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With both men and women becoming independent and capable, relations are becoming rigid. This results in conflicts and has resulted in a spike in divorce cases. In some cases, disputes are resolved by communication, while in some, relationships fail. Divorce is messy, but they get worse when there are children involved. Kids have to go through a lot, including custody litigation and adjusting to new places. Until the last century, full custody was common, which hurt children's growth. However, now the times are changing, and in most cases, both parents are granted equal shared parenting. DLA Piper can help you with this. What Is Equal Shared Parenting? Equal shared parenting is an arrangement where both parents are granted equal time with the kids. Not just time, but both paren...

Establishing and maintaining workers’ compensation insurance for employees is required of an employer. They should do this not only to protect their employees if injured but also to protect themselves from legal costs. Injured employees should be provided with the appropriate medical attention and care and, in some cases, other workers’ compensation benefits after experiencing a workplace injury. Workers’ compensation is a system that is designed to aid injured workers while protecting employers from expensive personal injury claims. If you have been injured at work, it’s important to communicate effectively with your employer afterward. The Importance of Communication Clear communication can help your worker’s comp case in many ways. After experiencing an injury at work, this Allent...

Personal injuries are unfortunate events that no one wishes for. But they happen anyway. The common form of personal injures results from automobile accidents, medical malpractice, and faulty products. These can cause severe injuries leading to loss of income and hefty hospital bills. But the question lingers, will I get compensated for the damages? This is determined by the extent of the injury and the type of attorney engaged. Here are factors that determine your settlement amount in personal injury cases: Severity of injuries Accidents lead to different types of injuries; some are minor while others are severe. More critical injuries involve a lot of pain and are expensive to treat. They are associated with larger settlements compared to minor injuries. Examples of such ...

Under Florida Law, you could be involved in a personal injury case for up to four years. Personal injury claims take on average 2-4 years to fully resolve, but the process can sometimes take as little as a few months depending on how you prove the circumstances of your case. Personal injuries can happen in a wide range of situations throughout the state of Florida. There are personal injury cases that occur as a result of minor injuries such as slip and falls and there are more severe cases that require extensive medical care as a result of accidents. Whether you need ongoing treatment or you would simply like to recoup medical costs from a small accident, making sure that you can enjoy a better quality of life often means finding a way to access compensation. You may find yourself ...

No matter how many laws are made to prevent accidents and no matter which modern technology is introduced, the number of road accidents in America is not coming slow, and the percentage keeps increasing. These accidents are not the technology but the carelessness of the drivers that lead to the loss of lives and injuries in several cases. A little care can prevent a lot of accidents from happening. But since nothing is predictable, any accident can happen at any time to anyone. And if you have experienced an accident, you should know what to do to get everything dealt with properly. Now here we are with all our list of things that would help you have had an accident. The first and the most important thing to do is seek medical attention once you have met an auto accident. Wheth...

If you need a family lawyer, you will likely be in difficult circumstances. You need someone you can trust, who is serious, professional, and of course, has the knowledge and experience to represent you properly. Here is our guide to choosing the right legal representative for you. You must be able to work with them You will need to tell your family lawyers about personal and sensitive matters to represent you properly. Therefore, you should feel comfortable with them. Just liking them is not enough to base your final decision on. Rather you should find out if they have experience fighting issues similar to yours. Also, make sure that they can answer your questions in a way that you understand - just giving you answers is useless unless you fully understand what you mean. Don't be s...

Did you know you can get money if you slip and fall in a store? When people get injured in a store, it's often because an employee left a puddle somewhere and didn't put a warning sign up. If this happens and you get injured, it's the store's fault because they didn't warn you that something hazardous was out in the open. Personal injuries can cost a lot of money, so you have every right to hire a lawyer and seek compensation. But where do you start? Read on to learn about the steps to go through immediately after getting a slip and fall injury. Seek Medical Attention When you slip and fall in a store, the first thing you must do is seek medical attention. If you're injured, seeking medical attention will help you establish a timeline so that you can prove that you were ...

Nearly everyone will find themselves in an emergency situation at some point in their lives, either as a participant in or witness to the emergency. These situations can take on many forms, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, a pedestrian accident, a medical emergency dealing with an illness or an injury or any number of other scenarios. While most people are not trained to handle emergency situations, and certainly no one is trained in every possible scenario, the good news is that you don't have to be in order to help yourself and those around you. There are a few key things to remember that will make any emergency easier and allow you to get professional help faster. Relax The first thing you need to do in any emergency, whether you have just been injured or you have j...

Pharmaceutics companies are required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to submit a full report concerning their drugs. The report should identify the purpose, safety, effectiveness, side effects, dosage recommendations, and contraindications of the drug. Depending on the report, the FDA can approve or reject the use of medicine. However, some pharmaceutical companies are profit-oriented and tend to give false information about the drug's effectiveness. They also conceal details about the toxicity of the drug upon consumption. If the side effects are apparent after prolonged and extended use of the drug, the FDA can authorize a drug recall. How do you file for a lawsuit against harmful drugs? If you administer a drug through any administration route and it results in toxici...

If you are considering bankruptcy as a means to discharge your dead it’s likely that you have a series of common concerns and how it will affect your assets. From the cost of your home and your vehicle to your overall financial savings, bankruptcy could find a way into almost every area of your finances. Understanding how bankruptcy will affect your life insurance policy can be important as well. A life insurance policy often stands as the financial safety net for many families. It’s an asset that holds an incredible amount of value. Asking your bankruptcy attorney how your life insurance policy could be affected if you file for bankruptcy can be important before you petition for bankruptcy. Financial information about your life insurance policy such as if it is a whole policy or term l...