Your Guide to South Carolina Personal Injury & Workers' Compensation

Your Guide to South Carolina Personal Injury & Workers' Compensation
Author: Kenneth Berger
Publisher: Word Association Publishers
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1595717978

Kenneth Berger has dedicated his professional career to the representation of the injured and aggrieved. His practice focuses on the fields of personal injury, workers¿ compensation, and civil litigation. More specifically, Mr. Berger seeks to represent individuals and families in cases involving auto and trucking accidents, work injuries, unsafe products, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, property hazards, insurance disputes, consumer abuses, wrongful death, and other areas of civil law.¿As an injury attorney, I have a responsibility not only to advocate, but to protect and give back,¿ Mr. Berger says. ¿My book, Your Guide to South Carolina Personal Injury & Workers¿ Compensation, provides a number of safety tips designed to help the public¿especially families with children¿avoid accidents. I also look for ways that my law firm and I can strengthen the community in which we live.¿

There Are No Accidents

There Are No Accidents
Author: Jessie Singer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1982129689

A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define all that’s wrong with America. We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been deeply conditioned to just accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: There are no such things as accidents. The vast majority of mishaps are not random but predictable and preventable. Singer uncovers just how the term “accident” itself protects those in power and leaves the most vulnerable in harm’s way, preventing investigations, pushing off debts, blaming the victims, diluting anger, and even sparking empathy for the perpetrators. As the rate of accidental death skyrockets in America, the poor and people of color end up bearing the brunt of the violence and blame, while the powerful use the excuse of the “accident” to avoid consequences for their actions. Born of the death of her best friend, and the killer who insisted it was an accident, this book is a moving investigation of the sort of tragedies that are all too common, and all too commonly ignored. In this revelatory book, Singer tracks accidental death in America from turn of the century factories and coal mines to today’s urban highways, rural hospitals, and Superfund sites. Drawing connections between traffic accidents, accidental opioid overdoses, and accidental oil spills, Singer proves that what we call accidents are hardly random. Rather, who lives and dies by an accident in America is defined by money and power. She also presents a variety of actions we can take as individuals and as a society to stem the tide of “accidents”—saving lives and holding the guilty to account.

The Authority on Personal Injury Claims

The Authority on Personal Injury Claims
Author: Gary Martin Hays
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2013-03-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9780988552357

The Definitive Guide for Injured Victims & Their Lawyers in Car Accident Cases: IF YOU'VE BEEN HURT IN A CAR WRECK, WILL YOU KNOW HOW TO TAKE ON THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEIR LAWYERS BY YOURSELF? Think about that for a moment . . . You've been hurt in a car wreck and it was not your fault. And now you have a lot of questions, but not a lot of answers: * who will pay for all of your medical bills? * you don't have health insurance, so how do you get the medical treatment you need for your injuries? * how can you recover your lost wages? * who will pay for your car to be repaired? * what if your car can't be repaired and is declared a total loss? * what if you owe more than the car is worth? * what about your future medical needs or lost wages? * what are the 3 things you must prove to be able to recover in your personal injury claim? This is a lot for anyone to handle - all of the phone calls back and forth, the emails, the paperwork, the releases. Will you have the time or the knowledge to handle this by yourself? Do you need a guide for consumers to help explain the process to you? And ask yourself - do you really want to take on the insurance company and their lawyers - especially without educating yourself on the claims process here in Georgia? Are you an attorney who is looking to expand your practice to help injured victims and their families injured in car wreck cases? Do you know enough about the personal injury claim process to zealously and ethically represent them? "The Authority On Personal Injury Claims In Georgia: The Definitive Guide For Injured Victims And Their Lawyers In Car Accident Cases" was written by Gary Martin Hays, a personal injury attorney with over 24 years of experience handling car accident claims in Georgia. A former insurance defense lawyer, he now only represents injured victims and their families. Since starting his own firm in 1993, he has helped over 29,000 clients recover over $250,000 million dollars. In this handbook, Hays provides you a peek behind the curtain to see how his law firm successfully represents his clients. Topics include: * Car Wreck Facts & Myths * The Scene Of The Crash * Investigating the Wreck * Property Damage: Total Losses, to Repairs, to Diminished Value * Your Injuries * Medical Treatment For Your Injuries * Medical Bills: Med-Pay Coverage, Health Insurance, and The Uninsured * The 3 Things You Must Prove To Recover On Your Personal Injury Claim * "What Is My Case Worth?" * Do I Take On the Insurance Company And Their Lawyers By Myself? * How Do I Find The Right Lawyer? * The DEMAND Process - How To Tell The Insurance Company What Your Case Is Worth! * Liens And Subrogation Claims: Who Will Claim They Are Entitled To Some (Or Maybe ALL Of Your Settlement) * Legal Deadlines * Litigation: Do You File Suit On Your Case? The book also contains a presentation that Mr. Hays gave to other attorneys at a continuing education seminar for lawyers regarding diminished value claims in Georgia - a secret that is literally saving the insurance industry millions of dollars each year - money that should be going to Georgia's consumers. In addition, FREE bonus chapters from three (3) of his previous books that he co-authored are included: * "3 Secrets The Insurance Company Doesn't Want You To Know About Your Personal Injury Claim" * "The Mourning After: Helping Families Cope After A Drunk Driving Wreck" * "I Will Make A Difference!"

Empower the Injured: A How-To Guide for Handling Your Own Personal Injury Claim

Empower the Injured: A How-To Guide for Handling Your Own Personal Injury Claim
Author: Jonathan D. Roven
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1483488586

If you suffered relatively minor injuries in an accident in the State of California, you can handle your personal injury claim without having to share a meaningful settlement with an attorney. Jonathan D. Roven, an experienced personal injury litigator with a successful practice, wrote this guide for people with smaller claims. He walks you through: - steps to take after the first one hundred hours of an accident; - reasons why you should never admit to wrongdoing; - putting a settlement demand together; - negotiating a settlement. Roven also highlights the importance of seeking medical treatment, getting a police report, and finalizing the settlement. Additional topics include when to communicate with the other side's insurance company, showing proof of lost wages and earning capacity, mediation, and limited aspects of litigation. Get an insider's take on how to handle a personal injury claim from start to finish with this practical guide that aims to Empower the Injured.

Recovering from Your Car Accident

Recovering from Your Car Accident
Author: Dr. James F. Zender
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1538133989

Road traffic injuries are a neglected global pandemic. Up to 50 million people a year worldwide are injured or disabled in car accidents. The deleterious impact on the global economy is immense. Thousands of those injured die of opiate overdoses, trying to deal with chronic pain. The post-accident life of a survivor is all too often devastated by spinal or severe orthopedic injuries, depression, anxiety, PTSD, sleep disturbances, mild episodic or chronic pain, and/or a traumatic brain injury that can cause personality changes, cognitive and memory impairments, and debilitating fatigue. A substantially reduced quality of life with career changes and setbacks, broken and overstressed relationships, and financial hardships that continue for many years, often ensue. First Responders, healthcare providers, the survivors’ community and to the largest degree, the survivors’ family, are forced to deal with the staggering impacts. Auto accidents can dramatically alter lives, forever. Where do survivors and their families go for help? How do survivors heal and get their lives back? Everyone is desperate for hope and evidence-based solutions to manage disabling conditions and ultimately reclaim their lives. Thisis the first book to offer comprehensive, evidence-based information to both the survivors and their caregivers on understanding, managing, and healing physical and emotional traumas sustained in auto accidents. Based on James Zender's more than fifteen years’ experience as a clinical psychologist specializing in auto-accident trauma care, Recovering From Your Car Accident leads survivors and their families through the extensive process of emotional and physical recovery. With empathy and compassion, Dr. Zender explains how to conquer the multitude of challenges that often result from auto accidents, including managing pain, depression, and anxiety, addressing concerns about the future and finances, personality changes, emotional and cognitive dysfunction, post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and strained personal relationships. Through stories recounted by Dr. Zender's patients, survivors will learn that they are not alone and that there is hope for a better tomorrow. Policymakers will gain insight into accident prevention and will be inspired to implement policy improvements to better meet the needs of the auto accident community. Helpful tips throughout this book and a resource section featuring the best online and community support options will aid survivors and their families with rehabilitation. Recovering from Your Car Accident willassist survivors with rebuilding their lives and discovering new ways to thrive.

World Report on Child Injury Prevention

World Report on Child Injury Prevention
Author: M. M. Peden
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9241563575

Child injuries are largely absent from child survival initiatives presently on the global agenda. Through this report, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and many partners have set out to elevate child injury to a priority for the global public health and development communities. It should be seen as a complement to the UN Secretary-General's study on violence against children released in late 2006 (that report addressed violence-related or intentional injuries). Both reports suggest that child injury and violence prevention programs need to be integrated into child survival and other broad strategies focused on improving the lives of children. Evidence demonstrates the dramatic successes in child injury prevention in countries which have made a concerted effort. These results make a case for increasing investments in human resources and institutional capacities. Implementing proven interventions could save more than a thousand children's lives a day.--p. vii.

Injury in America

Injury in America
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 1985-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309035457

"Injury is a public health problem whose toll is unacceptable," claims this book from the Committee on Trauma Research. Although injuries kill more Americans from 1 to 34 years old than all diseases combined, little is spent on prevention and treatment research. In addition, between $75 billion and $100 billion each year is spent on injury-related health costs. Not only does the book provide a comprehensive survey of what is known about injuries, it suggests there is a vast need to know more. Injury in America traces findings on the epidemiology of injuries, prevention of injuries, injury biomechanics and the prevention of impact injury, treatment, rehabilitation, and administration of injury research.