trauma of being involved in a potentially life-altering – or life-threatening – car crash. It can also be caused by the chronic pain associated with injuries suffered in the auto…
Injectafer is an injectable intravenous medication manufactured in the United States used to treat patients with Adult Iron Deficiency Anemia. It is administered in two dosages separated by at least 7 days or more. Researchers and physicians have reported that patients injected with ferric carboxymaltose…
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A new blood test developed by a team of international scientists has shown great potential to identify and possibly prevent infant brain injury just hours after birth. The research, sponsored by Imperial College London, was conducted in India, where there are up to a million…
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive degenerative illness that causes damage and nerve cell loss in the brain. The dopamine-producing cells are vital for smooth and controlled muscle movement. The loss of these cells due to Parkinson’s disease is currently irreparable, and treatment is limited. While…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently released a new study examining the effectiveness of safety technologies including forward collision warning (FCW) and automatic emergency braking (AEB) in large trucks. “While these systems are known to be effective in passenger vehicles,” the researchers wrote,…
There are more than 7-million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States alone and more than 35-million worldwide. People are moving through their days, mindful of mandates set up by the government while taking care to protect themselves and loved ones. However, some individuals…
It’s fair to say that COVID has replaced terrorism as a focus of national concern these days, but justice for victims of terrorism marches on. In 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) took a critical step toward holding foreign terrorists accountable when it established the…
