Posts tagged disability

• Use Social Networking Sites With Caution: You Never Know Who's Looking

  David Mittleman | November 28, 2009 4:26 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In a world where it has become increasingly more popular to post every aspect of our lives online through social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter, Natalie Blanchard hardly...

• SSA Fugitive Felon Program Gone Bad

  Stuart McAtee | November 19, 2009 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It appears the Fugitive Felon program had some issues and precluded benefits to rightful recipients. A federal judge approved a civil-court settlement requiring the Social Security Administration to...

• SSD Questions About Going Back To Work Later In Life And Short Term Disability

  Stuart McAtee | November 10, 2009 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From time to time, we receive questions from potential clients about various subjects regarding Social Security. As our nation ages, more elderly workers are re-entering the work force and they...

• "Independent Medical Exams" are not !

  Doug Landau | November 10, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Almost every single case involving serious injury, permanent disability, head trauma or significant wage loss is confronted by an insurance company lawyer demanding an Independent Medical...

• Information sought for carnival worker's fatal hit and run accident in Tallahassee Florida

  Doug Landau | November 09, 2009 12:21 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Our law firm has undertaken representing the family and estate of a carnival worker struck and killed by a hit and run driver. The 2002 Crown Victoria believed to have been involved in the crash...

• Fatal robe fire kills elderly woman; flammable fabrics

  Doug Landau | November 07, 2009 8:29 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Having experienced firsthand what happens when an elderly parent's robe ignites and catches fire, I came across notification of a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the estate of an 80-year-old...

• After car crashes, patients with health insurance sued by hospitals for medical bills

  Doug Landau | November 06, 2009 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Loudoun, Fairfax & Leesburg injury lawyer Doug Landau was shocked to hear this month how hospitals are suing patients for not paying bills. The shocking part is that these patients had valid...

• Hospitals not billing truck crash and injured car accident victims' insurance !

  Doug Landau | November 05, 2009 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Notified that some local hospitals are taking crash victims' health insurance information and then ignoring it, Loudoun, Fairfax & Leesburg injury lawyer Doug Landau believes that this is...

• What Is This Statement from Social Security and Why Do I Keep Getting It?

  Stuart McAtee | November 01, 2009 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Recently, I recieved a Social Security Statement in the mail because my birthday is fast approaching and I meet certain criteria to receive such a statement. If you're age 25 or older, pay Social...

• Bruises Can Be a Sign of Elder Abuse

  Beth Janicek | October 21, 2009 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A new study released this year by the National Institute of Justice regarding bruising can be useful to identify signs of abuse. As people get older they are prone to more falls, so it may be...